‘Biden’s rabbi’ wraps up first night of DNC, reciting priestly blessing in Hebrew

By Jacob Magid

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20 August 2024, 7:37 am 4 Edit

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Rabbi Michael Beals, right, recites the priestly blessing on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, August 19, 2024, in Chicago. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

CHICAGO — Rabbi Michael Beals wraps up the first night of the Democratic National Convention, reciting the priestly blessing in Hebrew as part of the benediction.

Much of the United Center has already cleared out after the DNC ran well over an hour late, but those still in the audience respond with an Amen.

Beals has become known as “Biden’s rabbi,” campaigning for the president after meeting him at the shiva of a congregant in 2006.