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Shapiro to be sworn-in on three Bibles with deep meaning to him, Jewish faithful
Pennlive ^ | 12 January A.D. 2023 | J. D. Prose

Posted on 01/12/2023 11:14:08 AM PST by lightman

Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro will be sworn-in next week on three Bibles with significance to his family and Jewish faith.

Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s outgoing attorney general, will use a family Bible that he has used for swearing-in ceremonies since 2005, a Hebrew Bible that was in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh during the 2018 massacre, and a Bible carried by a Jewish soldier from Philadelphia during the D-Day invasion in World War II. Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro

Shapiro, who embraced his deep Jewish faith on the campaign trail, will be the third Jewish governor in Pennsylvania history after Milton Shapp and Ed Rendell.

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, the spiritual leader at Tree of Life synagogue who survived the attack, told Jewish Insider that the Hebrew Bible was used in Shabbat morning services and would have been on Oct. 27, 2018, the date of the massacre.

“The Bible survived without any damage and Tree of Life is honored by its presence at the inauguration,” Myers said.

The attack on Tree of Life was the deadliest incident of anti-Semitic violence in the nation’s history, claiming 11 lives and wounding six others.

A Bible carried by Herman Hershman, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient who landed on Omaha Beach with the First Division on June 6, 1944, will also be used by Shapiro, who attends the same synagogue, Beth Sholom Congregation, that Hershman did.

Hershman’s Bible is on loan from the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.

Jewish Insider reported that Hershman was 88 when he died in 2013.

Shapiro’s spokesperson told Jewish Insider that Shapiro’s family Bible was first used after he was elected to the state Legislature in 2004.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: demagogicparty; joshshapiro; paping; pennsylvania; shapiro

1 posted on 01/12/2023 11:14:08 AM PST by lightman
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

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2 posted on 01/12/2023 11:14:34 AM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

When you are a (D) its all ‘show and tell’ for the TV


3 posted on 01/12/2023 11:21:32 AM PST by George from New England
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To: lightman

The number of bibles he puts his hand on doesn’t change the fact he’s a statist piece of s***.


4 posted on 01/12/2023 11:22:03 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: lightman

He should be sworn in at Katz’s deli over a pastrami on rye.


5 posted on 01/12/2023 11:34:00 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: lightman

Mr. Shapiro says he has a deep faith. He is also very pro-abortion.
The two are mutually exclusive. It’s a real shame folks like Shapiro can’t see that.


6 posted on 01/12/2023 11:34:48 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: lightman

He can’t hold the beliefs he has and believe in god. Atheist JINO rat.


7 posted on 01/12/2023 11:36:10 AM PST by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: lightman

Maybe it’s me, but I thought the Bible was the Old and New Testament....Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.


8 posted on 01/12/2023 11:38:39 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: lightman

The books are old but the pages within are untouched.


9 posted on 01/12/2023 11:45:43 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: mikelets456

That would be incorrect.

There are several meanings, even amongst Nazarenes. For example, a lot of Protestants omit a number of books.


10 posted on 01/12/2023 11:47:37 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: lightman

Swearing on a Bible is just show for baby-killers. The Word of God means nothing to them.

He’ll eventually get his payback.


11 posted on 01/12/2023 12:21:26 PM PST by bimboeruption (Trump = The best President since Washington. )
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To: lightman

He’ll LIE while he’s taking the oath

That’s how much good these antics are worth


12 posted on 01/12/2023 12:28:57 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: lightman

He’s a bad guy.


13 posted on 01/12/2023 1:26:02 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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To: lightman

He ran as a Democrat in support of cutting taxes snd spending, let’s see if he sticks to it, or goes left.


14 posted on 01/12/2023 3:00:21 PM PST by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: lightman

Shapiro is as Jewish as the Israelites that built the Golden Calf and had to be destroyed by Moses.

Shapiro does not worship the God of Abraham, he worships himself and Baal.


15 posted on 01/12/2023 3:17:32 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: George from New England
This guy is certainly all-in for virtue signaling and all that stupid stuff. I doubt if he's even ever opened one of the bibles or could tell you anything about the contents.

NOT impressed!

16 posted on 01/12/2023 4:41:48 PM PST by EinNYC
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