Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Los Angeles, is to recite a specially-written prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States.
According to reports, the rabbi will also offer a reading and give Mr Trump and his Vice-President Mike Pence a blessing at the ceremony in Washington on January 20.
A New Yorker, Rabbi Hier, 77, founded the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, named after the renowned Nazi-hunter, in 1977. Newsweek once named him the “most influential rabbi in America”.
He has been awarded two Ocars for documentaries made by the centre.
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