Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” ...

It was while writing songs for that show that he wrote the first version of “God Bless America.” Perhaps sensing this song was meant for other purposes, and elected to not use it in the show.

During World War I, Berlin wrote “God Bless America.” The title was a phrase his immigrant mother fervently repeated during Berlin’s childhood, his daughter later said.

In 1918, while he was serving in the Army in upstate New York, Irving Berlin wrote the song “God Bless America.” It wasn’t until 20 years later in 1938 when Berlin, a Russian Jew, thought ...

With President Trump meeting with Democratic leaders in Congress to seek bipartisan agreement to enact the Dream Act, it is a good moment to consider the timeless song of American patriotism, &#822… ...

A book about the song "God Bless America" shows how early popularity of the Irving Berlin song, which debuted in 1938, reflected pre-war anxiety and sparked an anti-Semitic and xenophobic backlash.

In 1940 he established the God Bless America Fund, which funnels royalties from the song (and a few more of the more than 1,000 he wrote) to the Boy Scouts’ and Girl Scouts’ Greater New York ...