The Rabbi of Buchenwald : the life and times of Herschel Schacter

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Medoff, Rafael, 1959- author

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"A face-to-face encounter with the Holocaust transformed the life of an American rabbi--and, in turn, transformed the American Jewish community in the decades to follow. Herschel Schacter, a U.S. a...

"A face-to-face encounter with the Holocaust transformed the life of an American rabbi--and, in turn, transformed the American Jewish community in the decades to follow. Herschel Schacter, a U.S. army chaplain in World War II, was part of the unit that liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald. After the war, Rabbi Schacter helped spearhead a revival of Orthodox Judaism in America, played a significant role in the Soviet Jewry protest movement, and led efforts to secure American support for Israel. He was the first Orthodox rabbi to reach the pinnacle of communal leadership as chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Through the prism of Rabbi Schacter's remarkable life, The Rabbi of Buchenwald sheds important new light on how American Jewry grappled with the political, social and racial crises of the 1960s, 1970s, and beyond." --

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