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Herschel Schacter is a former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and a prominent student of the Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

He is also the father of Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, the former director of the Soloveitchik Institute.

He graduated Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a leading research institution, ranked 50th in the United States among national universities in 2008.....
 in 1938 and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , or Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, is the most important yeshiva component of Yeshiva University and a preeminent seminary for the training of Orthodox Judaism rabbis....
 in 1941.

During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, he was a chaplain
Chaplain

A chaplain is typically a priest, pastor, ordained deacon, rabbi, imam or other member of the clergy serving a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church , or who are unable to attend church for various reasons; such as health, confinement, or military or civil duties; Laity chaplains are also found in other settings such...
 in the Third Army's VIII Corps
VIII Corps (United States)

The U.S. VIII Corps was an army corps of the United States Army that saw service during various times over a fifty-year period during the twentieth century....
. and was the first US Army Chaplain to enter and participate in the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald concentration camp

Buchenwald concentration camp was a Nazi concentration camps established on the Ettersberg near Weimar, Thuringia, Germany , in July 1937, and one of the largest and first camps on German soil....
 in 1945 and later aided in the resettlement of displaced person
Displaced person

A displaced person is a person who has been forced to leave his or her native place, a phenomenon known as forced migration....
s.

He went on to run the Mosholu Jewish Center for more than 5 decades.






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Herschel Schacter is a former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and a prominent student of the Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

He is also the father of Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, the former director of the Soloveitchik Institute.

He graduated Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a leading research institution, ranked 50th in the United States among national universities in 2008.....
 in 1938 and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , or Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, is the most important yeshiva component of Yeshiva University and a preeminent seminary for the training of Orthodox Judaism rabbis....
 in 1941.

During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, he was a chaplain
Chaplain

A chaplain is typically a priest, pastor, ordained deacon, rabbi, imam or other member of the clergy serving a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church , or who are unable to attend church for various reasons; such as health, confinement, or military or civil duties; Laity chaplains are also found in other settings such...
 in the Third Army's VIII Corps
VIII Corps (United States)

The U.S. VIII Corps was an army corps of the United States Army that saw service during various times over a fifty-year period during the twentieth century....
. and was the first US Army Chaplain to enter and participate in the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald concentration camp

Buchenwald concentration camp was a Nazi concentration camps established on the Ettersberg near Weimar, Thuringia, Germany , in July 1937, and one of the largest and first camps on German soil....
 in 1945 and later aided in the resettlement of displaced person
Displaced person

A displaced person is a person who has been forced to leave his or her native place, a phenomenon known as forced migration....
s.

He went on to run the Mosholu Jewish Center for more than 5 decades.