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Herzog, Chaim (‘Vivian’) | Dictionary of Irish Biography...
Chaim Herzog (1918 - 1997):
President of Israel
Chaim Herzog was born at 185 Clifton Park Avenue, Belfast.
His father was a rabbi, Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, who was appointed Chief Rabbi of Ireland in 1919, whereupon the family moved to Dublin; he was later (1935) to be appointed Chief Rabbi of Palestine (Ashkenazim community), and after 1948 Chief Rabbi of Israel.
Chaim herzog biography of william
His wife Rabbanit Sarah, Chaim's mother, was a founder of the national women’s religious movement, Emunah.
Chaim was acquainted and friendly with the highly distinguished Israeli diplomat and scholar Abba Eban who lived in Belfast.
Chaim Herzog was educated at Wesley College in Dublin, and moved to Palestine in 1935, where he studied at the Merkaz Harav Kook and the Hebron Yeshivot, while also attending the "Jerusalem Law Classes", set up by the British Mandate Power in 1920, in the Evelyn de Rothschild School.
He was also active in the Haganah, a Jewish military organisation. In 19