Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter is University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and senior scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University. From 2000 to 2005, he served as dean of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute in Boston, and from 1981 to 2000, he served as…
![On the 30th Anniverssary of the declaration of the Independence of Israel by the late David Ben Gurion, PM Menahem Begin announcing the declaration in a spectacular perfomance similar to the original. Photo shows: People listening to the announcment of the Independence Declaration by Menahem Begin.
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Photo by [010] Hadani Dan](https://www.datocms-assets.com/128928/1744839656-begin1978-scaled.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&dpr=4&fit=crop&h=338&w=600 "Prime Minister Menachem Begin (on dais) at a reenactment of the declaration ceremony at Independence Hall on May 11, 1978. *Dan Hadani Collection, Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, National Library of Israel*.")
