Chaim Herzog
Videos
Chaim Herzog was an Irish-Israeli politician, military officer, lawyer and author who served as President of Israel from 1983 to 1993. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Dublin, the son of Irelan
Yaakov Herzog
…in Dublin, Ireland. His father was Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, and his mother Sarah Herzog. His older brother, Chaim Herzog, became the sixth President of Israel. The family immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1937. After he was ordained as a rabbi in the Harry Fischel Seminary…
Official portrait, c. 1983
Herzog with his mother at age 1
Herzog upon completion of his law degree, 1941.
Herzog in the British Army