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Isaac Halevi Herzog (1888-1959) was a scholar, author, religious philosopher, lecturer, chief rabbi of the Irish Free State (1925–36), and Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Palestine (later Israel) from 1936. Herzog made significant contributions to reconciling the necessities of modern living with the demands of the Talmud. For more than 20 years he was a leading Jewish representative to the conferences and commissions organized to find a solution to the Arab–Jewish conflict in Palestine and to attempt to find refuge and help for the victims of the Nazi persecution of Jews. His son Chaim Herzog and his grandson Isaac Herzog both served as presidents of Israel. Typed Letter Signed “Isaac Herzog”, English, datelined on his official letterhead, Jerusalem, August 5, 1941, 1pp. In full, “I desire to confirm to the Jewish Charity Federations of Americs the statements contained in the communication addressed by the Talmudical to them under the date of Academy Heichal HaTalmud, Tel-Aviv, to the effect that this important Torah-institution has recent been greatly extended and includes now a special section housing a considerable number of young students, refugees from the lands of persecution who ape entirely maintained by this well-known Torah centre.”