Jack Shattuck's Personal Website


Since 2001, Webmaster of

It carries daily changing news of Jewry in Delaware, internationally and from Israel,
including a daily English-language Israeli TV Newscast.
B.S., Secondary Education (Fairleigh Dickinson University).
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion graduate rabbinical seminary.
Associate Editor, Selective Service Law Reporter, Washington D.C. 1972-1973
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 1974-1996
Quality Control Administrative Assistant, Dupont Company
Member of University of Delaware Academy of Lifelong Learning since 2006.
Articles by Jack Shattuck currently on the Internet:
-- A Perspective on the Selective Service System Military Draft During the Vietnam War
-- The Biblical "Conscientious Objector" (Deuteronomy 20:8) and Some Rabbinic Commentary
-- The Mitzvot and The Disciples of Miriam (Women’s Traditional Status in Jewish Liturgy)
-- Burial vs. Cremation in Jewish Tradition
-- Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963 (First-Person Account of MLK, Jr. Speech and Event)
Some links to Jewish texts on the Internet:
Classic Jewish Religious Texts
Hebrew-English Text of Tanakh (Bible)
Legends of the Jews (Classic Rabbinic Midrashim of the Bible)
Complete Text of Soncino Talmud (Click selection to start download)
Previous religious experience includes affiliation with Reform, Reconstruction, Conservative, Othodox and Chavurah congregations.
He has served as
ba'al tekiah (Shofar blower), shliach tzibur (Cantor); synagogue Vice President and newsletter editor.
Charter Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Charter and Life Member of Descendants of Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.