Episode 72 Churchill, Begin, and the Priestly Proclamation
Great leaders like Winston Churchill and Menachem Begin drew on the spirit of a wartime commandment from Deuteronomy.
Supplemental Materials:
- Click here to read Winston Churchill’s first radio address as Prime Minister, “Be Ye Men of Valour.”
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