ʃˈætsks wʌzɐ fɹˈɛnd ʌv jˈɪtstʃæk hˈeɪlvi hˈɜːzɑːɡ, tʃˈiːf ɹˈæbaɪ ʌv ˈɪzɹiːəl, ænd hɐdbɪn ɐ fɹˈɛnd ʌv bˈoʊθ ðə tʃˈoʊfəts tʃˈeɪm ænd tʃˈeɪm ˈoʊzɚ ɡɹədzˈɪnski bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə sˈɛkənd wˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ.
Shatzkes was a friend of Yitzchak Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel, and had been a friend of both the Chofetz Chaim and Chaim Ozer Grodzinski before the Second World War.