[1] Shuchat was born in Montreal, Canada, and studied at McGill University, receiving his BA in 1941.
He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1945, which institution also awarded him an honorary D.D.
He served as rabbi in Albany, New York, at the Congregation Sons of Israel and after that in Buffalo at Temple Beth El.
[2] One of his career highlights was conceiving and consulting on the Pavilion of Judaism at 1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montreal, known as Expo 67.
[3] He has published a number of influential books; among them The Gate of Heaven: The Story of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal (2000) and The Creation According to Midrash Rabbah (2002).