Abraham Joshua Heschel - Wikipedia
WEBTheologian, philosopher. Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Polish-American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish ...
Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Prophet's Prophet | My Jewish Learning
WEBAbraham Joshua Heschel: A Prophet’s Prophet. Heschel aimed, through his writing and teaching, to shock modern people out of complacency and into a spiritual dimension. By Robert M. Seltzer
Abraham Joshua Heschel | Prophetic Activist, Civil Rights Leader ...
WEBAbraham Joshua Heschel (born 1907, Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empire [now in Poland]—died Dec. 23, 1972, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a Jewish theologian and philosopher, noted for his presentation of the prophetic and mystical aspects of Judaism and for his attempt to construct a modern philosophy of religion on the basis of the …
Abraham Joshua Heschel - Jewish Virtual Library
WEBAbraham Joshua Heschel was a Jewish American rabbi, scholar, and philosopher who was very active in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Heschel descended on his father's side from Dov Baer (the Maggid) of Mezeritch and Abraham Joshua Heschel of Apta (Opatow); on his mother's side from Levi Isaac of Berdichev. After traditional Jewish studies, he ...
Heschel, Abraham Joshua | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research …
WEBJanuary 11, 1907 to December 23, 1972. Abraham Joshua Heschel was a Jewish theologian and philosopher with a social consciousness that led him to participate in the civil rights movement. Considered “one of the truly great men” of his day and a “great prophet” by Martin Luther King, Jr., Heschel articulated to many Jewish Americans and ...
Teachings of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel | jewishideas.org
WEBRabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was one of the major voices in Jewish thought and philosophy during the 20th century. Born in Poland, he received a traditional yeshiva education and rabbinic ordination. He then pursued his doctoral work at the University of Berlin, and also studied at the Hochschule fur die Wissenschaft des …
Life and Work - The Enduring Echoes of His Song
WEBJanuary 11, 1907: Abraham Joshua Heschel was born in Warsaw. He was the youngest of six children of Moshe Mordecai Heschel and Reizel Perlow Heschel. His six siblings were Sarah, Dvora Miriam, Esther Sima, Gittel, and Jacob. He was part of a Hassidic dynasty, stemming from a long line of rabbis. From Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity:
Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement
WEBAbraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement. Julian E. Zelizer. Published. October, 2021. ISBN. 9780300233216. Publisher. Yale University. A biography of the rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who became a symbol of the marriage between religion and social justice. “When I marched in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.”
Abraham Joshua Heschel - Theology - Books - The New York Times
WEBDec. 24, 2007. In 1965, after walking in the Selma-to-Montgomery civil-rights march with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was at the Montgomery, Ala.,...
Abraham Joshua Heschel - Heschel English
WEBAbraham Joshua Heschel. Rabbi A.J. Heschel. The Heschel Center is named in memory of Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907– December 23, 1972), leading teacher, activist, social critic, theologian, poet, philosopher, and scholar. “ Our concern with environment cannot be reduced to what can be used, to what can be grasped.
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