Abraham Joshua Heschel
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- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples, Vietnam War
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History
Article abstract: Heschel, a Jewish philosopher and theologian, was a leader in the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements of the 1960’s and a driving force in improving relations between Christians and Jews.
Early Life
Abraham Joshua Heschel was the youngest of five children of Moshe Mordechai Heschel and Reizel (née Perlow) Heschel. His mother and father were descended from Hasidic rabbis or rebbes, nobles in the Jewish world. Heschel grew up among people whose life was devoted to the observance and study of Judaism. He was considered a prodigy...
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