An engaging profile of one of the 20th century’s most prominent Jewish theologians and philosophers. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called Heschel a "great prophet" and their social justice views aligned; ...

When we recall Bloody Sunday -- March 7, 1965 -- in Selma, Alabama, the names of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Andrew Young and John Lewis roll off the tongue. Rarely does one hear about Rabbi ...

In one of the first scenes in the new documentary, “Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story,” Rabbi Heschel is marching in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965, with Martin Luther King, Jr., ...

Abraham Joshua Heschel, far right, marches with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and others in Selma, Ala., in 1965, which is featured in Martin Doblmeier’s 2021 documentary “Spiritual ...

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (left) and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel march together in Selma, Ala. which can seen during film “Spiritual Audacity,” set to be shown on Feb. 20 at the Greater Altoona ...

This coming December marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Abraham Joshua Heschel. Born in Warsaw in 1907, he experienced the full swath of European Jewish culture and religion before coming to ...

Rabbi Shai Held offers an introduction to a giant of 20th-century American Jewish thought and activism. I confess that Heschel’s lavish, epigrammatic prose and devotion to the living reality of God ...

During the two weeks leading up to a major conference at UCLA to honor the late rabbi and civil rights leader Abraham Joshua Heschel, controversy swirled around one of the event’s two keynote speakers ...

At this year’s annual Abraham Joshua Heschel Lecture, Elmhurst University will celebrate the endowment of the lecture series by the family of Abner Ganet, a trustee emeritus of the university, a ...

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

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