Abraham Joshua Heschel, whose 50th yahrzeit we marked this past year, was for almost 30 years a member of the faculty at The Jewish Theological Seminary, which I lead. There he inspired many 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 ...

The Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s generated many iconic photographs. They vividly portray an oppressed minority proudly and valiantly protesting for their rights.. One of the most ...

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel were good friends whose work influenced people around the world to seek peace and justice. Their children, Susannah Heschel and ...

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 ...

Close your eyes and you might be able to conjure the iconic image of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, with a white bushy beard, as he marches alongside Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It's 1965 and ...

A century after the birth of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel — one of the most influential Jewish scholars, theologians, and civil rights activists of the 20th century — religious leaders, academics, and ...

Years ago, right after Yom Kippur morning services let out, a woman walked up to me in the synagogue lobby in great distress. I had given a sermon that pressed on the issues of the day, and it had ...

Bruce Springsteen is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. Last week, Springsteen kicked off his current Land of Hope and Dreams European tour in Manchester, England, where he peppered ...

The chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary remembers when her father, a rabbi, joined the March on Washington, and the sermon he gave on moral clarity. (JTA) — Abraham Joshua Heschel, whose ...

(JTA) — Abraham Joshua Heschel, whose 50th yahrzeit we marked this past year, was for almost 30 years a member of the faculty at The Jewish Theological Seminary, which I lead. There he inspired many ...