HESCHEL, Abraham
- Era: 1909 - 1972
- Location: Poland United Sates
- Categories: RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY
From Eastern European Chasidic background, resettling in USA, via the UK, following Nazi deportation from Germany, Heschel in writing and teaching became a leading authority on social ethics and what it means to be Jewish. He stressed the importance of human engagement with contemporary challenges – civil rights, military initiatives, different religions – as a leap of action with God.
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