Sunday, August 8th
6:30 p.m. | Rm 205
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story provides a beautiful portrait of this amazing man. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most remarkable and inspiring figures of the American 20th Century. He was a mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr and the entire Civil Rights Movement, a champion for Soviet Jews and a pioneer in the work of interfaith dialogue.
Born in Warsaw, Poland, Heschel was part of a dynastic royalty of Hasidic rabbis dating back centuries. He narrowly escaped the Holocaust and arrived in New York in 1940. Over the next thirty years he emerged as a one of the most influential voices in the world of religion. His many books, including The Prophets, The Sabbath, and God in Search of Man, are considered religious classics and are widely studied.
Today his picture hangs in countless synagogues across America despite the fact that fifty years ago many disagreed with his public opinions.
