Arnold Eisen -- The Spiritual Audacity of Abraham Joshua Heschel
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel - A Mystic
Rabbi abraham joshua heshel developed ground breaking relationships with religious leaders far beyond the civil rights movement. He worked closely with roman catholic officials and met pope paul the sixth during the time of these vatican council. Also served as first jewish visiting professor at iconically christian union theological seminary in new york city. In 19 65 he gave a famous lecture titled, no religion is an iseland. It included these words, parochialism has become untenable. We are all involved with one another. Spiritual betrayal on the part of one affects the faith of us all.
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