Abraham Joshua Heschel | |
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![]() Heschel in 1964 | |
Personal | |
Born | |
Died | December 23, 1972 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 65)
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse |
Sylvia Straus (m. 1946) |
Children | Susannah |
Denomination | Orthodox, Conservative |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Theologian, philosopher |
Jewish leader | |
Profession | Theologian, philosopher |
Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Polish-American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was a leader in the civil rights movement.[1][2]