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Rabbi Abraham Heschel

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Religious Figure

The Resume

    (January 11, 1907-December 23, 1972)
    Born in Warsaw, Poland
    Middle name was Joshua
    Professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
    Works include 'Man Is Not Alone (1951),' 'The Sabbath (1951),' 'God in Search of Man (1955),' 'The Prophets (1962),' 'Torah min HaShamayim (1962),' 'Who is Man? (1965),' and 'Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets (1966)'
    Leader in the American civil rights movement

Why he might be annoying:

    He clashed with more conservative wings of the Jewish faith.
    He was more interested in spirituality than in actual Biblical text study.
    He gave a speech in Chicago saying: 'Seen in the light of our religious tradition, the Negro problem is God’s gift to America, the test of our integrity, a magnificent spiritual opportunity' (January 14, 1963).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was driven out of Germany by the Nazis.
    He fled Poland weeks before the Nazi invasion.
    His mother and sisters were murdered by the Nazis.
    He spoke out against the Vietnam War.
    He took part in the 1965 March on Selma.
    Martin Luther King called him 'a truly great Prophet.'
    He spoke at Martin Luther King's funeral.
    He persuaded the Catholic Church to modify passages in its liturgy which were demeaning to the Jewish people.
    He said: 'Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.'

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    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 128 Votes: 53.91% Annoying