“The universe is done. The greater masterpiece is still undone, still in the process of being created, is history. For accomplishing His grand design, God needs the help of man.”
—“Religion and Race,” 1963
We, his readers, Jewish and Christian, stood in wonder before it – not before him, but before his ability to “walk with God.”
Rabbi David R. Blumenthal, PhD
I value Heschel's teaching that we are not all prophets but there should be something of the prophet in every one of us.
Dr. Arnold Eisen
He shot an arrow into thinking about religion; it wasn’t just about don’t do this, do that, but instead make yourself open to the amazement of the world.
Rabbi Michael Graetz