“A person cannot be religious and indifferent to other human beings’ plight and suffering … much of our history is a history of indifference, dominated by a famous statement, ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’”
—”Plight of Russian Jews”
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