Gr. 4-8. "In a free society, some are guilty, all are responsible." With amazing quotes from Heschel's own speeches and writings, this direct, very readable biography of the influential Jewish rabbi, educator, and civil rights activist moves from his strict Hasidic education through his escape from the Holocaust and his emigration to the U.S., before focusing on his inspiring role as religious leader, writer, teacher, and, especially, passionate supporter of the African American civil rights movement. The many photos include the famous picture of him marching with Martin Luther King. Unfortunately, no source notes are included, not even a bibliography of Heschel's own writings; and there's occasional fictionalization. But in accessible language, Rose celebrates a leader who connected his own experience with his scholarship, religion, and politics to show that "the evil of prejudice is indivisible."
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Kurzbeschreibung
This is a biography of this theologian, rabbi and civil rights activist.
