Word: heschel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their support of "traditionally liberal" causes. Indeed, such a withdrawal will likely lead to even greater alienation and animosity between these two vital American groups. More importantly, it will end a long alliance between blacks and Jews (such as that forged by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel and more recently by Michael Lerner and Cornel West), an alliance which has as its greatest strength a shared sense of struggle to affirm that which is most deeply human about us all. It would be a truly sad situation if, years from now, in the histories of American blacks...
...quote on one poster which doubtless many did not even stop to read: "Six million were wiped off the face of the earth. And there is the danger that they will also be annihilated from our memories. Are they doomed to a two-fold annihilation?" Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's haunting question remains unanswered. Only time will tell...
Traditionally, and especially in 20th century America, Jews have believed that the measure of a just society is how it treats its least fortunate. The picture of Abraham Joshua Heschel marching with Martin Luther King, the memory of Schwerner and Goodman dying with Chaney in Mississippi, and the glorious record of Jack Greenberg's crusades in the courts are examples of American Jews applying traditional Jewish values of justice and kindness to their dealings with African-Americans...