Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Jewish theologian civil rights activist human philosopher rabbi

Abraham Joshua Heschel was a prominent 20th-century Jewish theologian, philosopher, and civil rights activist known for his influential works on Jewish thought and social justice.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish theologian → civil rights activist → human → philosopher → rabbi →
birthDate	1907-01-11 →
birthPlace	Congress Poland → Russian Empire → Warsaw →
child	Susannah Heschel →
citizenship	Poland → United States of America →
deathDate	1972-12-23 →
deathPlace	New York → New York City → United States →
educatedAt	Higher Institute for Jewish Studies in Berlin → Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Warsaw →
employer	Hebrew Union College → Jewish Theological Seminary of America →
ethnicGroup	Jews →
familyName	Heschel →
fieldOfWork	Jewish mysticism → Jewish theology → biblical studies → ethics → philosophy of religion →
genre	philosophy → religious essays → theology →
givenName	Abraham →
hasPhilosophicalIdea	religion as response to divine concern → sanctification of time → theology of divine pathos →
influenced	Christian–Jewish dialogue → Jewish liberation theology →
influencedBy	Hasidism → Hebrew Bible prophets → Jewish mysticism →
knownFor	Jewish ethics → Jewish philosophy → civil rights activism → interfaith dialogue →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Hebrew → Yiddish →
movement	Conservative Judaism →
notableWork	God in Search of Man → Israel: An Echo of Eternity → Man Is Not Alone → Man’s Quest for God → The Prophets → The Sabbath → Who Is Man? →
participantIn	American civil rights movement → Selma to Montgomery marches →
positionHeld	Professor of Jewish Ethics and Mysticism →
religion	Judaism →
residence	Berlin → Cincinnati NERFINISHED → Frankfurt am Main → New York City → Warsaw →
spouse	Sylvia Straus →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abraham Joshua Heschel ("Heschel") →	familyName
Jewish Theological Seminary of America →	hasNotableAlumni
Jewish Theological Seminary of America →	hasNotableFaculty