Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century. Heschel was a descendant of preeminent rabbinic families of Europe, both on his father's (Moshe Mordechai Heschel, who died of influenza in 1916) and mother's (Reizel Perlow Heschel) side, and a descendant of Rebbe Avrohom Yehoshua Heshl of Apt and other dynasties. He was the youngest of six children including his siblings: Sarah, Dvora Miriam, … Wikipedia
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Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) came to the Seminary in 1946 from the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnatti. learn.jtsa.edu/topics/reading/bookexc/gillman_conservativ...