And it is not the teaching which is the essential, but the action.(M. Avot 1:16)
Note:Parts of this post have been corrected.since publication.
Note:Parts of this post have been corrected.since publication.
In belatedly commemorating Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's 100's birthday, the Center for Jewish History bemoans the absence of a contemporary equivalent, asking "Where are the Abraham Heschel's of today?" For many liberally inclined Jews, Heschel was the Gadol Hador - a prolific, erudite, knowledgeable scholar who synthesized traditional texts, academia, with contemporary sensibilities and ethics of activism. The problem, apparently, is that no one - or at least not enough people - has sufficiently assumed Heschel's mantle.
