Abraham Joshua Heschel

"This highly appreciative biography of Heschel benefits from hindsight throughout…Zelizer’s constantly looking for early signs of his protagonist’s radical social activism, for his Heschel is not only the author of the highly influential Prophets, he is also driven – like the subjects of that work – “to communicate God’s anguish to the world”.’—Sara Jo Ben Zvi, Segula

“Zelizer’s book is absolutely riveting, both as a study of a truly important figure within Jewish thought and in providing insight into the politics of the 1960s.”—Sandy Levinson, Balkinization

“As Julian E. Zelizer has so vividly demonstrated in his new biography, . . . both Heschel’s scholarship and his politics have endured, and he has had a lasting impact on the American Jewish community and the world.”—Michael Berenbaum, Jewish Journal

“Zelizer covers the life and career of Heschel thoroughly and elegantly. This book will find an enthusiastic and appreciative public.”—Rabbi David Wolpe, Sinai Temple

“Julian Zelizer's Abraham Joshua Heschel transcends time and place. The life of Heschel moves seamlessly from inside the Jewish world to exhilarating movements of the 1960s and the quest for peace and justice. Zelizer shows how Heschel's words, thoughts, and actions resonate to this day.”— Hasia Diner, author of Julius Rosenwald: Repairing the World

“Julian Zelizer's exciting new biography brings Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel to life. Zelizer brings his own unique lens as a political historian and sheds new light on a life well and inspirationally led.”—Rabbi Shai Held, author of Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence