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Aggadic Men: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’s References to Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, influenced deeply by Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel during a formative meeting in 1968, frequently incorporated Heschelian ideas and references in his writings. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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InfluenceShabbatTheologyPhilosophySpiritualityAbraham Joshua HeschelInterfaith RelationsHalachaJonathan Sacks

Places mentioned

Los Angeles, California, United States
"In 1968, a nineteen-year-old not-yet-rabbi Jonathan Sacks (1948-2020) met R. Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) in Los Angeles."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Mr. Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: Once is happenstance."
United Kingdom
"as both quotations of, and allusions to, Heschelian ideas are unmistakable in Sackss writings throughout his life.[2]"

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