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Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Daughter: ‘My Father Would Be in Minneapolis’

JL;DR SUMMARY Susannah Heschel, daughter of the esteemed Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, reflects on the current civil unrest in Minneapolis, drawing parallels to her father's involvement in past civil rights movements. 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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ProtestImmigrationJusticeAbraham Joshua HeschelCivil RightsMartin Luther King Jr.MinneapolisJewish ClergySusannah HeschelInterfaith Action

Places mentioned

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"The news this weekend felt even heavier than the snow piling up outside...heartbreaking images out of Minnesota. On Saturday, federal immigration agents in Minneapolis shot and killed Alex Pretti."
Kent, Ohio, United States
"Specifically, Heschel recalled the 1970 shooting at Kent State, in which Ohio National Guard troops killed four students protesting the Vietnam War."
Alabama, United States
"Bloody Sunday five years earlier, when Alabama state troopers gassed and beat Black citizens engaged in nonviolent protest."
Selma, Alabama, United States
"No American is without responsibility, he wrote. All are involved in the sorrow that rises from Selma to contaminate every crevice of our national life."

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