Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity - Abraham Joshua Heschel; Edited by Susannah Heschel

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Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity

Essays

Abraham Joshua Heschel; Edited by Susannah Heschel

Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks, May 1997
ISBN: 978-0-374-52495-1, ISBN10: 0-374-52495-5,
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 464 pages,
Trade Paperback, $18.00

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See All Categories Jewish Studies Jewish Studies - All Titles Literature Literary Criticism, Essays, & Biography

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By Abraham Joshua Heschel and Susannah Heschel

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Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity
IEXISTENCE AND CELEBRATIONTo Be a Jew: What Is It?THERE IS A HIGH COST of living to be paid by a Jew. He has to be exalted in order to be normal in a world that is neither propitious for nor sympathetic to his survival. Some of us, tired of sacrifice and exertion, often wonder: Is Jewish existence worth the price? Others are overcome with panic; they are perplexed and despair of recovery.

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