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Abraham Joshua Heschel

Profiles Abraham Heschel, a Jewish rabbi who grew up in eastern Europe; taught, spoke, and wrote about Judaism and civil rights; and walked with Martin Luther King, Jr., in the 1965 march in Selma, Alabama.

Audience
childrens
Length
short · 72 pages

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