A group calling itself Clergy Concerned About Vietnam, formed in 1965, attracted the leading figures of the nascent religious left, including John C. Bennett, Daniel Berrigan, Eugene Carson Blake, Robert McAfee Brown, Abraham Heschel, Reinhold Niebuhr and King.
modern-day saints i.e., inspiring lovers of God and humanity were non-Catholics ( Martin Luther King Jr., Dietrich Bonhoeffer), non-Christians ( Gandhi, Anne Frank, Abraham Heschel) or Catholics who were never canonized ( Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day). Google them and prepare to be touched.
Dorothy Day, Abraham Heschel -- the majority of great reformers in American history did their work not just because it was sound policy, or they had done good analysis, or understood how to exercise good politics, but because their faith and their values dictated it, and called for bold action -- so
Date: Feb 07, 2013
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Op-Ed: Engaging Jews means more than better marketing
As their parents before them, many at the conference appeared to equate being Jewish with financial support for Israel. Strategies seeking to bring young Jews closer to the Jewish state that do not also consider how to make Judaism, in Abraham Heschels words, a matter of ultimate personal significance, are flawed approaches to outreach and engagement.