My Legs Were Praying: A Biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel

Succinct, inspiring biography of a bridge—building Jewish leader, supplemented by 15 black—and—white photographs

On March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights organizers led 8,000 protesters on a 54—mile march from Selma to Montgomery. They invited a distinguished group of national religious figures to join them in the front lines. One of these was Abraham Joshua Heschel—a gifted Jewish scholar, teacher, and speaker...