Judaic Scholar

🇵🇱Abraham Joshua Heschel

Philosophy

1907–1972

"In my youth, growing up in a Jewish milieu, there was one thing we did not have to look for and that was exaltation. Every moment is great, we were taught, every moment is unique."

🇩🇪Gershom Scholem

Literature

1897–1982

"No one has a right to speak who, in the midst of thinking, hasn't been overcome with the experience of glimpsing the essence of history."

"The very concept of repentance and atonement has made the Jewish outlook on life one of cheerfulness and confidence."

🇺🇸James Redfield

Literature

b. 1950

"The Ninth Insight shows us that ultimately, our increased perception and vibration will open us up to a Heaven that is already before us. We just can’t see it yet."

Elie Wiesel

Literature

1928–2016

"That place, Mr. President, is not your place. Your place is with the victims of the SS."

🇺🇸Norman Lamm

Politics

1927–2020

"In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study."