Heschel on Religion, Politics, and Civil Rights in Israel-Palestine

Despite the current popularity of, and toleration for, religion in political contexts, there is a constant, essential tension between religion and human rights. An exploration of Abraham Joshua Heschel's Papers at Duke's Rubinstein Rare Books and Manuscript Library is offered with the goal of ascertaining, beyond Heschel's well-known symbiosis ("I prayed with my feet"), points of uncertainty - or self-contradiction - regarding the feasibility of civil rights in Israel-Palestine. This discussion with Anat Biletzki is held in conjunction with the exhibit "Faith in Action: In the Footsteps of Abraham Joshua Heschel", March 18-July 22, 2016.