Tom's next guests are featured in a new documentary about an extraordinary Jewish theologian and activist. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was a mentor, friend and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and one of the most influential religious scholars and public intellectuals of the 20th century.

The new documentary, by filmmaker Martin Doblmeier, will air on PBS May 5.

Tomorrow afternoon, the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies here in Baltimore will host a virtual symposium to talk about Heschel’s influence and legacy.To talk about that legacy now, Tom welcomes back to Midday the two speakers at that symposium, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch and Benjamin Sax, the Jewish Scholar at the ICJS.

Tom's next guests are featured in a new documentary about an extraordinary Jewish theologian and activist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Joshua_Heschel">Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel </a>was a mentor, friend and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and one of the most influential religious scholars and public intellectuals of the 20th century.
The <a href="https://journeyfilms.com/spiritualaudacity/">new documentary</a>, by filmmaker <a href="https://journeyfilms.com/aboutus/">Martin Doblmeier,</a> will air on PBS May 5.
Tomorrow afternoon, the <a href="https://icjs.org/">Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies</a> here in Baltimore will host <a href="https://icjs.org/heschel/">a virtual symposium</a> to talk about Heschel&rsquo;s influence and legacy.To talk about that legacy now, Tom welcomes back to Midday the two speakers at that symposium, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian <a href="https://taylorbranch.com/about-taylor-branch/">Taylor Branch</a> and <a href="https://icjs.org/staff-and-scholars/">Benjamin Sax</a>, the Jewish Scholar at the ICJS.

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at <a href="mailto:midday@wypr.org">midday@wypr.org</a>

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine.  We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org.

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