He was born into a family which has a long history within the Jewish religion. According to Fritz A. Rothschild, Heschel “descended on his fathers side from Dov Baer of Mezeritch and Abraham Joshua Heschel of Apta”(Rothschild, 2007), both of which were very involved in Hasidism. When Heschel was still a young man, he achieved something most have not. Heschel received two rabbinical ordinations. Aside from becoming a Rabbi, he was also named the successor of Martin Buber in 1937 (Rothschild,
He was born into a family which has a long history within the Jewish religion. According to Fritz A. Rothschild, Heschel “descended on his fathers side from Dov Baer of Mezeritch and Abraham Joshua Heschel of Apta”(Rothschild, 2007), both of which were very involved in Hasidism. When Heschel was still a young man, he achieved something most have not. Heschel received two rabbinical ordinations. Aside from becoming a Rabbi, he was also named the successor of Martin Buber in 1937 (Rothschild,