In looking at the topic of Heschel and social activism, I would like to present a perspective based on my personal and professional experience. Let me start with a bit of history. I was born in 1949 on the West Side of Chicago. My parents were first generation Americans born to Russian immigrants. Like the East Side of New York and the East End of London, the West Side of Chicago was settled by recent immigrants. During the 1960s the Civil Rights and Peace Movement profound