In her essay in "The Immanent Frame: Secularism, Religion, and the Public Sphere," Susannah Heschel discusses the "wedding in a cemetery" tradition and its lessons for us today.

In a profile in the Valley News, Religion Professor Susannah Heschel discusses celebrating Passover in a time of plague, as when the Jews escaped Egypt, and now as we face COVID-19.

"Where Are All The Women In Jewish Studies?" ask Susannah Heschel and Sarah Imhoff in their July 3, 2018, Forward article that explores gender bias in the field....

In a letter to the editor in the New York Times, Professor Susannah Heschel comments on a recent article and clarifies the custom she originated of placing an orange on the Passover Seder plate.

In an interview with Matthew Lynch (Westminster Theological Centre, UK) for OnScript, which provides author interviews on new and noteworthy publications in biblical studies, Professor Susannah Heschel talks about her book The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany.

Susannah Heschel recalls that Dr. Martin Luthur King, Jr., " was always so gentle and kind and friendly to me.” And in an article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Heschel, whose father marched with King, tells how the Hebrew Bible inspired civil rights activists in the ‘60s. (Congressman John Lewis circled.)

Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, has just been presented with the Leo Baeck Institute's prestigious Moses Mendelssohn Award for her "outstanding scholarly contributions" to the study of German-Jewish culture. "It's a great honor to receive an award for my scholarship from colleagues in my field," she says. "It's wonderful."

Professor Susannah Heschel spoke out his week at Boston University, urging students to counter anti-Islam bigotry in the wake of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's controversial call to bar Muslims from entering the country, reports The Boston Globe.

“When are we going to have reparation—for slavery, for Jim Crow, for the new Jim Crow? Unless you give back, there is no repentance for you,” says Susannah Heschel, Professor of Religion and Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, in a recent panel discussion on MSNBC....

"What Selma Meant to Jews Like My Father": Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, right, marches with Dr. Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders (photo: Getty Images). For more, click title (above).