This week we hear from Martin Doblmeier, the director of Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story on the history of one of the most inspiring and preeminent scholars of the 20th Century. Doblmeier discusses Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s profound impact on the civil rights movement, the relationship between Jews and the Roman Catholic Church, and the “evil of indifference.”

Then, Natalia Mahmud, AJC’s Associate Director of U.S. Muslim-Jewish Relations, speaks about the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act, ahead of its reintroduction in Congress, and in honor of baseball’s Opening Day, we dip into AJC’s Oral History Library to hear directly from one of the greatest Jewish baseball players ever, Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg, also known as “The Hebrew Hammer.” Greenberg recounts what it was like to be a Jewish baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s and the level of antisemitism he had to endure. 

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Episode Lineup: 

(00:40) Martin Doblmeier

(16:55) Natalia Mahmud

(19:36) Manya Brachear Pashman

(23:00) Seffi Kogen

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Show Notes:

Episode Transcript

AJC’s William E. Wiener Oral History Library

Learn more about the Jabara-Heyer NO Hate Act at AJC.org/TakeAction

Music: Take Me Out to the Ballgame by Kevin MacLeod (Link; License)