COLIN GREER
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Plays by Colin Greer
Imagining Heschel |
| 1st Produced: | Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce Street, New York, NY 10014 | 08 Nov 2010 | ||||
| Company: | Culture Project | |||||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | Imagining Heschel explores private conversations between Cardinal Augustin Bea and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel from 1962 - 1973, when Heschel was asked to aid the Vatican Council in formally exonerating the Jews for the death of Christ—a crucial repudiation of anti-Semitism. Heschel resists, demanding the Vatican apologize for their acquiescence to the Holocaust, and an ideological test of wills ensues. Colin Greer's imagined discussions between these philosophical giants in the midst of the numerous struggles of the late 1960s—including the war in Vietnam which Heschel strenuously opposed, and the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, which he supported—lend enormous insight into contemporary issues of peaceful resolution in the Middle East. Imagining Heschel raises important questions about the justification of violence by any faith, and the limits of forgiveness. - nytheatre.com | |||||
