Emmanuel Levinas

Seeking the Face of God

When we learn to see the face of God in every being, it becomes impossible to act with anything other than compassion and justice.

God, You and Me: Ecclesiastes as One of the Earliest Works of Jewish Existentialism

The author of Kohelet wrestled openly and honestly with life's biggest questions.

Emmanuel Levinas

A 20th-century philosopher whose Jewish sensibility influenced his encounter with Western thought and ethics.

Responsibility in the Face of the Other

Responsibility that begins in seeing the face of another human being is a primary philosophical category.