THE ABRAHAM J. HESCHEL CENTER FOR CATHOLIC-JEWISH RELATIONS THE JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN

News and events

Researchers from Haifa University at KUL's Heschel Center

A delegation from the Gordon College of Education in Haifa, Israel, visited the Catholic University of Lublin, with Dr. Merav Hemi and Dr. Ronen Kasperski, giving lectures on education and special education, but also learning about the activities and projects of the Heschel Center at the Catholic University of… Read more… »

Who saves one life - saves the world

Israel thanks another Polish Hero, Righteous Among the Nations - the late Rev. Boleslaw Wroblewski, who rescued Jewish children from the Częstochowa ghetto during the Holocaust. The decoration, during a ceremony in Czestochowa, was presented to the priest's family by Israeli Vice Ambassador Baruch Bosmat. It was received… Read more… »

The Heschel Center of the Catholic University of Lublin has published the writings of its patron

The Abraham J. Heschel Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin, in cooperation with the Publishing House of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, has published “Essential Writings” by Abraham Joshua Heschel. The contents of the book were selected and provided with an introduction… Read more… »

Biblical commentaries

Sunday Psalm: A Sense of Abandonment and Hope for Salvation

In the broader Jewish context, the psalm is sometimes associated with the prayers of distressed individuals and communities. It is also linked to historical events in which the people of Israel experienced a sense of abandonment, but also hope for salvation, says Shlomo Libertovsky, a Torah teacher in Beit… Read more… »

Sunday Psalm: Worshiping God Is Not Enough—Words and Actions Matter

"Praising God in prayer isn’t enough. It’s only the beginning. Our actions and our words are what matter," says Rabbi Steve Burnstein from the Birkat Shalom congregation in Kibbutz Gezer, Israel, commenting on Psalm 34 for the Heschel Center at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. The… Read more… »

Sunday Psalm: God’s Hidden Face – A Test of Faith

“The believer cannot live a single moment without the feeling that God is close to him,” says Shlomo Libertovski, a Torah scholar from Beth Shemesh, commenting on Psalm 27 for the Heschel Center at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Reflecting on King David’s plea, Libertovski emphasizes… Read more… »

Newsletters

Newsletter No 1/2025

Dear Readers, we present you with a list of the most important activities and actions of the Abraham J. Heschel for Catholic-Jewish Relations of the Catholic University of Lublin in January 2025. Ranging from the lighting of the Lights of Hope at the Catholic University of Lublin, through the organization… Read more… »

The Abraham J. Heschel Center
for Catholic-Jewish Relations
at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

ul. Spokojna 1
20-074 Lublin, Polska
email: heschel.center@kul.pl

Task assigned to the Minister of Science „The Abraham J. Heschel Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations”
– co-financed from the State Budget – Ministry of Science and Higher Education,
contract no. MEiN/2023/DPI/2884 of 12.10.2023.

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