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

The Heschel Center of the Catholic University of Lublin is a partner in an international seminar organized by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome to mark the 60th anniversary of the conciliar declaration “Nostra aetate” (1965). The symposium will take a scientific approach. It will be… Read more… »

If some states and nations are remorseful because they have done nothing for the Jews, they must find a victim upon whom they will shift responsibility according to the principle “ it was them, not me” - answers Rabbi Symcha Keller in “Culmination of Words,” when asked about accusations… Read more… »

In front of the doors on the cobblestones of Roman streets, you may notice inscriptions engraved on gold plates glistening in the sunlight. The light reflecting off them catches the eyes of passersby, who instinctively look down for a closer look. They then learn that each piece of metal… Read more… »

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… »

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 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… »

April 17 marked the conclusion of the exhibition “The Operation that Killed the City. The story of Lublin and its Jewish community in the shadow of the Holocaust based on photographs and documents from the collection of Norbert Podlesny. An exhibition in memory of the victims of Operation Reinhardt”. Since… Read more… »

This year, Easter in the Latin Church coincides with the Jewish feast of Pesach—a convergence that happens relatively rarely, as both celebrations are calculated according to different calendars. Pesach is a discovery of how the Passover meal becomes a tangible experience of salvation history through the senses of sight,… Read more… »

This year's Stations of the Cross at Majdanek, organized by the AL Catholic Youth Association and the AL Center for Youth Pastoral Care on the grounds of the State Museum at Majdanek, was the twenty-fifth anniversary event in the history of the whole undertaking. Its motto was: the Cross is… Read more… »

Below we present the dates coinciding with the most important Jewish Holidays in 2025: March 14 Feast of Purim April 12-20 Feast of Pesach June 2-3 Feast of Shavuot August 3 Feast of Tisha B'Av September 23-24 Feast of Rosh Hashanah October 2… Read more… »

An initiative with a long-standing historyEvery year, near April 19 - the date of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 - the Polish Council of Christians and Jews organizes the March of Prayer “On the Path of the Warsaw Ghetto Monuments.” About a hundred Warsaw residents and… Read more… »

The exhibition “The Operation That Killed a City” has opened at the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) Library. Through photographs and documents from Norbert Podleśny’s collection, the exhibition tells the story of Lublin and its Jewish community in the shadow of the Holocaust. “We are witnessing a historic event. For the… Read more… »

The University Library and the Collegium Iuridicum of the Catholic University of Lublin are linked by a painful history related to Operation “Reinhard” - the extermination of Jews under German occupation. Odilo Globocnik, one of the main organizers and executors of the criminal enterprise, had an office in Collegium Iuriducum,… Read more… »

Vatican media published an article on nuns who saved Jews, “European Day of Remembrance for the Righteous: More than 2,000 nuns saved Jews” in English, Italian, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French, with an expert voice from Sr. Dr. Monika Kupczewska, historian at the John Paul II Catholic University of… Read more… »

On the occasion of the European Day of Remembrance for the Righteous, the State Museum at Majdanek hosted an event during which the guests were introduced to the biography of Henryk Wieliczański - a former prisoner of the Majdanek camp and recipient of the Righteous Among the Nations medal. The… Read more… »

"Over two thousand religious sisters in Poland were involved in rescuing Jews during World War II," says Sister Monika Kupczewska, Chair of the Historical Commission at the Conference of Major Superiors of Female Religious Congregations in Poland, in an interview with Vatican Radio–Vatican News. March 6 marks the European… Read more… »

Between 25 and 27 February 2025, the Dialogue and Prayer Centre in Oświęcim hosted a symposium Christians and Jews: Documents of the Catholic Church 1965-2015. Held under the auspices of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism at the Polish Bishops’ Conference, the seminar gathered representatives of the Church, scholars,… Read more… »

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 small town of Opatów left a very important legacy, and for that, we are proud. We should have a moment to recognize this town and what it created," said Prof. Susannah Heschel in her message to the residents of Opatów (in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in Poland), the hometown… Read more… »

The 28th annual Day of Judaism in the Archdiocese of Lublin was held at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL). Representatives from Catholic and Jewish communities, including participants from the United States, participated in the event. The university's rector, Fr. Prof. Mirosław Kalinowski, addressed them in… Read more… »

A group of students and doctoral candidates from the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) in Poland traveled to Rome to visit significant sites tied to the origins of Christianity and locations linked to Christian-Jewish relations. The trip, organized by KUL’s Heschel Center, was awarded as a prize for the… Read more… »

The Heschel Center of the Catholic University of Lublin, together with the Institute of Biblical Studies and the Center for the Study of Second Temple Judaism of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, invites everyone to a three-day international symposium on the topic of peace in the… Read more… »

“My Peace I Give to You” - is the motto of this year's celebration of the Day of Judaism in the Lublin Archdiocese, to be held on Wednesday, 18 January 2023, at 5 pm in Hall 1031 of the John Paul II College at the Catholic University of Lublin.… Read more… »

At Christmas time, on behalf of our entire community,we wish you a Joy that will not be extinguishedby the adversities and difficulties of our lives.It is the joy coming from the truththat, as Saint Paul says in Philippians 4:5, “the Lord is near”,he has become one of us.He brings into… Read more… »