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

Today, on the eve of August 9, the feast day of the patron saint of the Association of Hebrew Catholics, an inaugural ceremony was held, focusing on the life of Edith Stein – a saint of two worlds. The ceremony also included a Holy Mass followed by a prayer… Read more… »

On August 5, Lubliner Festival – Festival of Jewish Culture begins. For six days, residents of Lublin and visitors from other cities will be able to take part in concerts, meetings, and workshops devoted to Jewish culture. The aim of the festival is to bring closer the history and… Read more… »

Although the uprising lasted only a few dozen minutes, its memory lives on and has taken on an international character. The 82nd anniversary of the prisoners' rebellion was commemorated at the site of the former German Nazi death camp Treblinka II. The celebrations were attended by representatives of the… Read more… »

International Roma and Sinti Holocaust Remembrance Day, celebrated on August 2, commemorates the Porajmos – the extermination of the Gypsy population by the Third Reich. On the night of August 2-3, 1944, the Germans liquidated the Gypsy camp, known as the Zigeunerlager, in Auschwitz-Birkenau, murdering approximately 4,300 people.… Read more… »

It has been 85 years since the first transport of prisoners arrived at the German concentration and extermination camp Gross-Rosen. On August 2, 1940, nearly 100 Poles were brought there and began grueling work in the “stone hell.” This marked the beginning of the tragic history of the camp,… Read more… »

When Warsaw rose up against the German occupiers on August 1, 1944, Jews – including survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – were among the insurgents. Their participation in the Warsaw Uprising is a testament to their courage and solidarity in the face of a common enemy, as well… Read more… »

The town of Łęczna has received over PLN 11 million in funding for the restoration of the Synagogue Complex. The building will be transformed into a museum and educational center in cooperation with the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODŻ).… Read more… »

Another Pole has been recognized with the Righteous Among the Nations medal and diploma. The highest Israeli civilian award given to non-Jews was received in Poznań by Henryk Wierzchowiecki's son, Ryszard. In 1942, his father saved his friend Helena Becher, née Szewa Majer, from the Holocaust. The award ceremony… Read more… »

President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda has awarded high state honors to five activists of the Socio-Cultural Society of Jews in Poland. This year the SCSJ celebrates its 75th anniversary, being the largest and oldest continuously operating Jewish organization in Poland. High award for the president of… Read more… »

Sister Regine Canetti from the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Zion has died at the age of 104. Sister Regine was a Holocaust survivor, convert and nun who spent 80 years building Christian-Jewish understanding in the Holy Land. “Her life was such a silent witness to… Read more… »

On the 83rd Anniversary of the beginning of the Great Liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, Hundreds Walked Through Muranów in the 14th March of Remembrance This year’s event was dedicated to the musicians of the ghetto – people who brought hope despite the omnipresence of death. The March in… Read more… »

From October 1941 to July 22, 1944, approximately 130,000 prisoners of many nationalities passed through its gates, and about 78,000 lost their lives in the camp. Among them, the largest number of the dead and murdered were Jews (about 60,000 people), followed by Poles, Byelorussians, Ukrainians and Russians.… Read more… »

On July 22, 1942, the largest extermination of the Jewish population in occupied Europe began. In two months, some 254,000 people were deported from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka death camp. In commemoration of the victims of the “Great Operation,” today (July 22) at 6:00 pm, a March… Read more… »

On the Roman trails with the Heschel Center of the Catholic University of Lublin Jewish religion, tradition and culture, Catholic-Jewish relations, the history of the Jewish presence in Rome, the Jewish Holocaust in the 20th century and contemporary challenges in interreligious dialogue were the topics addressed by Fr. Dr.… Read more… »

During the German occupation, she risked her life by hiding a Jewish woman in the convent. In recognition of this heroic gesture, Zofia Liszka, Sister Serapiona of the Congregation of the Servant Sisters of the Virgin Mary Immaculately Conceived, was posthumously awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations.… Read more… »

Konstanty Rokicki, a Polish consul in Bern who played a major role in saving Jews during the Holocaust, died on July 18, 1958. His actions within the Lados Group, involving the forgery of Latin American passports, made it possible to save at least several hundred people. Although Rokicki died… Read more… »

On Sunday, July 20 at 12:00 pm, the Treblinka Museum will host another thematic educational walk through the former German Nazi extermination and labor camp. This time, the participants will learn about the topic of transports to the camp, in connection with the 83rd anniversary of the first transport… Read more… »

Until July 30, the Museum of the Province of the Bernardine Fathers in Lezajsk is displaying the Icon of the Blessed Ulm Family - the so-called Markov Triptych. The work of Mateusz Środoń is presented in the historic monastery complex of the Bernardine Fathers. At the same time, its… Read more… »

The Catholic Church in Poland has responded firmly and unequivocally to the words of MEP Grzegorz Braun, who questioned the existence of gas chambers at the German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Church leaders recalled the Church’s teaching on the sin of antisemitism and the obligation to defend historical truth. The… Read more… »

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… »