Crossroads of the Covenant: Christian-Jewish Dialogue and Its Multifaceted Implications is a new online course held by the Heschel Center at the Catholic University of Lublin. It's open to everyone and free of charge. The course will be led by Dr. Faydra Shapiro, who has been teaching at universities in Canada, the United States, and Israel for over 25 years, and Fr. Dr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, director of the Heschel Center at KUL and head of the Polish section of Vatican Radio-Vatican News.
Due to the international nature of the project, the course will be held in English. The classes aim to deepen knowledge about the shared history of Christianity and Judaism, reflect on the religious and cultural identity of both traditions, and develop interreligious dialogue skills.
Applications are open until November 3: https://tiny.pl/kqwrcprf
The Abraham J. Heschel Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations is a university unit. Where, if not here, is the place for learning and honest discussion on topics related to Christian-Jewish relations? The course coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on the Church’s relationship with non-Christian religions, Nostra aetate, emphasizes Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik. He adds that St. John Paul II is an example of promoting Christian-Jewish dialogue.
The course is aimed at anyone who wants to consciously participate in the contemporary discourse on Christian-Jewish relations in the context of pluralism, secularization, and cultural transformations.
The duration of the course “Crossroads of Covenant: Christian-Jewish Dialogue and its multifaceted implications” is planned for 30 academic hours. It begins on November 3. Meetings will be held on the MS Teams platform, in the afternoon hours. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion.
Faydra Shapiro has been involved in Jewish-Christian relations for many years. For over 25 years, she has taught at universities in Canada, the United States, and Israel. She is the author of numerous articles, both academic and popular, on the relationship between Judaism and Christianity.
Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik holds a doctorate in Oriental Studies (specializing in Jewish Studies) from the University of Oxford and a doctorate in Biblical Sciences and Archaeology from the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem. He is a professor of Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. He was the spokesperson for the Polish Bishops' Conference. He was awarded the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Medal. He is the author of books, including the bestseller about the Ulma family “They Even Killed the Children,” co-written with Vatican journalist Manuela Tulli.
