Author: Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin

Poland: Untold Stories – Honoring Poles Who Rescued Jews
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
24 March, 2025
4 min

A Call for Peace in 16 Languages in Krakow and Across Six Continents
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
11 March, 2025
2 min

European Day of the Righteous: Over 2,000 Sisters Rescued Jews
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
06 March, 2025
3 min

Shabbat – the Companion of Israel on Its Journey
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
02 March, 2025
2 min

On the Frontline of Fire and Faith: A Ukrainian Soldier’s Testimony
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
24 February, 2025
2 min

Sunday Psalm: Rahamim – The Father’s Tenderness
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
24 February, 2025
2 min

Sunday Psalm: Why Is the Righteous Compared to a Date Palm?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
16 February, 2025
2 min

Sunday Psalm: Hesed – Faithfulness to His Love
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
08 February, 2025
2 min

Sunday Psalm: Teshuva – a Return to the True Light
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
02 February, 2025
3 min

Commentary for Sunday: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph – Practitioners of Judaism
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
02 February, 2025
3 min

God Wants Me to Believe – The Day of Judaism at the Catholic University of Lublin
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
23 January, 2025
3 min

Jewish Scriptures Shed Light on the Event in Cana of Galilee
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
19 January, 2025
4 min

Jewish Commentary On Epiphany 2025
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
06 January, 2025
3 min

How To Understand The Words Of The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
29 December, 2024
4 min

Charitable Giving And Loving-Kindness – Important Principles To Christians And Jews
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
15 December, 2024
4 min

Luke’s Gospel Promotes Not The End Of The World, But The Growth Of The Way
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
01 December, 2024
4 min

Figs, Summer, And The End – Meaningful Symbols For The Earliest Hearers Of The Gospel
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
17 November, 2024
3 min

Vatican Diplomat at Lublin University: “Diplomacy of Mercy as World’s Hope”
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
13 November, 2024
4 min

The Poor Widow – A Symbol In Judaism Of Abandonment
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
10 November, 2024
4 min

The Age-Old Question Goes: What Is Love?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
03 November, 2024
3 min

Prayer and Gratitude – The Polish Tradition of All Saints’ Day at Home and Abroad
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
01 November, 2024
2 min

Humility Should Begin With The Great People: The Understanding Of Humility In The New Testament And In The Jewish Sources
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
20 October, 2024
6 min

Marriage in Judaism and Christianity
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
05 October, 2024
4 min

The Style of the Prophetic Speech in Jesus’ Instructions
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
29 September, 2024
8 min

The role of children in Jewish life – an underestimated dimension of Judaism
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
22 September, 2024
4 min

Honoring the Legacy of John Paul II: KUL’s Documentary Wins International Recognition
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
17 September, 2024
3 min

The suffering Messiah – a little-known link between Judaism and Christianity
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
15 September, 2024
4 min

The surroundings of the Sea of Galilee – where Jesus could be found
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
08 September, 2024
3 min

Clean or unclean things? Jesus responds
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
31 August, 2024
4 min

The Son of Man and his three meanings in Jewish tradition
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
25 August, 2024
4 min

Judaic inspirations and innovative themes in Jesus’ Eucharistic speech
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
18 August, 2024
5 min

Tisha B’Av – remembering the national tragedies of the Jews
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
13 August, 2024
3 min

Murmuring Jews – mere complaining or “productive conflict”?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
11 August, 2024
3 min

Gratitude to God for all the gifts – an important part of Christianity and Judaism
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
03 August, 2024
5 min

The only miracle that is presented in all four Gospels
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
28 July, 2024
4 min

Jesus comes with his “Gospel of empathy”
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
20 July, 2024
3 min

The importance of hospitality in Jewish culture
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
14 July, 2024
4 min

On the relationship between the Christian Liturgy of the Word of God and the synagogue liturgy
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
07 July, 2024
2 min

The Commandment of Tzizit: From the Time of Jesus to the Present Day
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
29 June, 2024
4 min

Passing through the sea and quieting the storm – God comes to the rescue
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
22 June, 2024
5 min

Parable – a combination of two images
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
16 June, 2024
4 min

Jesus’ exorcism in the context of Jewish tradition
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
09 June, 2024
4 min

Feast of Corpus Christi – Jewish commentary by Dr. Faydra Shapiro
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
02 June, 2024
3 min

What does the Old Testament say about the Trinity?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
26 May, 2024
3 min

What does the Christian Pentecost have in common with the Jewish Shavuot?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
19 May, 2024
3 min

Jesus sent the apostles to the “ends of the earth”; that is where?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
12 May, 2024
4 min

Agápe – kind and self-sacrificing love
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
05 May, 2024
4 min

Jesus as the true vine in the light of the Old Testament
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
28 April, 2024
4 min

Passover – the story of the first redemption
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
22 April, 2024
4 min

What does it mean that Jesus is the Good Shepherd?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
21 April, 2024
3 min

Who is responsible for the death of Jesus?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
14 April, 2024
4 min

Heschel Center of the Catholic University of Lublin: To believe God or believe in God?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
07 April, 2024
3 min

Fr. Prof. Marcin Wysocki: Wherever Poles live, there is a tradition of Holy Tombs of the Lord Jesus
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
30 March, 2024
4 min

Run to the tomb
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
30 March, 2024
5 min

Palm Sunday: Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
24 March, 2024
4 min

“Bat Kol” – “Divine voice” in the Biblical and Rabbinical Tradition
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
17 March, 2024
4 min

Jesus and Jewish scholars on attitudes toward Temple commerce
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
03 March, 2024
3 min

How Jesus understood fasting – the Jewish concept of fasting today and in the past
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
18 February, 2024
6 min

Jesus about women leaders in the Church
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
04 February, 2024
4 min

A triple false testimony of the devil about Jesus
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
28 January, 2024
3 min

Surprising encounters with the presence of God in the Hebrew Bible and the Babylonian Talmud
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
21 January, 2024
4 min

Who was the Lamb of God to the Jews of Jesus’ contemporaries?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
15 January, 2024
3 min

Three Mysteries of the Fortieth Day After the Birth of Jesus
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
01 January, 2024
7 min

The Nativity of the Lord – continuity and surprising novelty of God’s history
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
25 December, 2023
3 min

Hebrew commentary on the Gospel of the Annunciation
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
24 December, 2023
4 min

Jordan – it is here that God revealed his mercy to the Jews and Christians
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
17 December, 2023
2 min

Two types of consolation
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
11 December, 2023
7 min

In the Gospel and the Talmud, God Teaches Us Mercy in Practice
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
26 November, 2023
2 min

Who were the virgins in Jesus’ parable at the Jewish wedding?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
12 November, 2023
2 min

Were Pharisees adversaries of Jesus? Jesus was closer to them than to other Jewish groups
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
05 November, 2023
3 min

Mourner’s Kaddish – Jewish Prayer Filled with Praise
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
02 November, 2023
2 min

Through the ears to the heart. Two commandments, four aspects of love
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
29 October, 2023
3 min

Pharisees – legalistic hypocrites or respected teachers and innovators?
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
21 October, 2023
2 min

The choicest feast – God’s promise shared by Christians and Jews
Heschel Centre for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin
15 October, 2023
3 min