1st Anniversary of the the Heschel Center at KUL – Debate "Catholic-Jewish Dialogue, Inspirations, Challenges, Perspectives"

Rabbi Prof. Abraham Skórka will be the special guest of a debate organized on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Abraham J. Heschel Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations of The Catholic University of Lublin. The debate, "Catholic-Jewish Dialogue. Inspirations, Challenges, Perspectives" will be held on October 16 at 11:00 a.m. in the Knowledge Transfer Center  (CTW)  of KUL (Room CTW- 114). The event will be streamed live on KUL's YouTube channel.

Prominent experts and practitioners of dialogue - the Argentinian-born Rabbi Prof. Abraham Skórka and the promoter of dialogue and ecumenism Rev. Prof. Waldemar Szczerbinski - will discuss the inspirations, challenges and perspectives of Catholic-Jewish relations during a debate summarizing a year of activities of the Heschel Center at KUL. The guests will share their reflections on the phenomenon of Abraham J. Heschel and the timeliness of his teachings, as well as their thoughts on the place and condition of Christian-Jewish dialogue in the modern world.

The debate will be moderated by Fr. Dr. Marcin Kowalski, Professor of the Catholic University of Lublin, Director of the Abraham J. Heschel Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations of the Catholic University of Lublin, biblical scholar and member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.

The meeting will be attended by Dr. Habil. Beata Piskorska, prof. of KUL, Vice-Rector for Students, Doctoral Students and Development  and Fr. Prof. Miroslaw Wróbel, Plenipotentiary of the Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin for Catholic-Jewish Relations and Scientific Research in the Holy Land.