The Pope and I: how the lifelong friendship between a Polish Jew and John Paul II advanced Jewish-Christian relations

Childhood in Wadowice -- Middle school years -- Something is changing -- The prisoners of Maryjskaja -- Heaven on earth -- From Oświęcim to Auschwitz -- Good-bye, Wadowice -- The book of memory -- A slavic Pope -- Two thousand years of hostility -- Shtetl -- Medinat Yiśraʹel -- Lunch with the Pope -...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kluger, Jerzy 1921-2011 (Author)
Contributors: Di Simone, Gianfranco (Other) ; Sherry, Matthew 20. Jh. (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Subito Delivery Service: Order now.
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Maryknoll, N.Y Orbis Books c2012
In:Year: 2012
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Interfaith dialogue / Christianity / Judaism
Further subjects:B John Paul II Pope (1920-2005) Friends and associates
B Kluger, Jerzy Friends and associates
B Jews (Poland) Biography
B Catholic Church Relations Judaism
B Popes Biography
B Judaism Relations Catholic Church
Description
Summary:Childhood in Wadowice -- Middle school years -- Something is changing -- The prisoners of Maryjskaja -- Heaven on earth -- From Oświęcim to Auschwitz -- Good-bye, Wadowice -- The book of memory -- A slavic Pope -- Two thousand years of hostility -- Shtetl -- Medinat Yiśraʹel -- Lunch with the Pope -- In the silence of Auschwitz -- Years of tension -- "They've shot the pope!" -- War in the Middle East -- A Kefia at the Vatican -- Meeting Shamir -- Convent of discord -- The other side of the Tiber -- Return to Wadowice -- Israel exists -- In front of the wall -- The holy wars -- Tanks roll into Bethlethem -- All the bells of the world tolled
ISBN:1570759707