The Jewish Cardinal

The son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, Jean- Marie Lustiger converted to Catholicism, joined the priesthood, and was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope Jean Paul II. When a group of nuns sought to build a chapel within Auschwitz in the 1980s, he was pulled into the middle of a conflict between Jews and Catholics. This stirring portrait explores the tension between the identity we are born with and the one we choose.

Q&A April 20, 7:30: Rabbi James A. Rudin, AJC’s Senior Interreligious Adviser.