The Jewish Cardinal

The Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of JeanMarie Lustiger the son of PolishJewish immigrants who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age and later joining the priesthood Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope John Paul IIand found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew earning him both friends and enemies from either group When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz Lustiger finds himself a mediator between the two communitiesand he may be forced at last to choose his side