Judeo-Christian dialogue is analysed on the basis of one specific person: Edit Stein
(1891–1942), a Jew, a philosopher, a convert to Christianity, a Carmelite, who was deported
and killed in Auschwitz, later proclaimed a saint and a co-patron of Europe in the Catholic
Church. Her niece Susanne M. Batzdorff, a staunch Jewish believer and active in JudeoChristian dialogue, in her book Aunt Edith seeks to challenge in good faith some of her claims
that, directly or indirectly, touch on Judeo-Christian dialogue. Referring to the experience
and teachings of Edith Stein, the article responds to the disputes in question in the form of a
dialogue from her perspective. This approach allows that the dialogue between two related
religions that have so much in common does not remain at a strictly theoretical level but
extends to the existential level, as well
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