When Abraham Joshua Heschel fled Nazi Europe in 1940, few could have predicted how profoundly this Hasidic scholar would transform Jewish-Christian relations in America. Through three pivotal encounters spanning nearly three decades, Louis Finkelstein witnessed Heschel's remarkable evolution from refugee intellectual to interfaith pioneer. This chronological memoir traces their meetings: from Heschel's arrival as a displaced scholar, through his recruitment to the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1944, to his groundbreaking consultations with Pope Paul VI during Vatican Council II. Heschel's extraordinary intellectual dexterity - evidenced by his precise memory of English vocabulary acquisition and his ability to bridge kabbalistic wisdom with modern philosophical discourse - made him uniquely qualified to address centuries-old religious tensions. Drawing on detailed biographical recollections, Finkelstein reveals how Heschel's deep understanding of both pagan anti-Semitism and post-Holocaust Jewish survival needs shaped his approach to interfaith dialogue. His passing marked an irreplaceable loss to Jewish intellectual life and global religious discourse, leaving behind a legacy of unprecedented achievement in synthesizing traditional Jewish scholarship with modern academic thought.