For the 12th year in a row, the Catholic Church in Poland celebrates the Day of Judaism on the 17th of January. Various events are organized on this occasion both in Warsaw and locally, with diverse religious and non-religious groups getting involved in the celebration spread over the whole week.

Although the central celebrations are scheduled to take place on Saturday, the 17th of January, at the Warsaw All Saints' Roman Catholic Church and the nearby Nożyk Synagogue, scores of other events have already been held since the beginning of the week and are still underway. These include: religious gatherings, ecumenical prayers, intellectual debates, movie screenings, photo exhibitions, concerts and others.

The memory of the Holocaust and of the Polish and Jewish solidarity of that time is traditionally remembered during the Days of Judaism. In Poznań, another Polish couple has received the prestigious "Righteous Among the Nations" award for their heroic defense of Jews during World War Two. Concerts honoring Irena Sendler, the woman who saved an estimated number of twenty five hundred Jewish children from Holocaust, ar e held at several locations all over the country.

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