"Leave your country and go to the land that I will show you" - this is the slogan of the Judaism day organized throughout Poland by Catholic church in the framework of the Christian-Jewish Dialogue. Bishop Mieczysław Cisło, the Head of the Council of the Episcopal Conference for the Religion Dialogue Affairs, said that after 13 years of holding this day, the effort has already born fruits, since the majority of Catholics know that such an event is organized, but much more has to be done: the spirit of reconciliation and religious community should be present in every church in every diocese in Poland - he added.
The central celebration was held in Tarnów, which before the war had 45% Jewish population. The Judaism Day consisted of prayers, Bible studies, discussions, and cultural events. Catholics and Jews prayed together at the place where the Tarnów Synagogue stood at the City Square, as well as at the Jewish cemetery. In the Tarnów Cathedral, both a Rabbi and a Catholic Biblicist commented together on the passages read from the Bible.
The Polish Catholics celebrate Judaism Day every year on 17th of January since 1997, when the Episcopal Conference designated this day as Judaism day.
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Rav Michael Schudrich, the head of the Polish Association of Jewish Communities also attented the celebration in Tarnów. If it was possible, some of the churches held joint worships with local Jewish communities.
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