Polish President Andrzej Duda explained that this year there was no traditional Hanukkah meeting at the presidential palace because Hanukkah coincided with Christmas
It was the first time in years that the Warsaw Jewish community and the Association of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland did not receive subsidies.
The community must help take care of the refugees because of its history experiencing both suffering and selfless help, the head of Wroclaw Jewry said.