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Program of the 2007 Krakow Jewish Culture Festival
June 23 to July 1   

Note: things keep changing, so take into account, please, that the following program is liable to alterations 

The festival venues are scattered around the former Jewish quarter of the Kazimierz district in downtown Krakow. 

Exhibitions 

'El mole rachamim' (paintings by Poland's late artist Jerzy Duda-Gracz) in the Museum of Ethnography, 46 Krakowska street, opening June 23. 
Ryszard Bilan - Paintings and Sculpture in the Galeria Dwa Swiaty gallery, 25 Jozefa street, opening June 23. 
'A World before a Catastrophe. Krakow's Jews Between the Wars' in the International Culture Center, 25 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), openning June 25.  

Festival Events 

Saturday, June 23

Hour

Event Venue

9:00 a.m.

Sabbath Morning Prayer

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

10:00 p.m.

Melaweh Malkah, festive ceremony at the end of Sabbath

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

10:00 p.m.

Krakow's Kroke ensemble performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.  

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

Sunday, June 24

Hour

Event Venue

10:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

10:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish)

Starting point at the Old Synagogue, 
24 Szeroka street

10:30 a.m.
-noon

Open Meeting

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

noon 

Concert of Mozart's music features the Beyond the Pale ensemble. 

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

half past noon

Polish tour of the site if the Krakow Ghetto during the WW2

Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square

2:00 p.m.

'The Argot of the Unredeemed: Yiddish and Subversion' - lecture by Canada's Michael Wex.

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

2:00 a.m.

English tour of the Remuh cemetery with USA's Edgar Gluck, the Chief Rabbi of Galicia. 

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

4:00 p.m.

'Women in the Jewish World' - lecture by Poland's Bella Szwarcman-Czarnota.

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

5:00 p.m.

Ceremony honoring Poles who preserve the Jewish heritage. 

Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwor street. 

7:00 p.m.

Inaugural concert featuring cantors Yaakov Motzen of Canada, Chaim Adler and Israel Rand of Israel and the Kolot Min Hashamayim choir (Israel). 

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

midnight

Poland's Shofar ensemble performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

Monday, June 25

Hour

Event Venue

9:00 a.m.
-10:30 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

9:00 a.m.
-10:30 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish)

Starting point at the Old Synagogue, 
24 Szeroka street

10:00 a.m.

'The Symbolism of the Iconography in the Traditional Jewish Art' - lecture by Poland's Ewa Gordon. 

R.S. Lauder Foundation, 18 Kupa street (upstairs)

10:00 a.m.
-11:30 a.m.

Workshop of paper-cutting 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

10:30 a.m.
-noon

Open Meeting

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

10:30 a.m.

Workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by Germany's Christian Dawid. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.

Workshop for children 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Hebrew language.  

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

noon
-1:30 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with accompaniment of USA's Jeff Warschauer.

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

noon

The International Culture Center's conference 'Memory Reclaimed. Urban Regeneration in the Historic Jewish Quarters of the Central European Cities'.

City Hall, 3 Plac Wszystkich Swietych square

12:30 p.m.
-2:00 p.m.

Workshop of calligraphy

R.S. Lauder Foundation, 18 Kupa street (upstairs)

2:00 a.m.

'Yiddish Expressions: What They Are and How They Got to Be So', lecture by Canada's Michael Wex.  

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street

3:00 p.m.
-4:30 p.m.

Workshop of Yiddish singing led by USA's Jeff Warschauer.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

3:30 p.m.
-5:00 p.m.

Art workshop "Discovering Kazimierz

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

4:00 p.m.

Lecture 'Women in the Jewish World'. 

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:30 p.m.
-6:00 p.m.

Workshop of Hassidic dance led by USA's Jill Gellerman with accompaniment of the Festival Dance Hassidic Band

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

5:00 p.m.

Concert 'Between Two Synagogues

15 Ciemna street

7:00 p.m.

Concert featuring USA's Veretski Pass

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

10:00 p.m. 

Concert featuring Canada's ensemble, Beyond the Pale. 

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

midnight

Jam session of jazzmen inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

Tuesday, June 26

Hour

Event Venue

9:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

9:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish)

Starting point at the Old Synagogue, 
24 Szeroka street

10:00 a.m.
-11:30 a.m.

Workshop of paper-cutting 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

10:00 a.m.

Lecture by Poland's Ewa Gordon. 

R.S. Lauder Foundation, 18 Kupa street (upstairs)

10:30 a.m.

Workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by Germany's Christian Dawid. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

10:30 a.m.
-noon

Open meeting

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.

Workshop for children 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Hebrew language.  

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

noon

The International Culture Center's conference 'Memory Reclaimed. Urban Regeneration in the Historic Jewish Quarters of the Central European Cities'.

City Hall, 3 Plac Wszystkich Swietych square

noon
-1:30 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with accompaniment of The Strauss/Warschauer Duo (USA)

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

12:30 a.m.
-2:00 p.m.

Workshops of calligraphy 

R.S. Lauder Foundation, 18 Kupa street (upstairs)

2:00 p.m.

'The Religious Roots of Yiddish', lecture by Canada's Michael Wex

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

2:00 a.m.

English tour of the Remuh cemetery with USA's Edgar Gluck, the Chief Rabbi of Galicia. 

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

3:00 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street

3:00 p.m.
-4:30 p.m.

Workshop of Yiddish singing led by USA's Jeff Warschauer.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

3:30 p.m.
-5:00 p.m.

Art workshop "Discovering Kazimierz

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

4:00 p.m.

Lecture 'Women in the Jewish World'. 

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:30 p.m.
-6:00 p.m.

Workshop of Hassidic dance with accompaniment of the Festival Dance Hassidic Band

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

5:00 p.m.

Concert 'Between Two Synagogues

15 Ciemna street

7:00 p.m.

Concert featuring USA's and Canada's SoCalled Orchestra

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

10:00 p.m.

Concert 'Maurice el Medioni Meets Roberto Rodriguez'

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

midnight

Jam session of jazzmen inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

Wednesday, June 27

Hour

Event Venue

9:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

9:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish)

Starting point at the Old Synagogue, 
24 Szeroka street

10:00 a.m.
-11:30 a.m.

Workshop of paper-cutting 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

10:00 a.m.

'The Symbolism of the Iconography in the Traditional Jewish Art' - lecture by Poland's Ewa Gordon. 

R.S. Lauder Foundation, 18 Kupa street (upstairs)

10:30 a.m.
-noon

Open meeting

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

10:30 a.m.

Workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by Germany's Christian Dawid. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Hebrew language.  

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.

Workshop for children 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

noon
-1:30 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with accompaniment of The Strauss/Warschauer Duo (USA)

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

12:30 a.m.
-2:00 p.m.

Workshops of calligraphy 

R.S. Lauder Foundation, 18 Kupa street (upstairs)

half past noon

Polish tour of the site if the Krakow Ghetto during the WW2

Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square

2:00 a.m.

Polish tour of the Remuh cemetery. 

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

2:00 p.m.

Lecture by USA's Anna Koesell.

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
-4:30 p.m.

Workshop of Yiddish singing led by USA's Jeff Warschauer.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

3:00 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street
 

3:30 p.m.
-5:00 p.m.

Art workshop "Discovering Kazimierz

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

4:00 p.m.

Lecture 'Women in the Jewish World'. 

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:30 p.m.
-6:00 p.m.

Workshop of Hassidic dance with accompaniment of the Festival Dance Hassidic Band

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

4:30 p.m.

Workshop of Hasidic singing led by cantor Benzion Miller (USA)

Center for Jewish Culture, ul. Meiselsa 17

5:00 p.m.

Concert 'Between Two Synagogues

15 Ciemna street

6:00 p.m.

Meeting Ruth Ellen Gruber, author of 'Jewish Heritage Travel - A Guide to Eastern Europe

Alchemia, 5 Estery street

7:00 p.m.

Concert 'Our Song' featuring USA's Theodore Bikel and Alberto Mizrahi

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

10:00 p.m.

Concert 'Later Prophets'  featuring USA's Greg Wall

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

midnight

Jam session of jazzmen inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

Thursday, June 28

Hour

Event Venue

10:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

10:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish)

Starting point at the Old Synagogue, 
24 Szeroka street

10:00 a.m.
-11:30 a.m.

Workshop of paper-cutting 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

10:00 a.m.

'The Symbolism of the Iconography in the Traditional Jewish Art' - lecture by Poland's Ewa Gordon. 

R.S. Lauder Foundation, 18 Kupa street (upstairs)

10:30 a.m.
-noon

Open meeting

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

10:30 a.m.

Workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by Germany's Christian Dawid. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Hebrew language.  

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.

Workshop for children 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

noon
-1:30 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with accompaniment of The Strauss/Warschauer Duo (USA)

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

12:30 a.m.
-2:00 p.m.

Workshops of calligraphy 

R.S. Lauder Foundation, 18 Kupa street (upstairs)

2:00 p.m.

Polish tour of the new Jewish cemetery. 

 

2:00 a.m.

English tour of the Remuh cemetery with USA's Edgar Gluck, the Chief Rabbi of Galicia. 

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

2:00 p.m.

Lecture by USA's Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

Kupa Synangogue 
27 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
-4:30 p.m.

Workshop of Yiddish singing led by USA's Jeff Warschauer.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

3:00 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street
 

3:30 p.m.
-5:00 p.m.

Art workshop "Discovering Kazimierz

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

4:00 p.m.

Lecture 'Women in the Jewish World'. 

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:30 p.m.
-6:00 p.m.

Workshop of Hassidic dance with accompaniment of the Festival Dance Hassidic Band

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

4:30 p.m.

Workshop of Hasidic singing led by cantor Benzion Miller (USA)

Center for Jewish Culture, ul. Meiselsa 17

5:00 p.m.

Concert 'Between Two Synagogues

15 Ciemna street

7:00 p.m.

Concert featuring Argentina's Lerner Moguilevsky Duo

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

9:00 p.m.

Concert 'Critical Mass' featuring USA's Daniel Goode. 

Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwor 18

10:00 p.m.

Concert featuring Poland's Bester Quartet

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

midnight

Thursday Night Dance Party hosted by USA's Frank London  

midnight

Jam session of jazzmen inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

Friday, June 29

Hour

Event Venue

10:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

10:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish)

Starting point at the Old Synagogue, 
24 Szeroka street

10:00 a.m.
-11:30 a.m.

Workshop of paper-cutting 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

10:00 a.m.

'The Symbolism of the Iconography in the Traditional Jewish Art' - lecture by Poland's Ewa Gordon. 

R.S. Lauder Foundation, 18 Kupa street (upstairs)

10:30 a.m.
-noon

Open meeting

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

10:30 a.m.

Workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by Germany's Christian Dawid. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Hebrew language.  

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.

Workshop for children 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

noon
-1:30 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with accompaniment of The Strauss/Warschauer Duo (USA)

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

2:00 p.m.

Polish tour of the new Jewish cemetery. 

 

2:00 p.m.

Lecture by USA's Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

Kupa Synangogue 
27 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
-4:30 p.m.

Workshop of Yiddish singing led by USA's Jeff Warschauer.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,  
7 Waska street

3:00 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street
 

3:30 p.m.
-5:00 p.m.

Art workshop "Discovering Kazimierz

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

4:00 p.m.

Lecture 'Women in the Jewish World'. 

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:30 p.m.
-6:00 p.m.

Workshop of Hassidic dance with accompaniment of the Festival Dance Hassidic Band

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

4:30 p.m.

Workshop of Hasidic singing led by cantor Benzion Miller (USA)

Center for Jewish Culture, ul. Meiselsa 17

5:00 p.m.

Concert 'Between Two Synagogues

15 Ciemna street

6:00 p.m.

Concert 'Nigunim & Zmiros' featuring USA's Frank London, Lorin Sklamberg, and Rob Schwimmer. 

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

11:00 p.m.

Concert Paul Brody's Sadawi

Alchemia, 5 Estery street

midnight

Jam session of jazzmen inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

Saturday, June 30

noon

Meeting with Israel's Aharon Appelfeld

Kupa Synangogue 
27 Miodowa street

6:00 p.m.

Final open-air concert "Shalom on Szeroka Street"

Ulica Szeroka street

Sunday, July 1

Hour

Event Venue

8:30 a.m.
-10:30 a.m.

"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk around Jewish Kazimierz (English guide)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

8:30 a.m.
-10:30 a.m.

"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk around Jewish Kazimierz (Polish guide)

Starting point: Old Synagogue, 
24 Szeroka street

12:30 a.m.

Tour of the former Krakow Ghetto (Polish guide)

Starting point Apteka pod Orlem, Plac Bohaterow Getta 18

4:00 a.m.

"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk around Jewish Kazimierz (English guide)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogues, 
40 Szeroka street

4:00 a.m.

"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk around Jewish Kazimierz (Polish guide)

Starting point: Old Synagogue, 
24 Szeroka street

7:00 p.m.

Concert "Leopold Kozlowski and His Friends"

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

Booking 
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phones:
(+48) 124311517
(+48) 124311535
fax:
(+48) 124312427
e-mail: office@jewishfestival.pl


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