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21st
Festival of Jewish Culture takes place in Krakow in
2011, from June 24th through July 3rd.
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The
festival venues, including Krakow's
synagogues, are scattered around the former
Jewish quarter of the Kazimierz
historic district while some events take
place in other parts of downtown Krakow.
Note:
In 2012 the Festival of Jewish Culture is
scheduled to start on Friday, June 29th to end on
Sunday, July 8th.
Program
of the 21st Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow
June 24th to July 3rd, 2011
Note:
things keep changing, so take into account, please,
that the following program is liable to alterations
Exhibitions
'Jews
on Vinyl' in Ethnographic Museum (Muzeum
Etnograficzne) at 1 Plac Wolnica square,
opening June 25th.
'Matzevot for Everyday Use - Photographs by Lukasz Baksik' in Ethnographic Museum's Ester's House at
46 Krakowska street. Opening June 26th.
'People
from Kazimierz - Paintings by Ewa Mankowska'
in Alchemia Club, 5 Estery street, since June 26th.
'Paintings
of Polish Jews' in Space Gallery at 7 Sw.
Marka street, from June 26.
'Where
the Past Meets the Future by Fay Grajower'
in Galicia Jewish Museum at 18 Dajwor street, open
from June 26.
Festival
Events
Friday,
June 24th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
6:00 p.m.
|
Famous Jews of Krakow, a tour
in Polish. |
Starting point at Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. |
|
8 p.m.
|
Kabbalat Shabbat - welcoming of the Jewish Sabbath. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
Saturday,
June 25th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Jewish Sabbath Morning Prayer. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Jewish Krakow, a tour in Polish. |
Starting point at Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street |
|
noon
|
Famous Jews of Krakow, a tour
in Polish. |
Starting point at
Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Famous Jews of Krakow, a tour
in English. |
Starting point at
Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street |
|
5:00 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m.
|
Film screening - 'Finding Kalman' followed by a
meeting with the movie makers. |
Galicia Jewish Museum, 18
Dajwor street. |
|
8:00 p.m.
|
Poland's band, Shofar, performs
music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes. |
Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. |
|
10:00 p.m.
|
Melaweh Malkah, festive ceremony at the end of Jewish Sabbath |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
Sunday, June
26th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in
Polish) |
Starting point at Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English) |
Starting point at Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street |
|
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop of the Yiddish language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
noon
|
Ceremony
awarding Righteous Among the Nations medal for Poles
who were rescuing Jews during WW2. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Lecture by
Arie Kaplan (USA). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
'Yiddish Idioms and Classical Jewish Texts' - lecture by
Michael Wex (Canada). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
'The Night Songs of Galicia'
- a lecture and multimedia presentation by Michael Alpert
(USA) and Julian Kytasty (Ukraine). |
Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. |
|
3:30 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m. |
'Creating Portraits', artistic workshops with Roz
Jacobs and Laurie Weisman (USA) |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
4:00 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m.
|
Lecture . |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Concert of Jewish cantors features USA's Benzion Miller and
Alberto Mizrahi as well as Israel's Israel Rand and The
Halleluya Choir, plus Poland's Kabara Instrumental Bande. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
9:00 p.m.
|
Concert on the Boat. |
Arlina boat moored next to the
Bulwar Kurlandzki boulevard near Gazowa street |
Monday, June
27th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in
Polish) |
Starting point at Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English) |
Starting point at Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street |
|
9:00 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. |
Workshop of the Hebrew language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Open Meeting. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Klezmer
Basic, a workshop
of Klezmer music for beginners led by Deborah Strauss (USA)
and Sanne Moricke (Germany). |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff
Warschauer. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop of the Yiddish language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop for children in Polish. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Klezmer
Advanced, a workshop
of Klezmer music led by Germany's Christian Dawid and USA's
Jake Shulman-Ment. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Workshop
of Hasidic singing led by Cantor Benzion Miller from the USA. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m..
|
Lecture by
Arie Kaplan (USA). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
half past noon
to 2 p.m. |
Workshop of Jewish paper-cutting |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
half past noon |
Walk in the Former Jewish
Ghetto of Krakow, tour in Polish. |
Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square. |
|
1:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m. |
'The
Menorah' - a workshop and presentation by Monika Krajewska. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
'Yiddish and the Outside World' - lecture by Michael
Wex (Canada). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
2:00 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m. |
Polish tour of the New Jewish Cemetery. |
Starting point 55 Miodowa street |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
'Following the Footsteps of the Krakow Rabbis' (tour in
Polish) |
Starting point at Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street |
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by
Israel's Benzion David. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Workshop
on the comic books led by Arie Kaplan of the USA. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment
by Festival Yiddish Dance Band. |
SCKM, 15 Wietora street |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Art workshop. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
4:00 p.m. |
Lecture by Professor Jonathan Webber (UK). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
4:00 p.m.
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'PRELIMUD
@ JCC: Joanna Goldstein - Hebrew language and Jewish identity. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Meet the Star @ Cheder. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
5:30 p.m.
|
'PRELIMUD
@ JCC: Maria Szychowska - Jewish education for children. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Concert of Jewish music called
'Night Songs of Galicia' features USA's Michael Alpert and
Ukraine's Julian Kytasty. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
9:00 p.m. |
Open-air concert of Hassidic
songs by Shlomo Carlebach features three cantors - USA's
Benzion Miller and Alberto Mizrahi plus Israel's Israel Rand. |
Izaak Synagogue, 18 Kupa
street. |
|
10:00 p.m. |
Krakow's Bester Quartet plays
jazzy music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
midnight
|
Jazz jam features musicians
inspired by klezmer tunes - USA's Paul Brody, Daniel Kahn, and
The Painted Bird. |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
Tuesday, June
28th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish) |
Starting point at the Old
Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street |
|
9:00 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. |
Workshop of the Hebrew language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English) |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Open Meeting. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Klezmer
Basic, a workshop
of Klezmer music for beginners led by Deborah Strauss (USA)
and Sanne Moricke (Germany). |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff
Warschauer. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop of the Yiddish language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop for children in Polish. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
11:00 a.m. |
'Symbols of the Jewish Tombstones', a tour of Jewish
cemeteries. |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
noon |
'Food of the Biblical Times, a lecture by Janna Gur
(Israel). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Klezmer
Advanced, a workshop
of Klezmer music led by Germany's Christian Dawid and USA's
Jake Shulman-Ment. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Workshop
of Hasidic singing led by Cantor Benzion Miller from the USA. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
half past noon
to 2 p.m. |
Workshop of Jewish paper-cutting |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
1:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m. |
Workshop
of the Jewish genealogy. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
'Sexual Slang in Yiddish', lecture by Michael Wex
(Canada) |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Polish tour of the Remuh cemetery. |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
'Following the Footsteps of the Krakow Rabbis' (tour in
English) |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by
Israel's Benzion David. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Workshop
on the comic books led by Arie Kaplan of the USA. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment
by Festival Yiddish Dance Band. |
SCKM, 15 Wietora street |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Art workshop. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Matzevot for Every Day Use, a lecture and discussion. |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Ishbel Szatrawska - Hollywood |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m.
|
Meet the Star @ Cheder. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Chris Schwarz Memorial Lecture
- Rabbi Boaz Pash: Krakow's Rabbis. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
5:30 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Alicja Beryt It`s from Poland - famous Jews and their
inventions. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Israel's Lior Elmalich performs with his band. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
10:00 p.m.
|
USA's Daniel Kahn and The
Painted Bird band perform jazzy music inspired by traditional
Jewish tunes. |
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 29th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish) |
Starting point at the Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street |
|
9:00 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. |
Workshop of the Hebrew language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English) |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Open Meeting. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Klezmer
Basic, a workshop
of Klezmer music for beginners led by Deborah Strauss (USA)
and Sanne Moricke (Germany). |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff
Warschauer. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop of the Yiddish language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop for children in Polish. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
noon |
'Jewish Food', a lecture by - Janna Gur
(Israel). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Klezmer
Advanced, a workshop
of Klezmer music led by Germany's Christian Dawid and USA's
Jake Shulman-Ment. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Workshop
of Hasidic singing led by Cantor Benzion Miller from the USA. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
half past noon
to 2 p.m. |
Workshop of Jewish paper-cutting |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
1:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m. |
'The
Tree of Life' - a workshop and presentation by Monika
Krajewska. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Lecture by Roger Bennett & David Katznelson (USA). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
2:00 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m.
|
Polish tour of the Remuh cemetery. |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
2:00 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m. |
English tour of the New Jewish Cemetery. |
Starting point 55 Miodowa street |
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by
Israel's Benzion David. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Workshop
on the comic books led by Arie Kaplan of the USA. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Art workshop. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment
by Festival Yiddish Dance Band. |
SCKM, 15 Wietora street |
|
4:00 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m.
|
'Who is a Jew?', lecture by Stanisław Krajewski
(Poland). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Gina Kuhn Depictions of Polish Jews in Museums in
Krakow. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m.
|
Meet the Star @ Cheder. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Screening of film. |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Hungary's band, Di Naye Kapelye,
performs Jewish music |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Screening of 'Betar', film
directed by Robert Kaczmarek. |
Pod
Baranami playhouse, 27 Rynek Glowny central square |
|
10:00 p.m.
|
USA's band, The Sway Machinery,
performs with Mali's Khaira Arby. |
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
30th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish) |
Starting point at the Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street |
|
9:00 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. |
Workshop of the Hebrew language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English) |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Open Meeting. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Klezmer
Basic, a workshop
of Klezmer music for beginners led by Deborah Strauss (USA)
and Sanne Moricke (Germany). |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff
Warschauer. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop of the Yiddish language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop for children in Polish. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
11:00 a.m. |
'Symbols of the Jewish Tombstones', a tour of Jewish
cemeteries. |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
noon |
'Israeli Cuisine", a lecture by Janna
Gur (Israel). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Klezmer
Advanced, a workshop
of Klezmer music led by Germany's Christian Dawid and USA's
Jake Shulman-Ment. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
noon
to 1:00 p.m. |
'Hi!
My name is Oded and I am Typoholic' - multimedia
presentation by Oded Ezer (Israel),. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Stree |
|
half past noon
to 2 p.m. |
Workshop of Jewish paper-cutting |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
half past noon |
Walk in the Former Jewish
Ghetto of Krakow, tour in Polish. |
Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square. |
|
1:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m. |
Workshop
of the Jewish genealogy. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Lecture by Roger Bennett & David Katznelson (USA). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by
Israel's Benzion David. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment
by Festival Yiddish Dance Band. |
SCKM, 15 Wietora street |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Art workshop. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Lecture by Professor Daniel
Pipes (USA). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Michal Klajman - 'When and how the Jewish nation was
invented; the new view of history and origin of contemporary
Jews'. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Film
screening: 'Irena Sendlerowa. W imieniu matek' followed
by the ceremony of awarding Irena Sendlerowa Award by the
Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture. |
Manggha Museum at 26
Konopnickiej street. |
|
5:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m.
|
Meet the Star @ Cheder. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street |
|
5:30 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Katarzyna Czerwonogora - 'Invention of Jewish Man.
Why Do We Need Gender in Zionism?'. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
6:30 p.m. |
Midrash
Theatre performs its show directed
by Rabbi Tanya Segal. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
USA's Roger Davidson Ensemble. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Mikolaj Mirowski - 'Jews and communism - genesis,
evolution and consequences'. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
8:30 p.m. |
Midrash
Theatre performs its show directed
by Rabbi Tanya Segal. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 p.m.
|
Spain's Leilah Broukhim`s
Dejando Huellas-Traces performs flamenco. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
midnight
|
Jam session of jazzmen inspired by traditional Jewish tunes. |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
Friday, July
1st
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish) |
Starting point at the Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street |
|
9:00 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. |
Workshop of the Hebrew language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English) |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Open Meeting. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m. |
Conference 'How to Teach
Next Generations about the Holocaust?' organized by the
French Institute in Krakow, Center for Holocaust Studies of
the Jagiellonian University and the Galicia Jewish Museum. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Klezmer
Basic, a workshop
of Klezmer music for beginners led by Deborah Strauss (USA)
and Sanne Moricke (Germany). |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff
Warschauer. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop of the Yiddish language. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street |
|
11:00 a.m.
to half past noon |
Workshop for children in Polish. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
noon |
'Food Bazaars in Israel - Virtual Tour', a lecture
by Janna Gur (Israel). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Klezmer
Advanced, a workshop
of Klezmer music led by Germany's Christian Dawid and USA's
Jake Shulman-Ment. |
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street |
|
noon
to 1:00 p.m. |
'The
Typo - Shaman' - multimedia presentation by Oded Ezer
(Israel),. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street |
|
half past noon
to 2 p.m. |
Workshop of Jewish paper-cutting |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
half past noon |
Walk in the Former Jewish
Ghetto of Krakow, tour in Polish. |
Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square. |
|
1:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m. |
The
Beauty of Hebrew Manuscripts - workshop and presentation
by Monika Krajewska. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Lecture by Roger Bennett & David Katznelson (USA). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Julia Maria Koszewska - 'Informal Education about the
Holocaust'. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by
Israel's Benzion David. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment
by Festival Yiddish Dance Band. |
SCKM, 15 Wietora street |
|
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Art workshop. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
3:30 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Dawid Wildstein - 'Does Contemporary Art Manipulates
and Destroys the Memory of the Holocaust?' |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Lecture by Professor Daniel
Pipes (USA). |
Kupa Synagogue,
27 Miodowa street |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Zahor, a ceremony commemorating
Krakow Jews. |
Plac Bohaterów Getta square. |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Oskar Skuteli - 'The Arabic Spring of Nations and Its
Reception in the Jewish Community.' |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
6:00 p.m.
|
USA's noted Tsuker-Zis duo of trumpeter Frank London and
singer/accordionist Lorin Sklamberg perform Jewish klezmer
music. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
5:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m.
|
Meet the Star @ Cheder. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street |
|
6:00 p.m. |
Midrash
Theatre performs its show directed
by Rabbi Tanya Segal. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Tea Dance Party features The
Festival Yiddish Dance Band. |
Plac Wolnica square |
|
midnight
|
Jam session of jazzmen inspired by traditional Jewish tunes. |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
Saturday, July
2nd
|
Hour |
Event
|
Venue
|
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Jewish Krakow, a tour in Polish. |
Starting
point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street. |
|
noon
to 1:300 p.m. |
Presentation
of the Museum of History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
noon
to 1:00 p.m. |
'Biotypography,
Typosperma & Typembrya' - multimedia presentation by
Oded Ezer (Israel),. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba
Street |
|
1:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Malgorzata Malinowska - 'The Art of the Jewish
Interwar Period'.
|
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Tour of
exhibition 'Jews on Vinyl' with its authors Roger
Bennett and David Katznelson. |
Ethnographic Museum (Muzeum
Etnograficzne) at 1 Plac Wolnica square |
|
2:30 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Klara Jankiewicz and Helena Czernek - Jewish Design
(a lecture and presentation).
|
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Magdalena Braniewska - Jewish Photographers.
|
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:30 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD
@JCC: Jakub Rok and Jan Spiewak - New Way of Narration
about History of Polish Jews on the Example of "8
stories" and "Halinka" .
|
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
6:00 p.m.
|
Final open-air concert "Shalom on Szeroka Street". |
Ulica Szeroka street |
Sunday, July
3rd
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
10:00 a.m.
to noon
|
"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk
around Jewish Kazimierz (English guide) |
Starting point: Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street |
|
10:30 a.m.
noon |
"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk
around Jewish Kazimierz (Polish guide) |
Starting point: Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street |
|
11:00 a.m. |
'Symbols of the Jewish Tombstones', a tour of Jewish
cemeteries. |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
noon
|
'Remarkable Jews of Krakow:
Local Roots, Global Biographies' - a tour
in Polish. |
Starting point at Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. |
|
half past noon
to 2 p.m.
|
English tour of the site if the Jewish
Ghetto in Krakow during World War 2. |
Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square |
|
half past noon
to 2 p.m.
|
Polish tour of the site if the Jewish
Ghetto in Krakow during World War 2. |
Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square |
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
'Vineyards of Israel', a
presentation by Zbigniew Pakula and wine-tasting. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
4:00 p.m.
to 6 p.m.
|
"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk
around Jewish Kazimierz (English guide) |
Starting point: Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
'Remarkable Jews of Krakow:
Local Roots, Global Biographies' - a tour
in English. |
Starting point at Cheder
Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. |
|
4:30 p.m.
to 6 p.m.
|
"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk
around Jewish Kazimierz (Polish guide) |
Starting point: Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Concert "Leopold Kozlowski and His Friends" |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
8:30 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m.
|
"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk
around Jewish Kazimierz (English guide) |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
8:30 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m.
|
"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk
around Jewish Kazimierz (Polish guide) |
Starting point: Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street |
|
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
|
Screening of films 'Process
B-7815' and 'Hawaii
and the Holocaust' by Bernard Offen and meeting with him. |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
|
11:30 a.m.
|
Polish
tour of Krakow's Jewish cemeteries. |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
half past noon
to 2 p.m.
|
English tour of the site if the Jewish
Ghetto in Krakow during World War 2. |
Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square |
|
4:00 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
|
"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk
around Jewish Kazimierz (English guide) |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
4:00 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
|
"In the Footsteps of Balaban", a walk
around Jewish Kazimierz (Polish guide) |
Starting point: Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street |
|
|
Theater performance by the participants
in the workshops for children |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
5:00 p.m. |
Concert featuring the USA's
Cantors' Choir |
Filharmonia concert hall at 1
Zwierzyniecka street |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Concert "Leopold Kozlowski and His Friends" |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street. |
|
|
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