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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.
Program of the 23rd Jewish Culture Festival in
Krakow
June 28th to July 7th, 2013.
Note: things keep changing, so take into account,
please, that the following program is liable to
alterations
Exhibitions
„Pil Peled”,
a show of posters in the Center of Jewish
Culture (Centrum Kultury Zydowskiej) at 17 Meiselsa
street. Opening on Saturday, June 29th.
“Souvenir, Talisman,
Toy. Statuettes of Jews on a Border of the Worlds.”
Canada’s Erica Lehrer exhibition in the Ethnography
Museum’s Dom Esterki, 46 Krakowska street. Open from
June 30th through July 14th.
„Children of Eretz
Israel” show of photography by Agnieszka Traczewska in High Synagogue at 38 Jozefa
street. Open June 30th through July 15th.
“Empty Void -
Photos of the Prozna Street”,
exhibition of photography by Diti Rav-Ner in Galicia
Museum, 18 Dajwor street. Opening on Sunday, June
30th.
„Project
Memory”
by the USA’s Roz Jacobs and Laurie Weisman in the
Galicia Jewish Museum at 18 Dajwor street. Opening
on Monday, July 1st.

Krakow historic synagogues of Kazimierz area,
notably Tempel at 24 Miodowa street, are venues for
many events of the Jewish Culture Festival every
year.
Festival Events
Friday, June
28th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Following the Footsteps of Ruben Silber, a Polish tour of Kazimierz district. |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
8:30 p.m.
|
Musical Shabbat in Galicia
Jewish Museum in Polish, English, and Hebrew, led by Rabbi
Tanya Segal, first woman rabbi in Poland (admission 20 PLN). |
Galicia Jewish Museum, 18
Dajwor street |
|
8:00 p.m.
|
Israel’s band, The Apples, performs
funky and groove jazz (admission 30 PLN). |
Boat
Marta moored by
Most Grunwaldzki bridge. |
|
11:00 p.m.
|
DJ party with Jewish tunes
(free admission). |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
Saturday,
June 29th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Jewish Krakow, a tour in Polish
(fee 30 PLN). |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
10:00 a.m.
|
Yiddish Culture in Pre-war
Paris - a seminar. |
Galicia Jewish Museum, 18
Dajwor street. |
|
noon |
Julian Tuwim, a Polish happening for children and teens
(admission 10 PLN). |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Jewish Krakow, a tour in English
(fee 30 PLN). |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
1:30 p.m |
Walk in the Former
Jewish Ghetto of Krakow, tour in Polish. |
Starting point at Under Eagle Pharmacy (Apteka Pod Orlem) on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square. |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
Film screening - “Mea Yeladim Sheli”, directors
Amalia Margolin and Oshra Schwartz
(free admission). |
Galicia Jewish Museum, 18
Dajwor street. |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
Foreign Eye, Kazimierz from a Traveler Viewpoint - a tour in Polish
(fee 30 PLN). |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
8:00 p.m.
|
Musical sailing on Wisla river,
a concert of Israel's Monti Fiori (admission 70 PLN). |
Boat Sobieski moored between
Most Debnicki bridge and the Wawel Castle |
|
8:30 p.m.
|
Nigun Jam. a music workshop, followed by Hawdali ceremony
led by rabbi Tanya Segal (admission 70 PLN). |
Galicia Jewish Museum, 18
Dajwor street. |
|
10:00 p.m.
|
DJ party with Jewish tunes. |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
|
10:30 p.m.
|
Melaveh Malkah, a joyous ceremony at the end of the Shabbat
(free admission). |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
Sunday,
June 30th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting
Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish,
fee 30 PLN) |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English,
fee 30 PLN) |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
10 a.m. |
Kids in Museum: A Journey through History on an Old Tram, a
workshop for children (free
admission). |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
1:00 p.m.
|
“Famous Krakow Rabbis: Moshe
Isserles called Remu (1525-1572)”,
a lecture by Rabbi Boaz Pash. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
1:30 p.m.
to 3:00 p.m. |
Polish tour of the New Jewish Cemetery (fee
30 PLN). |
Starting point 55 Miodowa street |
|
2:30 p.m.
|
Theater production in Polish of
„W tym miescie” a play about contemporary Jewish life in
Poland (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
Following the Footsteps of Ruben Silber, an English tour of Kazimierz district
(fee 10 PLN). |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
3:00 p.m. |
Ambassador Zvi Rav-Ner’s lecture, in English and Polish,
commemorating Chris Schwarz. (free admission). |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
“Reaction of the Polish
Government to Emigration of Jews from Poland to Israel in
the Years 1956 to 1959",
a Polish lecture by Doctor Ewa Wegrzyn (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
„Jontew Lider” - reading
poems about Jewish holidays in Yiddish and Polish (free
admission). |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
4:30 p.m.
|
Meeting with Israel's artist
Diti Rav-Ner (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:30 p.m.
|
Genealogical advice for
individuals in Polish and English (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Concert of Jewish cantors features USA's Azi
Schwartz and Yaakov Lemmer
as well as Israel's Yaakov Motzen
plus Lishmoa El Harina choir (admission 200
PLN). |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
8:00 p.m.
|
Musical sailing on Wisla river,
a concert of Israel's Monti Fiori (admission 70 PLN). |
Boat Sobieski moored between
Most Debnicki bridge and the Wawel Castle |
Monday,
July 1st
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting
Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish,
fee 30 PLN) |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English,
fee 30 PLN) |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Klezmer Basic and Beyond, a workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by
Deborah Strauss (USA) and Sanne Moricke (Germany), in English
and Polish (admission 10 PLN). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Open Meeting: “Let's Meet Halfway”. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 a.m.
to noon. |
Workshop of Jewish paper-cutting, in English and
Polish (admission 10 PLN). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
10:30 a.m.
to noon |
Workshop for children in Polish: painting on glass,
in English and Polish (free admission). |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
at noon |
Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff
Warschauer
(admission 10 PLN, English and Polish). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
at noon |
New Klezmer, workshop of a new Jewish music (admission 10
PLN, English and Polish). |
Kawiarnia Naukowa at 10 Szeroka
street. |
at noon |
Workshop for children in Polish: “Biblical Stories and
Characters”
(admission 5 PLN). |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
„Poland on Paper: the Portrayal of the Polish in
American Media” an English lecture by the USA’s
Stephanie Butnick. |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
1:00 p.m.
|
“Famous Krakow Rabbis:
Natan Szapira (1585-1633)”,
a lecture by Agata Paluch. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
1:30 p.m.
|
Tour of the Remuh cemetery in Polish
(fee 20 PLN). |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
2:00 p.m. |
„What's Jewish” an English lecture by the USA’s
Rabbi Michael Paley. |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Open rehearsal of Krakow's JCC choir (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:30 p.m.
|
2 Generations, 1 Subject: Jewish Cuisine - a discussion in
Polish (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
Foreign Eye, Kazimierz from a Traveler Viewpoint - a tour in
English
(fee 30 PLN). |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
“Lodz Jewish Families
of Factory Owners at the Turn of the 19th and 20th
Centuries",
a Polish lecture by Doctor Anna Lagodzinska (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
3:30 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and
accompaniment by Festival Yiddish Dance Band
(admission 20 PLN, English and Polish). |
SCKM, 15 Wietora street |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Workshop of Jewish cooking with Poland's Malka Kafka(admission
20 PLN, English and Polish). |
Hamsa Restobar at 2 Szeroka
street. |
|
4:00 p.m. |
„CoolJewz: Golems, Dybbuks, and Other Film Monsters –
What Is the Jewish Horror” – a presentation by the UK’s
Mikel Koven in English and Polish (free admission). |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Meet the Star @ Cheder: Faran
Ensemble (Israel), free admission. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
„Religious Life in
Post-War Krakow” – a
lecture by Poland’s Slawomir Pastuszka, in Polish (free
admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
„Knysz in History”
– a lecture by the USA’s Laura Silver in English (free
admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:30 p.m.
|
Israeli Groove Connection: Omri
Ma Ninsak Ya Mamma: History of Koliphon Records – a radio
play (free admission). |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Yiddish winkl, a conversation
meeting for Yiddish speakers (free admission).. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
„Sephardim Summer
Cookery” – a lecture by
Poland’s Mari Niziolek, in Polish (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
8:00 p.m.
|
USA’s trumpeter Frank London
and Krakow Academy of Music Big Band perform klezmer music
(admission 70 PLN). |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
8:00 p.m. |
“Dissolving Localities”
a show performed by Israel’s Emmanuel Witzthum and Arik
Futterman, Germany’s Thomas Koner, Elektromoon Vision, and
Poland’s DJ Lenar (admission 15 PLN). |
Teatr Bagatela's Scena Na Sarego playhouse at 7 Sarego street . |
|
9:00 p.m. |
“And Then They Came For Me: Recollecting the World of
Anna Frank” a theater show in English, based on the book
Eva's Story (admission 75 PLN). |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
midnight
|
Jam session with Poland's
Cukunft band (admission 10 PLN). |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
Tuesday,
July 2nd
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
8:00 a.m.
|
“Shtetl – Following the
Traces of Jewish Villages” a day trip touring
Dzialoszyce, Pinczow, Chmielnik, and Szydlow (in English,
cost 250 PLN). |
Starting point at Jewish
Klezmer Hoise, 6 Szeroka street. |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Jewish Life in Kazimerz and Podgorze (tour in Polish,
fee 30 PLN) |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Jewish Life in Kazimerz and Podgorze (tour in English,
fee 30 PLN) |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Klezmer Basic and Beyond, a workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by
Deborah Strauss (USA) and Sanne Moricke (Germany), in English
and Polish (admission 10 PLN). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Open Meeting: “Let's Meet Halfway”. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 a.m.
to noon. |
Jewish Art: Thresholds in Jewish Life, a workshop in English and
Polish (admission 10 PLN). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
10:30 a.m.
to noon |
Workshop for children in Polish: “Chawa and Her Kazimierz”. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
noon |
Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff
Warschauer. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
at noon |
New Klezmer, workshop of a new Jewish music (admission 10
PLN, English and Polish). |
Kawiarnia Naukowa at 10 Szeroka
street. |
at noon |
Workshop for children in Polish: “Biblical Stories and
Characters”
(admission 5 PLN). |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
„The third Generation: Young American Jews and
Poland” an English lecture by the USA’s
Stephanie Butnick. |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
“Israel - Photo-Story about That How to Live and
Don't Go Crazy”, lecture by Maria Szychowska (Poland). |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
1:00 p.m.
|
“Famous Krakow Rabbis:
Szymon Dankowicz (1834 - 1910)”,
a lecture in English by Alicja Maslak-Maciejewska. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
1:30 p.m.
|
Tour of the Remuh cemetery with
Edgar Gluck (USA), Chief Rabbi of Galicia (in English, fee
20 PLN). |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
1:30 p.m.
|
“Project Memory. Creating
Portraits” an art workshop with Roz Jacobs and Laurie
Weisman (in English and Polish, free admission) |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
„Cabala on a
Skateboard”. A presentation in English by Rabbi Rabin
Dovid Tsap from Australia (free admission). |
FKZ playground, Wawrzynca
street and Waska street. |
|
2:00 p.m. |
„What's Jewish” an English lecture by the
Poland’s
Katarzyna Zimmerer. |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Open rehearsal of Krakow's JCC choir (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:30 p.m.
|
2 Generations, 1 Subject: a Jew Unbelieving - a discussion in
Polish (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
Following the Footsteps of Ruben Silber, an Polish tour of Kazimierz district
(fee 10 PLN). |
Starting point at High
Synagogue (Synagoga Wysoka), 38 Jozefa street |
|
3:30 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and
accompaniment by Festival Yiddish Dance Band
(admission 20 PLN, English and Polish). |
SCKM, 15 Wietora street |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Workshop of Jewish cooking with Poland's Malka Kafka(admission
50 PLN, English and Polish). |
Hamsa Restobar at 2 Szeroka
street. |
|
4:00 p.m. |
„CoolJewz:
Jewsploitation –
Stereotyping and the Picture of a Jew in The Hebrew Hammer” – a presentation by the UK’s
Mikel Koven in English and Polish (free admission). |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
4:00 p.m |
Poems of Celia Dropkin, the
First Lady of Yiddish Poetry.
In Yiddish, Polish, and English
(free admission).. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street |
|
4:30 p.m.
|
Kitsch and Stereotypes on Both Sides of the Atlantic - a discussion in
Polish and English (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
4:30 p.m.
|
„How To Search Your
Roots” – a lecture by
Poland’s Zbigniew Czuprynski, in Polish (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
„Holocaust and the Nazis
in Mass Culture: from Disney to Tarantino”
– a lecture by Poland’s Ilga Danek, in Polish (free admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:30 p.m.
|
Israeli Groove Connection:
Boom Pam! - The Folk is Going
Electric – a radio
play in English (free admission). |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
5:30 p.m.
|
Genealogical advice for
individuals in Polish and English (free admission, booking
in advance). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Yiddish winkl, a conversation
meeting for Yiddish speakers (free admission).. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Riverloam Trio: Trzaska / Brice
/ Sanders play free jazz inspired by Jewish songs (admission
70 PLN) |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Screening of Jesse Zook Mann’s movie
“Punk Jews” (in
English, free
admission). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
8:00 p.m. |
“Dissolving Localities”
a show performed by Israel’s Emmanuel Witzthum and Arik
Futterman, Germany’s Thomas Koner, Elektromoon Vision, and
Poland’s DJ Lenar (admission 15 PLN). |
Teatr Bagatela's Scena Na Sarego playhouse at 7 Sarego street . |
|
8:00 p.m. |
Concert commemorating Maja
Brand. (admission 50 PLN). |
Piwnica Pod Baranami club, 27 Rynek Glowny square. |
|
10:00 p.m.
|
Israel’s Faran Ensemble
performs groove jazz (admission 70 PLN). |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
midnight
|
Jam session with USA’s
trumpeter Frank London and friends (admission 10 PLN). |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
Wednesday,
July 3rd
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English) |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish) |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Open Meeting: “Our Roots and the Paths of Our Lives”. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff
Warschauer. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
10:30 a.m.
to noon. |
Workshop of Jewish paper-cutting |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
10:30 a.m.
to noon |
Workshop for children in Polish: “In a Jewish Home”. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
11:00 a.m. |
'The Symbolism of Gravestones', a tour of Jewish
cemeteries. |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
noon
|
Children in the museum! Program for
children and young people.. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
“From a Palm-Tree
Country to the Distant Land of Snow: Yiddish as a Bridge
Between Worlds”, lectures by Agnieszka Legutko, Ph.D.
(Poland / USA) and Michael Alpert (USA). |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Klezmer Basic, a workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by
Deborah Strauss (USA) and Sanne Moricke (Germany). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
noon
|
“Finding Kalman” -
screening of the documentary and meeting with its authors Roz
Jacobs and Laurie Weisman (USA).
|
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
noon |
Meet the JCC, a tour of the Jewish Community Center. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa 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. |
“Haggadah
– the Most Beautiful Jewish Book”- an
art workshop and presentation by Monika Krajewska. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
1:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m. |
“The
Modern Legend of Ritual Murder, Kielce 1946” a lecture by
Jolanta Zyndul, Ph.D. (Poland), The Mordechai Anielewicz Center
for the Study and Teaching of the History and Culture of Jews in
Poland, Warsaw University . |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m. |
English tour of the New Jewish Cemetery. |
Starting point 55 Miodowa street |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
“The
Progressive Jewish Community in Krakow” a lecture by Rabbi
Tanya Segal (Poland) |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
“What Claim Does
Israel Have to the Diaspora, and Vice Versa?” a debate
with the participation of Professor Shlomo Avineri (Israel),
Konstanty Gebert (Poland), Stanislaw Krajewski, Ph.D.
(Poland), and Pawel Smolenski (Poland) |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
2:30 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. |
Workshop of Hasidic singing led by Cantor Benzion Miller from
the USA. |
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. |
Barka boat moored next to the
Bulwar Kurlandzki boulevard near Gazowa 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.
|
PRELIMUD @JCC:“19th-Century
Polish-Jewish Relations: Are They Relevant Today?”, a
lecture by Michael Newmark (USA) |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
3:00 p.m. |
“Meet
the Genealogist – Find Your Jewish Roots” an appointment
with Grzegorz Gembala (Poland). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
“Diaspora: Mother of
Contemporary Israel” a lecture by Maciej Stroinski
(Poland), Jagiellonian University. |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Workshop “Israeli Cooking” with Malka Kafka (Poland). |
Barka boat moored next to the
Bulwar Kurlandzki boulevard near Gazowa street |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD @JCC:“If I Were a
Rich Man” a lecture by Mateusz Zurawik (Poland). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Meet the Star @ Cheder: David
Krakauer (USA). |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
6:00 p.m.
|
“Gabi
And Uwe: My Grandfather Was Killed in Auschwitz. And Mine Was an
SS-man.” Presentation of the book and meeting with the
authors. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
“Forty
Shades of Grey” screening of the movie and meeting with its
director Nicky Larkin (Ireland). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
USA’s cantors Benzion Miller, Chaim Shimon Miller,
Eli Oizer Miller, and David Isaack Weisz sing and
pianist Daniel Gildar, trumpeter Frank London, and
violinist Michael Alpert play traditional Hassidim music. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
10:00 p.m.
|
Poland’s Alte Zahen band performs jazz music
inspired by traditional Jewish tunes and American
pop of the 1960s. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
midnight
|
USA’s Pitom Duo of guitarist Yoshie Fruchter and
violinist Jeremy Brown plus Poland’s Alte Zahen
quartet play jazz inspired by Jewish traditional tunes. |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
Thursday,
July 4th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English) |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish) |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Open Meeting: “Our Roots and the Paths of Our Lives”. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff
Warschauer. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
10:30 a.m.
to noon. |
Workshop of Jewish paper-cutting |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
10:30 a.m.
to noon |
Workshop for children in Polish: “Treasures of
Kazimierz”. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
11:00 a.m. |
'The Symbolism of Gravestones', a tour of Jewish
cemeteries. |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
noon
|
Children in the museum! Program for
children and young people.. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
“Children and the
Yiddish Language” a lecture by Anna Rozenfeld (Poland) |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Klezmer Basic, a workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by
Deborah Strauss (USA) and Sanne Moricke (Germany). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
half past noon
|
“Each
Photograph Hides the Story Within” a portrait-making workshop with Roz
Jacobs and Laurie Weisman (USA). |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
1:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m. |
“Jews
in Poznan. A Historical Perspective.” A lecture by Rafal
Witkowski, Ph.D. (Poland), Department of Asian Studies, Section
of Hebrew, Aramaic and Karaite Studies, Adam Mickiewicz
University in Poznan. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m. |
Walk in the Former Jewish Ghetto
of Krakow, tour in English. |
Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square. |
|
2:00 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m. |
English tour of the New Jewish Cemetery. |
Starting point 55 Miodowa street |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
“Why Is It Worth Being a Heretic?
On Not Ssubmitting to History, or Why Am I Doing This (The
Festival)” a lecture by Janusz Makuch, Director of the
Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m. |
“Six Days That Changed the Middle
East” a lecture by Grzegorz Gembala (Poland). |
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. |
Barka boat moored next to the
Bulwar Kurlandzki boulevard near Gazowa 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.
|
PRELIMUD @JCC: “Rich country of Poor People” a lecture by
Remigiusz Sosnowski (Poland) |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
“Diaspora: Mother of
Contemporary Israel” a lecture by Maciej Stroinski
(Poland), Jagiellonian University. |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
“A Light unto the Nations”, a discussion with JCC Krakow
Executive Director Jonathan Ornstein.. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Workshop “Kabbalah Cooking” with Malka Kafka (Poland). |
Barka boat moored next to the
Bulwar Kurlandzki boulevard near Gazowa street |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Meet the Star @ Cheder: Paul
Shapiro (USA). |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
5:00 p.m. |
Poland's
Midrash Theatre performs its show "5ztuka". |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD @JCC:“Zionism - a Chance or a Threat for a Jewish
Community in Poland?” a discussion with the participation of
Michal Klajman, Mikolaj Mirowski, Remigiusz Sosnowski, and Dawid
Wildstein (Poland). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Poland’s Mikolaj Trzaska Ircha
Quartet play jazz inspired by Jewish traditions. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
8:30 p.m. |
Poland's
Midrash Theatre performs its show "Secrets of My Grandma". |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 p.m.
|
USA’s sextet, Paul Shapiro's Ribs & Brisket Revue,
perform music inspired by Jewish American tunes of
the 1930s and 1940s. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
midnight
|
USA’s trumpeter Frank London, pianist Jerry
Korman, bassist Booker King, and drummer Tony Allen
play jazz. |
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street
at Plac Nowy square |
Friday,
July
5th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English) |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in Polish) |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Open Meeting: “Our Roots and the Paths of Our Lives”. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff
Warschauer. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
10:30 a.m.
to noon. |
Workshop of Jewish paper-cutting |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
10:30 a.m.
to noon |
Workshop for children in Polish: “Magical Kazimierz”. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
11:30 a.m.
to noon. |
“Stones of Remembrance: How We Indexed All Inscriptions
from the Jewish Cemeteries of Warsaw and the Rest of Mazovia”
a lecture by Witold Wrzosinski (Poland) |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
noon
|
Children in the museum! Program for
children and young people.. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
Klezmer Basic, a workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by
Deborah Strauss (USA) and Sanne Moricke (Germany). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
noon |
Meet the JCC, a tour of the Jewish Community Center. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
noon
to 1:30 p.m. |
“Yiddish in Contemporary Art” a lecture by Anna Rozenfeld
(Poland). |
Jewish Culture Center, 17
Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
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. |
“Real and Fantastic Animals
in Jewish Tradition”- an
art workshop and presentation by Monika Krajewska. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
1:00 p.m. |
“Jewish Theatre at Lower Silesia,
1945–1968” a lecture by Anna Kaluzna (Poland), Department of
Jewish Studies, Wroclaw University. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
1:00 p.m. |
“The First Annual Krakow Latke-Hamantash
Debate” with Benjamin Lorch (USA / Germany). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
“Those High-Topped Boots”, presentation of Professor
Shevah Weiss’s latest book and meeting with the author. |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
“Across the Ocean, Against
History – Rebuilding Jewish Poland” – discussion with Tad
Taube of San Francisco, USA. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
3:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by
Israel's Benzion David. |
Barka boat moored next to the
Bulwar Kurlandzki boulevard near Gazowa 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.
|
Following the Footsteps of the Krakow Rabbis, an English
tour of Kazimierz district. |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD @JCC: “Jewish Political Parties in Interwar Poland –
Arguments, Goals, Achievements” a lecture by Mikolaj
Mirowski (Poland). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
3:00 p.m. |
“Meet
the Genealogist – Find Your Jewish Roots” an appointment
with Grzegorz Gembala (Poland). |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
3:30 p.m |
Workshop of Jewish paper-cutting |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
3:30 p.m.
|
“What Do They Know?” - a
panel discussion with Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland,
Jonathan Ornstein, JCC Executive Director, and Helise Lieberman,
Director, Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Culture in
Poland. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
“Diaspora: Mother of
Contemporary Israel” a lecture by Maciej Stroinski
(Poland), Jagiellonian University. |
Jewish Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Zahor, a ceremony commemorating
Krakow Jews. |
Plac Bohaterów Getta square. |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Meet the Star @ Cheder: Rykarda
Parasol (USA). |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
“Mythical Creatures in Judaism:
Not Only Krakow Has a Dragon” a lecture by Rabbi Tyson
Herberger (Poland), Jewish Community of Warsaw. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
6:00 p.m.
|
Israel’s Nino Bitton and The Maghreb Orchestra play
Jewish-Arab music. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
6:30 p.m. |
Poland's
Midrash Theatre performs its show "Dancing with Chopin in
Galicia". |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Tea Dance Party features The
Festival Yiddish Dance Band. |
Plac Wolnica square |
|
8:30 p.m.
|
Musical Shabbat in Galicia
Jewish Museum, led by Rabbi Tanya Segal, first woman rabbi
in Poland, with The Mojse Band playing. |
Galicia Jewish Museum, 18
Dajwor street |
|
9:00 p.m.
|
“Shabbat Dinner at the JCC” with
Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Galicia
Edgar Gluck, Chief Rabbi of Krakow Boaz Pash, Jewish Cultural
Festival Director Janusz Makuch, and Festival performers. |
Jewish Community Center at 24
Miodowa street. |
|
10:00 p.m.
|
USA’s alt pop singer Rykarda
Parasol performs with her Polish band. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
Saturday,
July
6th
|
Hour |
Event
|
Venue
|
|
8:00 a.m.
|
“Shtetl – Following the
Traces of Jewish Villages” a day trip touring
Dzialoszyce, Pinczow, Chmielnik, and Szydlow |
Starting point at Jewish
Klezmer Hoise, 6 Szeroka street. |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Jewish Krakow, a tour in Polish. |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
noon
|
Children in the museum! Program for
children and young people.. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
noon
to 1:300 p.m. |
Presentation of the Museum of History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. |
Galicia
Museum at 18 Dajwor street. |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Jewish Krakow, a tour in English. |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
“Shabbat
Shalom! A Family Shabbat Gathering” a workshop for
children and young people. |
Popper Synagogue,
16 Szeroka street |
|
2:00 p.m.
|
PRELIMUD @JCC: “Pop Culture and Art about the Holocaust”
a lecture by Małgorzata Malinowska (Poland).
|
Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street. |
|
3:00
p.m.
|
“Remembering the Jews?”,
a debate with the participation of Erica Lehrer, Ph.D.
(Canada), Slawomir Kapralski, Ph.D. (Poland), and Jonathan
Ornstein (USA / Poland).
|
Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street. |
|
4:00
p.m.
|
PRELIMUD @JCC: “From the Diaspora to Palestine. Changing
Identity, Changing Art.” A lecture by Andrzej Palys
(Poland).
|
Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street. |
|
4:30 p.m
|
“A New Itinerary”, panel
discussion on Jewish Heritage Tours to Poland with participants
Shana Penn, Executive Director of the San Francisco-based Taube
Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture, Helise E. Lieberman,
Director of the Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in
Poland, Karen Underhill, Ph.D., literary scholar and specialist
in Polish literature and Jewish culture. |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
5:00
p.m.
|
PRELIMUD @JCC: “The Evolution of God”, a lecture by
Rabbi Tyson Herberger (Poland), Jewish Community of Warsaw.
|
Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street. |
|
6:00 p.m.
|
Final open-air concert "Shalom on
Szeroka Street". |
Ulica Szeroka street |
Sunday,
July
7th
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
|
9:00 a.m.
|
Jewish Life in Kazimierz and Podgorze (tour in Polish) |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Jewish Life in Kazimierz and Podgorze (tour in English) |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
11:00 a.m. |
'The Symbolism of Gravestones', a tour of Jewish
cemeteries. |
Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue,
40 Szeroka street |
|
noon
|
Ceremony of presenting medals to
those in Poland who are protecting Jewish Heritage |
Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor
street. |
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Jewish Life in Kazimierz and Podgorze (tour in Polish) |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
1:30 p.m.
|
Jewish Life in Kazimierz and Podgorze (tour in English) |
Starting point at Jewish
Culture Center, 17 Meiselsa street at Plac Nowy square. |
|
3:00
p.m.
|
“The Tower of Babel”, a
lecture by Rabbi Tyson Herberger (Poland), Jewish Community
of Warsaw
|
Jewish Community Center at 24 t 24 Miodowa street. |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Concert "Leopold Kozlowski and
Friends" features an array of Krakow's pop acts. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|
8:00 p.m.
|
Poland’s Horny Trees trio. |
Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street
(entry from Jakuba street) |
|
10:00 p.m.
|
USA’s Shapiro Sextet play live music during
screening of ‘His People’ silent movie of
1925. |
Tempel Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street |
|