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21st Festival of Jewish Culture takes place in Krakow in 2011, from June 24th through July 3rd. 

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.

'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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