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20th Festival of Jewish Culture takes place in Krakow in 2010, from June 26th through July 4th. 

Program of the 19th Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow
June 27th to July 5th, 2009   

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

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. 

Exhibitions 

'Hassids in Lezajsk photographed by Marek Konarski, Adam Bebenisty and Piotr Hejke' in Gallery d'Art Naif at 11 Jozefa street. Opening June 27th.

'No Such Thing As the Innocent Eye', works by Wojciech Wilczyk (Poland) in Ethnographic Museum's Ester's House at 46 Krakowska street. Opening June 27th. 

'Pillars of Judaism' in the Old Synagogue at 24 Szeroka street, opening June 28. 

'Unknown works by Henryk Halkowski' in the Old Synagogue at 24 Szeroka street (second floor), opening June 28. 

'Swirling Sands: Tel Aviv of the 1930's through the lens of Ze'ev Aleksandrowicz' in Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. Opening June 28th.

'Entries from the Records of the Forgotten Realm' by Hanna Kossowska in Face2Face club at 28 Paulinska street. Opening June 29th. 

'Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman' in Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. Opening July 2nd.

'Mayer Kirshenblatt They Called Me Mayer July' in Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. Opening July 4th.

Festival Events 

Saturday, June 27th

Hour

Event Venue

9:00 a.m.

Sabbath Morning Prayer

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

9:00 a.m.

Jewish Krakow, a tour in Polish.

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

1:00 p.m.

Jewish Krakow, a tour in English.

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

8:00 p.m.

Nu Klezmer Party - DJ nights

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

8:00 p.m.

Screening of digitally reconstructed Polish movie 'Austeria' by Jerzy Kawalerowicz (English subtitles). 

Kijow Centrum playhouse at 34 Krasinskiego street

10:03 p.m.

Melaweh Malkah, festive ceremony at the end of Sabbath

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

Sunday, June 28th

Hour

Event Venue

8:00 a.m.

'Visiting Lelow's Tzadik', study tour in English led by David Singer (USA)  

Starting point at 36 Jozefa street

9:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
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. to noon

'Designing Synagogue', a workshop with Monika Krajewska (Poland) 

Popper Synagogue at  
16 Szeroka street

11:00 a.m.
to  half past noon

Workshop of the Yiddish language.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

11:30 a.m.

'Through the Red Sea into the Promised Land - Where Does Passover Began', a workshops for children. 

Main hall of the Krakow National Museum at 1, 3 Maja street. 

noon

'Retracing Krakow Rabbis' (tour in Polish)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

noon

'Art and Culture of pre-War Jewish Community in Poland - Visiting Judaica Collection of the National Museum in Krakow'. 

Main hall of the Krakow National Museum at 1, 3 Maja street. 

noon 

Krakow's cellist Barbara Lypik-Sobaniec and pianist Slawomir Cierpik play music by Ernest Bloch (free admission). 

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

half past noon 
to 2 p.m.

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

Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square

1:30 a.m.

'Rejoicing beneath the Chuppah. What's a Jewish Wedding Like?', a workshops for children. 

Main hall of the Krakow National Museum at 1, 3 Maja street. 

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m.

Meeting with Israel's author Ilona Dworak-Cousin

Klezmer Hois at 6 Szeroka street

7:00 p.m.

Concert of Jewish music features Israel's Emil Zrihan and the USA's cantors Moshe Schulhoff and Yaacov Lemmer plus The Neimah Singers Choir with the UK's conductor Marc Temerlies (UK). 

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

8:00 p.m.

Nu Klezmer Party - DJ nights

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

8:00 p.m.

Screening of digitally reconstructed Polish movie 'Sanatorium pod Klepsydra' by Jerzy Wojciech Hass (English subtitles). 

Kijow Centrum playhouse at 34 Krasinskiego street

Monday, June 29th

Hour

Event Venue

8:00 a.m.

'Visiting Lelow's Tzadik', study tour in English led by David Singer (USA)  

Starting point at 36 Jozefa street

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

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

9:00 a.m.
to 10:30 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

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

Workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by Germany's Sanne Moricke and the USA's Deborah Strauss. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

10:30 a.m.
to noon

Open Meeting: 'Love - Alchemy of Reconciliation' 

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

noon to 1:30 p.m.

Workshop for children in Polish.

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

noon
to  1:30 p.m.

'The music world of An-ski' - lecture by Michael Alpert (USA).  

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

half past noon
to  2 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment by Jeff Warschauer, Sanne Moricke, Deborah Strauss, and Stuart Brotman.

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

1:00 p.m.
to  2:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Jewish paper-cutting 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

2:00 p.m.
to  3:30 p.m. 

Jewish "Otherness" in the European History - a lecture by Israel's Professor Robert Wistrich.

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
to  4:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Hebrew calligraphy.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
to  4:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Jewish genealogy. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street. 

3:00 p.m.

'Retracing Krakow Rabbis' (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

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

Art workshop. 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

3:30 p.m.
to  5 p.m.

Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m.

Meeting with Professor Rachel Elior, author 'Mistical Sources of Hassidism'

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking: Czulent variety - Diaspora Cuisine.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street

5:00 p.m.
to  6:30 p.m.

Wine workshop: 'Wines of Israel - from the Golan Heights to the Negev Desert".   

Tupli Restaurant at 6 Kupa street

5:00 p.m.

Screening of film 'Four Seasons Lodge' by Andrew Jacobs (USA 2008, 96 minutes, in English with Polish subtitles).

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

6:00 p.m.
to  7:00 p.m.

Meet the Star @ Cheder.

Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street

7:00 p.m.

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

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

10:00 p.m. 

Concert features Israel's Emil Zrihan Ensemble. 

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 30th

Hour

Event Venue

8:00 a.m.

'Shtetl: Following the Traces of Jewish Villages', a day trip Krakow - Dzialoszyce - Pinczow - Chmielnik - Szydlow - Checiny - Krakow.

Starting point at 6 Szeroka street

8:00 a.m.

'Ospetzin and Kershanow - Jewish Oswiecim and Chrzanow', study tour in English led by David Singer (USA)  

Starting point at 36 Jozefa street

9:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

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

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

Workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by Germany's Sanne Moricke and the USA's Deborah Strauss. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

10:30 a.m.
to noon

Open meeting 'Torah for Difficult Times'.

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

 noon to 1:30 p.m.

Workshop for children in Polish.

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

noon
to  1:30 p.m.

'What's Cooking? Israeli Music as a Melting Pot', a lecture by Israel's Dubi Lenz.  

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

half past noon
to  2 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment by Jeff Warschauer, Sanne Moricke, Deborah Strauss, and Stuart Brotman.

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

half past noon 
to 2 p.m.

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

Starting point on the Plac Bohaterow Getta square

1:00 p.m.
to  2:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Jewish paper-cutting 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

2:00 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. 

Lecture 'Basic Judaism - The Torah and Its Decoration" by Monika and Stanislaw Krajewski .

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
to  4:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Hebrew calligraphy.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
to  4:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Jewish genealogy. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street. 

3:30 p.m.
to  5 p.m.

Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

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

Art workshop. 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking: Czulent variety - Diaspora Cuisine.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m.

'Synagogue and Church. The Symbolic of Interior Design', a multi-media presentation by Anna Lebet-Minakowska.

Main hall of the Krakow National Museum at 1, 3 Maja street. 

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m. 

Meeting with Rabbi Boaz Pash (Poland / Israel), author 'The Remuh Synagogue and the Old Cemetery Guide'.

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

5:00 p.m.
to  6:30 p.m.

Wine workshop: 'Wines of Israel - from the Golan Heights to the Negev Desert".   

Tupli Restaurant at 6 Kupa street

5:00 p.m.

Screening of film 'Waltz with Bashir' by Ari Folman (Israel / Germany / France 2008, 87 minutes, in Hebrew with Polish subtitles)

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

6:00 p.m.
to  7:00 p.m.

Meet the Star @ Cheder.

Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street

7:00 p.m.

Concert features the UK's ensemble, Fretwork, performing 'Birds on Fire. Jewish Music for Viols'.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

10:00 p.m.

Concert features the USA's Dan Kahn & the Painted Bird.

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, July 1st

Hour

Event Venue

9:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

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

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

Workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by Germany's Sanne Moricke and the USA's Deborah Strauss. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

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

Meron Mish Mosh, workshop led by Christian Dawid from Germany, Moussa Berlin and Odeleya Berlin from Israel, and Aaron Alexander from the USA. Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

10:30 a.m.
to noon

Workshop 'Torah for Difficult Times' led by Anna Dodziuk and Tanna Jakubowicz-Mount. 

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

noon to 1:30 p.m.

Workshop for children (in Polish).

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

noon
to 1:30 p.m.

'The Other Europeans Project', a lecture by Alan Bern.  

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa 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.

Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment by Jeff Warschauer, Deborah Strauss, and Stu Brotman.

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

1:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Jewish paper-cutting 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

2:00 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m.

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

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

2:00 p.m.
to  3:30 p.m.

Polish tour of the New Jewish Cemetery. 

Starting point 55 Miodowa street

2:00 p.m.
to  3:30 p.m. 

'Remuh - the Father of Ashkenazi Halaha', lecture in Basic Judaism: by Boaz Pash (Poland/Israel).

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

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

Workshop of the Hebrew calligraphy.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

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

Workshop of the Jewish genealogy. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street 

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

Art workshop. 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

3:30 p.m.
to  5 p.m.

'Extraordinary songs for extraordinary times', workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

4:00 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking: Czulent variety - Diaspora Cuisine.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street

4:00 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m.

Meeting authors 'The Holocaust. Voices of the Scholars' - professors Stanisl¹w Krajewski, Jan Wolenski, Feliks Tych, Zdzislaw Mach, and Michael Berenbaum. 

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

5:00 p.m.
to  6:30 p.m.

Wine workshop: 'Wines of Israel - from the Golan Heights to the Negev Desert".   

Tupli Restaurant at 6 Kupa street

5:00 p.m.

Screening of film 'Po - Lin. Slivers of Memory' by Jolanta Dylewska (Poland 2008, 82 minutes, in Polish with English subtitles).

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

6:00 p.m.
to  7:00 p.m.

Meet the Star @ Cheder.

Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street

7:00 p.m.

Concert features the USA's ensemble, Pharaoh's Daughter, performing Haran.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

9 p.m.

Jazz concert features the USA's Koby Israelite Ensemble.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

10:00 p.m.

Concert 'Ben Ish Hai - Music of the Kabbalah' features Israel's HaYona Ensemble.

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, July 2nd

Hour

Event Venue

9:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

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

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

Workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by Germany's Sanne Moricke and the USA's Deborah Strauss. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

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

Meron Mish Mosh, workshop led by Christian Dawid from Germany, Moussa Berlin and Odeleya Berlin from Israel, and Aaron Alexander from the USA. Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

10:30 a.m.
to noon

Open meeting: Love - Alchemy of Reconciliation, led by Tanna Jakubowicz-Mount and Anna Dodziuk.

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

noon
to  1:30 p.m.

Lecture and film screening: Raft of Musicians.  

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

noon
to  1:30 p.m..

Workshop for children (in Polish).

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

half past noon
to  2 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment by Jeff Warschauer, Deborah Strauss, and Stuart Brotman.

SCKM, 15 Wietora 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

1:00 p.m.
to  2:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Jewish paper-cutting 

Jewish Community Center at 24 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 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

2:00 a.m.
to  3:30 p.m. 

'Remuh - Rabbi as a Cabbalist and a Philosopher', lecture in basic Judaism by Rabbi Boaz Pash.

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
to  4:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Hebrew calligraphy.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
to  4:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Jewish genealogy. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street
 

3:30 p.m.
to  5 p.m.

Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street

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

Art workshop. 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

4:00 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street

4:00 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m.

Meeting Professor Shevah Weiss from Israel, author 'We, the Jews. Between Israel and Diaspora'

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

5:00 p.m.
to  6:30 p.m.

Wine workshop: 'Wines of Israel - from the Golan Heights to the Negev Desert".   

Tupli Restaurant at 6 Kupa street

5:00 p.m.

Screening of film 'The First Basket' by David Vyorst (USA 2008, in English with Polish subtitles.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

6:00 p.m.
to  7:00 p.m.

Meet the Star @ Cheder.

Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street

7:00 p.m.

Concert features the USA's ensemble, Sway Machinery.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

9 p.m.

Jazz concert features the USA's Koby Israelite Ensemble.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

10:00 p.m.

Concert 'Hasidic Songs throughout the Year. Miller's Family Style' features the USA's Benzion Miller, Eliyahu Oizer Miller, Chaim Shimon Miller, Chaim Mandelbaum, Isaak M. Cziment, Frank London and Michael Alpert.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

midnight

Jam session of jazzmen inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

midnight

Thursday Night Dance Part.

Drukarnia w Podkgorzu club, 1 Nadwislanska st.

Friday, July 3rd

Hour

Event Venue

9:00 a.m.

Visiting Kazimierz synagogues (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

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

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

Workshop of Klezmer music for beginners led by Germany's Sanne Moricke and the USA's Deborah Strauss. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

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

Meron Mish Mosh, workshop led by Christian Dawid from Germany, Moussa Berlin and Odeleya Berlin from Israel, and Aaron Alexander from the USA. Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

10:30 a.m.
to noon

Open meeting: Love - Alchemy of Reconciliation, led by Tanna Jakubowicz-Mount and Anna Dodziuk.

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

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. 

'History Sounds Different When You Know Where to Start Listening: American Jewish History as Told by Its Lost World of Sound', lecture by the USA's Roger Bennet and David Katznelson.

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

noon
to  1:30 p.m.

Workshop for children (in Polish).

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

half past noon
to  2 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment by Jeff Warschauer, Deborah Strauss, and Stuart Brotman.

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

1:00 p.m.
to  2:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Jewish paper-cutting 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

2:00 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna 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 Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

2:00 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m.

Meeting Poland's Bella Szwarcman-Czarnota, book author 'I Found Yesterday. My Personal Jewish Tradition'

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
to  4:30 p.m.

Workshop of the Jewish genealogy. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street
 

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

Art workshop. 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

3:30 p.m.
to  5 p.m.

Workshop of Yiddish singing led by the USA's Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace,
7 Waska street

5:00 p.m.

In Memory of Krakow Jews, ceremony led by Cantor Benzion Miller (USA), Cantor Daniel Gildar (USA), Moussa Berlin (Israel), Odeleya Berlin (Israel), and Michael Alpert (USA). 

Plac Bohaterow Getta square

5:00 p.m.
to  6:30 p.m.

Wine workshop: 'Wines of Israel'.   

Tupli Restaurant at 6 Kupa street

5:00 p.m.

Screening of film 'Think Pop-corn' by Dan Geva (Israel 2004, 60 minutes, in Hebrew with Polish subtitles).

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

5:30 p.m.

Concert 'The Other Europeans: Klezmer & Gipsy Musicians' features Alan Bern, Dan Blacksberg, Paul Brody, Christian Dawid, Stas Rayko, Mark Rubin, Guy Schalom, Matt Darriau, Kalman Balogh, Marin Brunea, Petar Ralchev, Adrian Recean, Adam Stinga, and Csaba Novak.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

6:00 p.m.
to  7:00 p.m.

Tastes and Fragrances of Shabbat, culinary presentation and tasting.

Cafe Mleczarnia (garden), at 17 Meiselsa street.

7:00 p.m.

USA's Frank London and Poland's Cukunft band perform Jewish music.

Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street

8:30 p.m.

Kabbalat Shabbat: Ma-Ariv, ceremony with participation of the USA's Cantors' Choir.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

midnight

Jam session of jazzmen inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

Saturday, July 4th

9:00 a.m.

Jewish Krakow, a tour in Polish.

Starting point at the Old Synagogue
24 Szeroka street

10 a.m.

Morning Shabbat Prayer with Cantor's Choir of the The Cantors' Assembly.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Screening of films 'The Work' and 'My Hometown Concentration Camp' by Bernard Offen and meeting with him.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

noon

Jewish Krakow, a tour in English.

Starting point at the Old Synagogue
24 Szeroka street

noon

'Cantorial Improvisation with a Musical Text', lecture by Cantor Jacob Mendelson from the USA. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

1:30 p.m.

Pianist Gems of the Yiddish Theater, presentation by Cantor Arianne Brown and Friends with David Kamenir. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

2:45 p.m.

'Tradition in Yiddish Folk Songs', lecture by Cantor Sam Weiss from the USA. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

3:30 p.m.

'Holocaust and the Creative Impuls. An exploration of the need to create in times of duress. Examples from music, literature and visual art from the Nazi ghettos and camps' presentation by Dr Nick Strimple from the USA. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

5:30 p.m.

'Ressurection, Death, and Rebirth', lecture by Dr Stephen Berk from the USA. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

6:00 p.m.

Final open-air concert "Shalom on Szeroka Street" featuring Balkan Beat Box (USA/Israel), Cukunft (Poland), and All Stars Festival Orchestra.

Ulica Szeroka street

Sunday, July 5th

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

noon

Preserving Memory, ceremony honoring Poles preserving Jewish traditions. 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor 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

4:00 p.m.
to  5:00 p.m.

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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