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20th Festival of Jewish Culture takes place in Krakow in 2010, from June 25th through July 4th. 

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 20th Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow
June 25th to July 4th, 2010   

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

Exhibitions 

'Marta Gołab`s Paper-cutting' in the Old Synagogue at 24 Szeroka street, opening June 26.

'Yemenite Jewelry' in Jewish Community Centre at 24 Miodowa street, opening June 27

'Jerusalem of Stone' in Ethnographic Museum's Ester's House at 46 Krakowska street. Opening June 27th. 

'Hanna Kossowska's works' in Jewish Community Centre at 24 Miodowa street, opening June 28.

'Haredim' by Menachem Kahana of Israel in Manggha Museum at 26 Konopnickiej street, opening June 30.

Festival Events 

Friday, June 25th

Hour

Event Venue

8:00 p.m.

MuLaKuŻ concert featuring Lithuania's band Banda Dzeta. 

Cheder Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. 

9:44 p.m.

Kabbalat Shabbat - welcoming of the Jewish Sabbath.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

10:00 p.m.

DJ Party with Lithuania's Baltic Balkan. 

Cheder Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. 

Saturday, June 26th

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 the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

noon 

Visiting Old Neighbours, workshop led by Anna Grzelak and Marta Sztwiertnia. 

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

noon

Famous Jews of Krakow, a tour in Polish.

Starting point at the Old Synagogue
24 Szeroka street

1:00 p.m.

Jewish Krakow, a tour in English.

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

4:00 p.m.

Famous Jews of Krakow, a tour in English.

Starting point at the Old Synagogue
24 Szeroka street

8:00 p.m.

MuLaKuŻ concert featuring Nefesh Raphael Roginski Ensemble consisting of musicians fromPoland, Denmark, and Turkey. 

Cheder Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. 

10:00 p.m.

DJ Party with Lithuania's Baltic Balkan. 

Cheder Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. 

10:19 p.m.

Melaweh Malkah, festive ceremony at the end of Jewish Sabbath

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

Sunday, June 27th

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

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

Open Meeting. 

Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwor street.

11:00 a.m.
to  half past noon

Workshop of the Yiddish language.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

noon

Lunchtime Classics - Recital by Israel's pianist ELiah Zabaly (classical music). 

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street.

noon

Preserving Memory, ceremony honoring Poles preserving Jewish traditions. 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

noon 

'Judaica Collection of the National Museum in Krakow and the Jewish Antiquarians', a lecture by Anna Lebet-Minakowska.

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

noon 

Literary meeting with Poland's writer Andrzej Bart, led by professor Jerzy Jarzebski. 

Cheder Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. 

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m.

Lecture by Zvi Rav-Ner, Israeli Ambassador to Poland.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

7:00 p.m.

Cantors' Concert of Jewish music features Israel's cantors Yaacov Motzen, Raphael Frieder, and Chaim Louk, the USA's cantor Yaacov Lemmer, and the Choir of the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem with conductor Elli Jaffe. 

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

Monday, June 28th

Hour

Event Venue

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

Visiting synagogues of Kazimierz (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street

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

Visiting synagogues of Kazimierz (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 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 USA's Deborah Strauss and Benjy Fox Rosen. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

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

Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by Israel's Benzion David.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa 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 Lithuania's Ilya Shneyveys. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

noon 

Literary meeting with Poland's author Agata Tuszynska. 

Cheder Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. 

noon
to  1:30 p.m.

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

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.

'The Wizards of Wit: How Jews Revolutionized Comedy' - lecture by Arie Kaplan (USA).  

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

2:00 p.m.
to  3:30 p.m.

Engish tour of the New Jewish Cemetery. 

Starting point 55 Miodowa street

3:00 p.m.
to  4:30 p.m.

Workshop: 'Design Your Own Synagogue' led by Monika Krajewska 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

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

Art workshop. 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 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

3:30 p.m.
to  5:00 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment by Festival Dance Orchestra.

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

4:00 p.m.

Lecture by Benzion Miller (USA).

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street

4:00 p.m.

'Patryk Pufelski Eggs in an airplain - the mystery if Israelis fauna', a lecture in Polish 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

5:00 p.m.
to  6:30 p.m.

Wine workshop: 'Vineyards of Israel'. led by Poland's Zbigniew Pakula.   

Kolanko No 6, a club at 17 Jozefa street. 

5:00 p.m.

Screening of film 'From Swing to Shtetl' by Fabienne Rousso-Lenoir of 2005, 52 minutes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

6:00 p.m.

Meet the Star @ Cheder.

Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street

7:00 p.m.

Concert of Israel's Chaim Louk Ensemble.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

9:00 p.m. 

Concert 'Tribute to Shlomo Carlebach' features the USA's Cantor Benzion Miller. 

Izaak Synagogue, 18 Kupa street. 

10:00 p.m. 

Concert features the USA's Jamie Saft Trio. 

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

midnight

Jam session of jazzmen inspired by traditional Jewish tunes, with the USA's Paul Brody and Poland's Plazmatikon ensemble. 

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

Tuesday, June 29th

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 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 USA's Deborah Strauss and Benjy Fox Rosen. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

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

Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by Israel's Benzion David.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa 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.

Klezmer Advanced, a workshop of Klezmer music led by Germany's Christian Dawid and Lithuania's Ilya Shneyveys. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

noon 

Literary meeting with Poland's author Miriam Akavia. 

Cheder Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. 

noon
to  1:30 p.m.

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

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

noon

'Following the Footsteps of the Krakow Rabbis' (tour in Polish)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka 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.

Workshop of the Jewish genealogy. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street. 

2:00 p.m.

'Flickering Shadows: A History of Jews in Film', a lecture by Arie Kaplan (USA).  

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.
to  4:30 p.m.

Workshop: 'Mizrah for the Eastern Wall' led by Monika Krajewska 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

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

Art workshop. 

Popper Synagogue, 
16 Szeroka street

3:30 p.m.
to  5:00 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment by Festival Dance Orchestra.

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

4:00 p.m. 

'Traditional Pre-war Dresses of the Jews in the collection of the National Museum in Krakow', a lecture by Anna Lebet-Minakowska and a multimedia presentation. 

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

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m. 

Lecture by Rabbi Boaz Pash.

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street

4:00 p.m.

Alicja Beryt: Jewish motifs in the architecture, a lecture in Polish.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

4:30 p.m.
to  6:00 p.m.

Workshop on the comic books led by Arie Kaplan of the USA. 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

5:00 p.m.
to  6:30 p.m.

Wine workshop: 'Vineyards of Israel'. led by Poland's Zbigniew Pakula.   

Kolanko No 6, a club at 17 Jozefa street. 

5:00 p.m.

Screening of film 'Fiddler on the Hoof" by Simon Broughton of 1992, 60 minutes. 

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 Poland's band Cukunft.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

8:30 p.m.

Krakow's noted trio, Kroke, plays jazzy music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

10:00 p.m.

Concert features the USA's Brave Old World.

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 30th

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 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 USA's Deborah Strauss and Benjy Fox Rosen. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

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

Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by Israel's Benzion David.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa 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 Lithuania's Ilya Shneyveys. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

noon 

Literary meeting with Poland's Anda Rottenberg. 

Cheder Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. 

noon
to  1:30 p.m.

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

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.

'From Krakow to Krypton: A History of Jews and Comic Books', a lecture by Arie Kaplan (USA).  

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 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.

English tour of the New Jewish Cemetery. 

Starting point 55 Miodowa street

2:00 p.m.
to  3:30 p.m.

Workshop of Hasidic singing led by Cantor Benzion Miller from the USA.

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

2:30 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna 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.

DJ workshop led by SoCalled (Canada). 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

3:30 p.m.
to  5:00 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment by Festival Dance Orchestra.

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m. 

'The Endagered Treasure Box. Preserving the Wealth of Jewish Ethnic Cuisine', lecture by Israel's Janna Gur.

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:00 p.m.

Slawek Pastuszka: 'Preserved painted interior of the synagogues in Poland', a lecture in Polish.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

4:30 p.m.
to  6:00 p.m.

Workshop on the comic books led by Arie Kaplan of the USA. 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

5:00 p.m.
to  6:30 p.m.

Wine workshop: 'Vineyards of Israel'. led by Poland's Zbigniew Pakula.   

Kolanko No 6, a club at 17 Jozefa street. 

5:00 p.m.

Screening of film. 

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

5:30 p.m.

JCC Presentation, in English.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

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 Ukraine's Arkady Gendler.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

8:30 p.m.

Krakow's noted trio, Kroke, plays jazzy music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes.

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

10:00 p.m.

Concert 'Ad Adei Ad / To Eternity' features Israel's Piris Eliyahu, Mark Eliyahu, Gil Hameiri, Nissim Lugasu, and Esther Kenan Ofri.

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 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 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 USA's Deborah Strauss and Benjy Fox Rosen. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

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

Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by Israel's Benzion David.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa 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 Lithuania's Ilya Shneyveys. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

noon 

Literary meeting. 

Cheder Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, entrance at Jakuba street. 

noon
to  1:30 p.m.

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

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.

'Sarah Schenirer and the Interwar Revolution in Jewish Women's Religious Education', a lecture by - Naomi Seidman (USA).  

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 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.

Workshop of Hasidic singing led by Cantor Benzion Miller from 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.

DJ workshop led by SoCalled (Canada). 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

3:30 p.m.
to  5:00 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment by Festival Dance Orchestra.

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m. 

Presentation of book 'Second Soul. About 20 editions of the Jewish Culture Festivals in Krakow' by Anna Dodziuk (Poland).

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:00 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street

4:00 p.m.

Joanna Grzesiuk: 'About Jews? That's interesting! - why Jewish subjects are so popular in Poland', a lecture in Polish.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

5:00 p.m.
to  6:30 p.m.

Wine workshop: 'Vineyards of Israel'. led by Poland's Zbigniew Pakula.   

Kolanko No 6, a club at 17 Jozefa street. 

5:00 p.m.

Screening of film. 

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

5:30 p.m.

Panel discussion with Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland and  Jonathan Ornstein, JCC Director.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

6:00 p.m.
to  7:00 p.m.

Meet the Star @ Cheder.

Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street

6:30 p.m.

Midrash Theatre performs its show, The Mysteries of My Grandma, directed by Rabbi Tanya Segal. 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

7:00 p.m.

Concert features Israel's Ilana Eliya Ensemble.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

7:00 p.m.

Screening of films '8 stories that didn't change the world' by Iwo Krankowski, Jan Spiewak, Magda Grabowska, and Jakub Rok (in Polish with English subtitles) and 'Poland revisited. Discovery of Heritage and Legacy' by Sarah Golabek-Goldman (in English with Polish subtitles). 

Kinoteatr Uciecha playhouse at 16 Starowislna street.

8:30 p.m.

Midrash Theatre performs its show, The Mysteries of My Grandma, directed by Rabbi Tanya Segal. 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

10:00 p.m.

Concert Stempenyu's Neshome features Steven Greenman, Alan Bern, Pete Rushefsky, Alexander Fedoriuk, Mark Rubin, Dan Kahn, and Lorin Sklamberg.

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 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 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 USA's Deborah Strauss and Benjy Fox Rosen. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

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

Yemenite jewelry, a workshop by Israel's Benzion David.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa 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 Lithuania's Ilya Shneyveys. 

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, 
7 Waska street

noon

'Polish Jewish Language and Polish Jewish Identity', a lecture by Stanisław Krajewski (Poland).  

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

noon
to  1:30 p.m.

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

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.

Panel discussion 'Twenty Years Later: the Fall of the Wall and Rebirth of Jewish Life in Poland' with Konstanty Gebert, Stanisław Krajewski, Helise Lieberman, Daniela Malec and Shana Penn.   

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 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.

Workshop of Hasidic singing led by Cantor Benzion Miller from 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.

DJ workshop led by SoCalled (Canada). 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

3:30 p.m.
to  5:00 p.m.

Workshops of Jewish dance with USA's Steven Weintraub and accompaniment by Festival Dance Orchestra.

SCKM, 15 Wietora street

4:00 p.m.
to  5:30 p.m. 

'How a Cuisine is Born. The Amazing Story of Israeli Food from Biblical to Modern Times', a lecture by Janna Gur of Israel. 

Kupa Synagogue, 
27 Miodowa street

4:00 p.m.

Workshop of Jewish cooking.

Eden Hotel, 
15 Ciemna street

4:00 p.m.

Katarzyna Czerwonogora: 'Jewish bordello - why Argentinian prostitutes were called polacas', a lecture in English. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

4:00 p.m.

In the Footsteps of Jewish Women (tour in Polish)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street.

4:00 p.m.

In the Footsteps of Jewish Women (tour in English)

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street,

4:30 p.m.

Zahor, a ceremony commemorating Krakow Jews. 

Plac Bohaterów Getta square.

5:00 p.m.
to  6:30 p.m.

Wine workshop: 'Vineyards of Israel'. led by Poland's Zbigniew Pakula.   

Kolanko No 6, a club at 17 Jozefa street. 

5:00 p.m.

Screening of film. 

Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square

5:30 p.m.

Jakub Rok: 'Jewish fair trade - fixing the world during the shopping', a lecture in Polish.

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

6:00 p.m.

Krakow's Bester Quartet plays jazzy music inspired by Jewish traditional tunes.

Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street

7:00 p.m.

Midrash Theatre performs its show, The Mysteries of My Grandma, directed by Rabbi Tanya Segal. 

Galicia Museum at 18 Dajwor street. 

8:00 p.m.

Concert MuLaKuŻ features Israel's band, Kruzenshtern i Parahod.

Cheder Cafe at 36 Jakuba Street

9:00 p.m.

Jewish Sabbath dinner with the festival guests. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

10:00 p.m.

Concert Stempenyu's Neshome features Steven Greenman, Alan Bern, Pete Rushefsky, Alexander Fedoriuk, Mark Rubin, Dan Kahn, and Lorin Sklamberg.

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 3rd

Hour

Event

Venue

9:00 a.m.

Jewish Krakow, a tour in Polish.

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street. 

noon

Katarzyna Czerwonogora: 'Jewish bordello - why Argentinian prostitutes were called polacas', a lecture in English. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

noon

Iga Kazmierczyk: 'Intercultural education - facts and myths', a lecture in Polish. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

1:00 p.m.

Jewish Krakow, a tour in English.

Starting point at the Remuh Synagogue, 
40 Szeroka street. 

1:30 p.m.

Remigiusz Sosnowski: 'Israeli emigration policy', a lecture in Polish. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

1:30 p.m.

Krzysztof Izdebski's: 'Jews and Jewish congregations within the Polish law', a lecture in English. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street

6:00 p.m.

Final open-air concert "Shalom on Szeroka Street".

Ulica Szeroka street

Sunday, July 4th

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: Old Synagogue, 
24 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

noon

Maciej Krasniewski: 'Jewish LGBT leaders - from Magnus Hirschfeld to Harvey Milk', a lecture in Polish. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

noon

Witold Wrzosinski: 'Klezmer gone astray', a lecture in English. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa 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

1:30 p.m.

Maciej Krasniewski: 'Jewish LGBT leaders - from Magnus Hirschfeld to Harvey Milk', a lecture in English. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

1:30 p.m.

Witold Wrzosinski: 'Klezmer gone astray', a lecture in Polish. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

1:30 p.m.

Alicja Mroczkowska: 'How the social changes influenced the space of Jewish cemeteries', a lecture in Polish. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

2:30 p.m.

Panel discussion with Jewish Community members. 

Jewish Community Center at 24 Miodowa street.

4:00 a.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 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

7:00 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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