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