Jewish Festival

Program

other events

A gutn apetit! Bete avon! – Cheder’s Shabbat breakfast

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Cheder Cafe
lectures, meetings, discussions

Gatekeepers of Material and Intangible Heritage (EN / PL)

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Panel discussion, Helise Lieberman, Adam Musiał, Marta Jankowska-Eichelberger, Agi Legutko. In cooperation with: The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

01.07.2026 - 10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell
musical events

Shabbat Freilakh. Jewish dances with live music (PL / EN)

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Deborah Strauss – violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, vocals, Zilyin Biret – clarinet, dance leader - Jacek Dymel
accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” (PL)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jagoda Wójcicka
accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Curatorial tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” (EN)

11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Wydrzyński
accompanying event, workshops

Zine Layout: From A to Zine (PL)

11:00
JCC Krakow Event Space, ul. Izaaka 5 Olena Sobolieva
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Led by: Jacek Dymel, live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer - guitar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

11:00
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 Led by: Jacek Dymel, live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer - giutar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Led by Jacek Dymel, Live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer - guitar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
musical events

Classics at Noon

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Taiseer Elias - oud
lectures, meetings, discussions

When Did the Gates of Schools Open to Jews in Galicia, and What Was the Result? (PL)

01.07.2026 - 12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 dr Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Jagiellonian Library as a Gateway to Knowledge. Professor Zofia Ameisenowa (1897-1967) and Her Contribution to the Development of Jewish Studies (PL)

12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 dr hab. Michał Galas, prof. UJ
lectures, meetings, discussions

The gates, courtyards and streets of Kraków in the memoirs of its Jewish residents (PL)

12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 Dr. Monika Stępień
lectures, meetings, discussions

Elegant Solutions and A Flower is Not a Rat – storytelling (EN)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor performances by husband and wife, Len Biran and Ruth Steinberg
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Organ and the Synagogue: An Unexpected History (PL / EN)

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Dr. Jakub Stefek
guided tours and walks

On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków (PL)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Janina Naskalska Babik
workshops

Tales from the Gate. The Memory Detector (PL)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor Led by: Łukasz Stypuła

Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues”

14:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Wydrzyński
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Fifty Gates of Understanding (50 Sha’arei Bina): The Gate as a Meeting Point Between Man and Higher Worlds (PL / EN)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  rabin Boaz Pash
lectures, meetings, discussions

Jewish Culture Festival – Gate of the Heart – Janusz Makuch (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  opening lecture
lectures, meetings, discussions

Hasidic Stories (PL / EN)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  author’s meeting, prof. Marcin Wodziński, Wojciech Tworek
lectures, meetings, discussions

Music Can’t Change the World. Until It Does (EN /PL)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Kobi Farhi / Orphaned Land
lectures, meetings, discussions

This is Not Normal: Contemporary Antisemitism, a structural analysis (EN / PL)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  prof. Deborah Lipstadt
musical events

Synagogue Organ Music. From Frankfurt to Vilnius

14:00
St. Catharine Church / Nave, entrance at Skałeczna Street Organ recital – Jakub Stefek
accompanying event, lectures, meetings, discussions

Helena Rubinstein: From the Gates of Kazimierz to the New World (PL)

15:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Kinga Banasik
guided tours and walks

On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków (EN)

15:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Janina Naskalska Babik
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Stranger at the Gate: Migration from the Bible to our Contemporary Borders (EN / PL)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  prof. Naomi Seidman
lectures, meetings, discussions

Tales from the Gate. Lublin (PL / EN)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Łukasz Stypuła
lectures, meetings, discussions

From Sacred Texts to Everyday Conversations: The History of the Hebrew Language (EN / PL)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Maciej Tomal and Ofer Aderet, Cooperation: Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University

Interfaith dialogue today? (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Rabbi Boaz Pash, moderation: Prof. Stanisław Krajewski
lectures, meetings, discussions

The end of the World South of Tel Aviv (PL / EN)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Jacek Tacik, Led by: Patrycjusz Wyżga
art

„Encounters – Unity in Diversity” – Chains of Light (PL)

01.07.2026 - 17:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor Opening of the exhibition, exhibition curator: Remigiusz (Ziarno) Truchanowicz; in collaboration with Fr. Jerzy Stranz; photography by: Remigiusz (Ziarno) Truchanowicz, Tomasz Kazaniecki, Cooperation: Jewish Religious Community in Krakow Exhibition is on display in the High Synagogue until July 5th from 10.00 to 18.00. After that date – exhibition will be available in the Tempel Synagogue from July 7th until August 15th, 2026.
lectures, meetings, discussions

Hillel: How young Jews discover themselves, community, and Shabbat (PL)

18:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Barbara Czochara, Valeriia Beradze, Cooperation: Hillel Polska
musical events

The Klezmatics. 40th anniversary world tour. Ecstatic Klezmer since 1986

18:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Lorin Sklamberg – vocals, piano, accordion; Frank London – trumpet, keyboard; Lisa Gutkin – violin; Matt Darriau – clarinet, saxophone, kaval; Richie Barshay – drums, percussion; Paul Morrissett – bass, tsimbl
musical events

Piano recital – Yehuda Prokopowicz

01.07.2026 - 18:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Cooperation: Fundacja Pro Musica Bona
art

Boże mój (PL)

19:00
Teatr STU, al. Krasińskiego 16
musical events

Frank London Allstars Festival Orchestra & Special Guests

19:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36 
musical events

Cantors’ Concert: This is the gate of the Lord (PS 118,20)

19:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Yaakov Lemmer, Shimmy Miller, Israel Rand, Zevi Muller, Maestro Yossi Schwartz - conductor, Eric Freeman - accompaniment, The Cantors` Choir: Blake Brooks, Andre Cruz, Dominic Inferrera, Hillel Friedman, Moshe Haas, Lidor Mesika, Holgerd Vachlis, Shayki Kirshenboum, Gilad Nezer, Sean Clark, Afonso Santos, Benjamin Larham.
accompanying event, film screening

Not All of Me Will Die (PL / EN)

20:00
Jewish Culture Festival tent, ul. Józefa 36 dir. Joanna Grudzińska, France, Poland, 2022, 77’ 12th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes” PL, subtitles: EN
musical events

Multicultural Rhythms of Galicia – Derya Ensemble

20:30
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Łukasz Błaszkiewicz – oud, Tiago Matos – frame drum, Żaneta Seweryn – Polish santur, Anna Klimczyk – suka Biłgorajska, fidel plocka, Rodrigo Barata – recorders & Portuguese bagpipe, Aleksandra Stańczyk – darbuka, riq
musical events

Welcoming Shabbat with Strauss/Warschauer Duo

20:30
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Deborah Strauss – violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, voice
musical events

Ola Bilińska // Goldene Ojgn // Golden Eyes of the Night

01.07.2026 - 20:30
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 Joanna Galon-Frant – piano, vocals, gongs, singing bowls, shamanic drum, Łukasz Frant – cello, ocean drum, vocals, Tomasz Hajda – trombone, ocean drum, tubular bells, vocals, Ksawery Wójciński – double bass, storm drum, vocals, Ola Bilińska – vocals, electric guitar, electronics
musical events

The Ziryab Trio

21:00
Cloisters of St. Catherine Church, ul. Augustiańska 7 Taiseer Elias – oud,  Nassim Dakwar –violin, Zohar Fresco –percussion
musical events

Selichos/Transformation. New music in the cantorial tradition for two voices and chamber orchestra 

21:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Riki Rose, Yoel Kohn - voice; Alan Pierson - conductor;  Airis String Quartet: Aleksandra Czajor-Kowalska – 1st Violin, Grażyna Zubik – 2nd Violin, Malwina Tkaczyk – Viola, Anna Armatys – Borelli Cello;   Marek Romanowski – Double Bass; Maciej Hałoń – Percussion; Leszek Wiśniowski – Flute; Rafał Ślusarczyk – Trumpet; Andrzej Tkaczyk – Trombone 
other events

A gutn apetit! Bete avon! – Cheder’s Shabbat breakfast

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Cheder Cafe
lectures, meetings, discussions

Gatekeepers of Material and Intangible Heritage (EN / PL)

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Panel discussion, Helise Lieberman, Adam Musiał, Marta Jankowska-Eichelberger, Agi Legutko. In cooperation with: The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

01.07.2026 - 10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell
musical events

Shabbat Freilakh. Jewish dances with live music (PL / EN)

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Deborah Strauss – violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, vocals, Zilyin Biret – clarinet, dance leader - Jacek Dymel
accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” (PL)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jagoda Wójcicka
accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Curatorial tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” (EN)

11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Wydrzyński
accompanying event, workshops

Zine Layout: From A to Zine (PL)

11:00
JCC Krakow Event Space, ul. Izaaka 5 Olena Sobolieva
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Led by: Jacek Dymel, live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer - guitar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

11:00
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 Led by: Jacek Dymel, live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer - giutar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Led by Jacek Dymel, Live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer - guitar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
musical events

Classics at Noon

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Taiseer Elias - oud
lectures, meetings, discussions

When Did the Gates of Schools Open to Jews in Galicia, and What Was the Result? (PL)

01.07.2026 - 12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 dr Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Jagiellonian Library as a Gateway to Knowledge. Professor Zofia Ameisenowa (1897-1967) and Her Contribution to the Development of Jewish Studies (PL)

12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 dr hab. Michał Galas, prof. UJ
lectures, meetings, discussions

The gates, courtyards and streets of Kraków in the memoirs of its Jewish residents (PL)

12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 Dr. Monika Stępień
lectures, meetings, discussions

Elegant Solutions and A Flower is Not a Rat – storytelling (EN)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor performances by husband and wife, Len Biran and Ruth Steinberg
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Organ and the Synagogue: An Unexpected History (PL / EN)

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Dr. Jakub Stefek
guided tours and walks

On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków (PL)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Janina Naskalska Babik
workshops

Tales from the Gate. The Memory Detector (PL)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor Led by: Łukasz Stypuła

Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues”

14:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Wydrzyński
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Fifty Gates of Understanding (50 Sha’arei Bina): The Gate as a Meeting Point Between Man and Higher Worlds (PL / EN)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  rabin Boaz Pash
lectures, meetings, discussions

Jewish Culture Festival – Gate of the Heart – Janusz Makuch (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  opening lecture
lectures, meetings, discussions

Hasidic Stories (PL / EN)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  author’s meeting, prof. Marcin Wodziński, Wojciech Tworek
lectures, meetings, discussions

Music Can’t Change the World. Until It Does (EN /PL)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Kobi Farhi / Orphaned Land
lectures, meetings, discussions

This is Not Normal: Contemporary Antisemitism, a structural analysis (EN / PL)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  prof. Deborah Lipstadt
musical events

Synagogue Organ Music. From Frankfurt to Vilnius

14:00
St. Catharine Church / Nave, entrance at Skałeczna Street Organ recital – Jakub Stefek
accompanying event, lectures, meetings, discussions

Helena Rubinstein: From the Gates of Kazimierz to the New World (PL)

15:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Kinga Banasik
guided tours and walks

On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków (EN)

15:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Janina Naskalska Babik
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Stranger at the Gate: Migration from the Bible to our Contemporary Borders (EN / PL)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  prof. Naomi Seidman
lectures, meetings, discussions

Tales from the Gate. Lublin (PL / EN)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Łukasz Stypuła
lectures, meetings, discussions

From Sacred Texts to Everyday Conversations: The History of the Hebrew Language (EN / PL)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Maciej Tomal and Ofer Aderet, Cooperation: Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University

Interfaith dialogue today? (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Rabbi Boaz Pash, moderation: Prof. Stanisław Krajewski
lectures, meetings, discussions

The end of the World South of Tel Aviv (PL / EN)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Jacek Tacik, Led by: Patrycjusz Wyżga
art

„Encounters – Unity in Diversity” – Chains of Light (PL)

01.07.2026 - 17:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor Opening of the exhibition, exhibition curator: Remigiusz (Ziarno) Truchanowicz; in collaboration with Fr. Jerzy Stranz; photography by: Remigiusz (Ziarno) Truchanowicz, Tomasz Kazaniecki, Cooperation: Jewish Religious Community in Krakow Exhibition is on display in the High Synagogue until July 5th from 10.00 to 18.00. After that date – exhibition will be available in the Tempel Synagogue from July 7th until August 15th, 2026.
lectures, meetings, discussions

Hillel: How young Jews discover themselves, community, and Shabbat (PL)

18:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Barbara Czochara, Valeriia Beradze, Cooperation: Hillel Polska
musical events

The Klezmatics. 40th anniversary world tour. Ecstatic Klezmer since 1986

18:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Lorin Sklamberg – vocals, piano, accordion; Frank London – trumpet, keyboard; Lisa Gutkin – violin; Matt Darriau – clarinet, saxophone, kaval; Richie Barshay – drums, percussion; Paul Morrissett – bass, tsimbl
musical events

Piano recital – Yehuda Prokopowicz

01.07.2026 - 18:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Cooperation: Fundacja Pro Musica Bona
art

Boże mój (PL)

19:00
Teatr STU, al. Krasińskiego 16
musical events

Frank London Allstars Festival Orchestra & Special Guests

19:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36 
musical events

Cantors’ Concert: This is the gate of the Lord (PS 118,20)

19:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Yaakov Lemmer, Shimmy Miller, Israel Rand, Zevi Muller, Maestro Yossi Schwartz - conductor, Eric Freeman - accompaniment, The Cantors` Choir: Blake Brooks, Andre Cruz, Dominic Inferrera, Hillel Friedman, Moshe Haas, Lidor Mesika, Holgerd Vachlis, Shayki Kirshenboum, Gilad Nezer, Sean Clark, Afonso Santos, Benjamin Larham.
accompanying event, film screening

Not All of Me Will Die (PL / EN)

20:00
Jewish Culture Festival tent, ul. Józefa 36 dir. Joanna Grudzińska, France, Poland, 2022, 77’ 12th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes” PL, subtitles: EN
musical events

Multicultural Rhythms of Galicia – Derya Ensemble

20:30
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Łukasz Błaszkiewicz – oud, Tiago Matos – frame drum, Żaneta Seweryn – Polish santur, Anna Klimczyk – suka Biłgorajska, fidel plocka, Rodrigo Barata – recorders & Portuguese bagpipe, Aleksandra Stańczyk – darbuka, riq
musical events

Welcoming Shabbat with Strauss/Warschauer Duo

20:30
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Deborah Strauss – violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, voice
musical events

Ola Bilińska // Goldene Ojgn // Golden Eyes of the Night

01.07.2026 - 20:30
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 Joanna Galon-Frant – piano, vocals, gongs, singing bowls, shamanic drum, Łukasz Frant – cello, ocean drum, vocals, Tomasz Hajda – trombone, ocean drum, tubular bells, vocals, Ksawery Wójciński – double bass, storm drum, vocals, Ola Bilińska – vocals, electric guitar, electronics
musical events

The Ziryab Trio

21:00
Cloisters of St. Catherine Church, ul. Augustiańska 7 Taiseer Elias – oud,  Nassim Dakwar –violin, Zohar Fresco –percussion
musical events

Selichos/Transformation. New music in the cantorial tradition for two voices and chamber orchestra 

21:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Riki Rose, Yoel Kohn - voice; Alan Pierson - conductor;  Airis String Quartet: Aleksandra Czajor-Kowalska – 1st Violin, Grażyna Zubik – 2nd Violin, Malwina Tkaczyk – Viola, Anna Armatys – Borelli Cello;   Marek Romanowski – Double Bass; Maciej Hałoń – Percussion; Leszek Wiśniowski – Flute; Rafał Ślusarczyk – Trumpet; Andrzej Tkaczyk – Trombone 
other events

A gutn apetit! Bete avon! – Cheder’s Shabbat breakfast

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Cheder Cafe
lectures, meetings, discussions

Gatekeepers of Material and Intangible Heritage (EN / PL)

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Panel discussion, Helise Lieberman, Adam Musiał, Marta Jankowska-Eichelberger, Agi Legutko. In cooperation with: The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

01.07.2026 - 10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell
musical events

Shabbat Freilakh. Jewish dances with live music (PL / EN)

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Deborah Strauss – violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, vocals, Zilyin Biret – clarinet, dance leader - Jacek Dymel
accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” (PL)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jagoda Wójcicka
accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Curatorial tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” (EN)

11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Wydrzyński
accompanying event, workshops

Zine Layout: From A to Zine (PL)

11:00
JCC Krakow Event Space, ul. Izaaka 5 Olena Sobolieva
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Led by: Jacek Dymel, live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer - guitar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

11:00
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 Led by: Jacek Dymel, live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer - giutar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Led by Jacek Dymel, Live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer - guitar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
musical events

Classics at Noon

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Taiseer Elias - oud
lectures, meetings, discussions

When Did the Gates of Schools Open to Jews in Galicia, and What Was the Result? (PL)

01.07.2026 - 12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 dr Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Jagiellonian Library as a Gateway to Knowledge. Professor Zofia Ameisenowa (1897-1967) and Her Contribution to the Development of Jewish Studies (PL)

12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 dr hab. Michał Galas, prof. UJ
lectures, meetings, discussions

The gates, courtyards and streets of Kraków in the memoirs of its Jewish residents (PL)

12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 Dr. Monika Stępień
lectures, meetings, discussions

Elegant Solutions and A Flower is Not a Rat – storytelling (EN)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor performances by husband and wife, Len Biran and Ruth Steinberg
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Organ and the Synagogue: An Unexpected History (PL / EN)

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Dr. Jakub Stefek
guided tours and walks

On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków (PL)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Janina Naskalska Babik
workshops

Tales from the Gate. The Memory Detector (PL)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor Led by: Łukasz Stypuła

Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues”

14:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Wydrzyński
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Fifty Gates of Understanding (50 Sha’arei Bina): The Gate as a Meeting Point Between Man and Higher Worlds (PL / EN)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  rabin Boaz Pash
lectures, meetings, discussions

Jewish Culture Festival – Gate of the Heart – Janusz Makuch (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  opening lecture
lectures, meetings, discussions

Hasidic Stories (PL / EN)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  author’s meeting, prof. Marcin Wodziński, Wojciech Tworek
lectures, meetings, discussions

Music Can’t Change the World. Until It Does (EN /PL)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Kobi Farhi / Orphaned Land
lectures, meetings, discussions

This is Not Normal: Contemporary Antisemitism, a structural analysis (EN / PL)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  prof. Deborah Lipstadt
musical events

Synagogue Organ Music. From Frankfurt to Vilnius

14:00
St. Catharine Church / Nave, entrance at Skałeczna Street Organ recital – Jakub Stefek
accompanying event, lectures, meetings, discussions

Helena Rubinstein: From the Gates of Kazimierz to the New World (PL)

15:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Kinga Banasik
guided tours and walks

On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków (EN)

15:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Janina Naskalska Babik
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Stranger at the Gate: Migration from the Bible to our Contemporary Borders (EN / PL)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  prof. Naomi Seidman
lectures, meetings, discussions

Tales from the Gate. Lublin (PL / EN)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Łukasz Stypuła
lectures, meetings, discussions

From Sacred Texts to Everyday Conversations: The History of the Hebrew Language (EN / PL)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Maciej Tomal and Ofer Aderet, Cooperation: Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University

Interfaith dialogue today? (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Rabbi Boaz Pash, moderation: Prof. Stanisław Krajewski
lectures, meetings, discussions

The end of the World South of Tel Aviv (PL / EN)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Jacek Tacik, Led by: Patrycjusz Wyżga
art

„Encounters – Unity in Diversity” – Chains of Light (PL)

01.07.2026 - 17:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor Opening of the exhibition, exhibition curator: Remigiusz (Ziarno) Truchanowicz; in collaboration with Fr. Jerzy Stranz; photography by: Remigiusz (Ziarno) Truchanowicz, Tomasz Kazaniecki, Cooperation: Jewish Religious Community in Krakow Exhibition is on display in the High Synagogue until July 5th from 10.00 to 18.00. After that date – exhibition will be available in the Tempel Synagogue from July 7th until August 15th, 2026.
lectures, meetings, discussions

Hillel: How young Jews discover themselves, community, and Shabbat (PL)

18:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Barbara Czochara, Valeriia Beradze, Cooperation: Hillel Polska
musical events

The Klezmatics. 40th anniversary world tour. Ecstatic Klezmer since 1986

18:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Lorin Sklamberg – vocals, piano, accordion; Frank London – trumpet, keyboard; Lisa Gutkin – violin; Matt Darriau – clarinet, saxophone, kaval; Richie Barshay – drums, percussion; Paul Morrissett – bass, tsimbl
musical events

Piano recital – Yehuda Prokopowicz

01.07.2026 - 18:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Cooperation: Fundacja Pro Musica Bona
art

Boże mój (PL)

19:00
Teatr STU, al. Krasińskiego 16
musical events

Frank London Allstars Festival Orchestra & Special Guests

19:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36 
musical events

Cantors’ Concert: This is the gate of the Lord (PS 118,20)

19:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Yaakov Lemmer, Shimmy Miller, Israel Rand, Zevi Muller, Maestro Yossi Schwartz - conductor, Eric Freeman - accompaniment, The Cantors` Choir: Blake Brooks, Andre Cruz, Dominic Inferrera, Hillel Friedman, Moshe Haas, Lidor Mesika, Holgerd Vachlis, Shayki Kirshenboum, Gilad Nezer, Sean Clark, Afonso Santos, Benjamin Larham.
accompanying event, film screening

Not All of Me Will Die (PL / EN)

20:00
Jewish Culture Festival tent, ul. Józefa 36 dir. Joanna Grudzińska, France, Poland, 2022, 77’ 12th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes” PL, subtitles: EN
musical events

Multicultural Rhythms of Galicia – Derya Ensemble

20:30
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Łukasz Błaszkiewicz – oud, Tiago Matos – frame drum, Żaneta Seweryn – Polish santur, Anna Klimczyk – suka Biłgorajska, fidel plocka, Rodrigo Barata – recorders & Portuguese bagpipe, Aleksandra Stańczyk – darbuka, riq
musical events

Welcoming Shabbat with Strauss/Warschauer Duo

20:30
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Deborah Strauss – violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, voice
musical events

Ola Bilińska // Goldene Ojgn // Golden Eyes of the Night

01.07.2026 - 20:30
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 Joanna Galon-Frant – piano, vocals, gongs, singing bowls, shamanic drum, Łukasz Frant – cello, ocean drum, vocals, Tomasz Hajda – trombone, ocean drum, tubular bells, vocals, Ksawery Wójciński – double bass, storm drum, vocals, Ola Bilińska – vocals, electric guitar, electronics
musical events

The Ziryab Trio

21:00
Cloisters of St. Catherine Church, ul. Augustiańska 7 Taiseer Elias – oud,  Nassim Dakwar –violin, Zohar Fresco –percussion
musical events

Selichos/Transformation. New music in the cantorial tradition for two voices and chamber orchestra 

21:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Riki Rose, Yoel Kohn - voice; Alan Pierson - conductor;  Airis String Quartet: Aleksandra Czajor-Kowalska – 1st Violin, Grażyna Zubik – 2nd Violin, Malwina Tkaczyk – Viola, Anna Armatys – Borelli Cello;   Marek Romanowski – Double Bass; Maciej Hałoń – Percussion; Leszek Wiśniowski – Flute; Rafał Ślusarczyk – Trumpet; Andrzej Tkaczyk – Trombone 
other events

A gutn apetit! Bete avon! – Cheder’s Shabbat breakfast

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Cheder Cafe
lectures, meetings, discussions

Gatekeepers of Material and Intangible Heritage (EN / PL)

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Panel discussion, Helise Lieberman, Adam Musiał, Marta Jankowska-Eichelberger, Agi Legutko. In cooperation with: The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

01.07.2026 - 10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell
musical events

Shabbat Freilakh. Jewish dances with live music (PL / EN)

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Deborah Strauss – violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, vocals, Zilyin Biret – clarinet, dance leader - Jacek Dymel
accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” (PL)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jagoda Wójcicka
accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Curatorial tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” (EN)

11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Wydrzyński
accompanying event, workshops

Zine Layout: From A to Zine (PL)

11:00
JCC Krakow Event Space, ul. Izaaka 5 Olena Sobolieva
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Led by: Jacek Dymel, live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer - guitar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

11:00
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 Led by: Jacek Dymel, live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer - giutar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Led by Jacek Dymel, Live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer - guitar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
musical events

Classics at Noon

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Taiseer Elias - oud
lectures, meetings, discussions

When Did the Gates of Schools Open to Jews in Galicia, and What Was the Result? (PL)

01.07.2026 - 12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 dr Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Jagiellonian Library as a Gateway to Knowledge. Professor Zofia Ameisenowa (1897-1967) and Her Contribution to the Development of Jewish Studies (PL)

12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 dr hab. Michał Galas, prof. UJ
lectures, meetings, discussions

The gates, courtyards and streets of Kraków in the memoirs of its Jewish residents (PL)

12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 Dr. Monika Stępień
lectures, meetings, discussions

Elegant Solutions and A Flower is Not a Rat – storytelling (EN)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor performances by husband and wife, Len Biran and Ruth Steinberg
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Organ and the Synagogue: An Unexpected History (PL / EN)

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Dr. Jakub Stefek
guided tours and walks

On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków (PL)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Janina Naskalska Babik
workshops

Tales from the Gate. The Memory Detector (PL)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor Led by: Łukasz Stypuła

Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues”

14:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Wydrzyński
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Fifty Gates of Understanding (50 Sha’arei Bina): The Gate as a Meeting Point Between Man and Higher Worlds (PL / EN)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  rabin Boaz Pash
lectures, meetings, discussions

Jewish Culture Festival – Gate of the Heart – Janusz Makuch (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  opening lecture
lectures, meetings, discussions

Hasidic Stories (PL / EN)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  author’s meeting, prof. Marcin Wodziński, Wojciech Tworek
lectures, meetings, discussions

Music Can’t Change the World. Until It Does (EN /PL)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Kobi Farhi / Orphaned Land
lectures, meetings, discussions

This is Not Normal: Contemporary Antisemitism, a structural analysis (EN / PL)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  prof. Deborah Lipstadt
musical events

Synagogue Organ Music. From Frankfurt to Vilnius

14:00
St. Catharine Church / Nave, entrance at Skałeczna Street Organ recital – Jakub Stefek
accompanying event, lectures, meetings, discussions

Helena Rubinstein: From the Gates of Kazimierz to the New World (PL)

15:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Kinga Banasik
guided tours and walks

On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków (EN)

15:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Janina Naskalska Babik
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Stranger at the Gate: Migration from the Bible to our Contemporary Borders (EN / PL)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  prof. Naomi Seidman
lectures, meetings, discussions

Tales from the Gate. Lublin (PL / EN)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Łukasz Stypuła
lectures, meetings, discussions

From Sacred Texts to Everyday Conversations: The History of the Hebrew Language (EN / PL)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Maciej Tomal and Ofer Aderet, Cooperation: Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University

Interfaith dialogue today? (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Rabbi Boaz Pash, moderation: Prof. Stanisław Krajewski
lectures, meetings, discussions

The end of the World South of Tel Aviv (PL / EN)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Jacek Tacik, Led by: Patrycjusz Wyżga
art

„Encounters – Unity in Diversity” – Chains of Light (PL)

01.07.2026 - 17:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor Opening of the exhibition, exhibition curator: Remigiusz (Ziarno) Truchanowicz; in collaboration with Fr. Jerzy Stranz; photography by: Remigiusz (Ziarno) Truchanowicz, Tomasz Kazaniecki, Cooperation: Jewish Religious Community in Krakow Exhibition is on display in the High Synagogue until July 5th from 10.00 to 18.00. After that date – exhibition will be available in the Tempel Synagogue from July 7th until August 15th, 2026.
lectures, meetings, discussions

Hillel: How young Jews discover themselves, community, and Shabbat (PL)

18:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Barbara Czochara, Valeriia Beradze, Cooperation: Hillel Polska
musical events

The Klezmatics. 40th anniversary world tour. Ecstatic Klezmer since 1986

18:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Lorin Sklamberg – vocals, piano, accordion; Frank London – trumpet, keyboard; Lisa Gutkin – violin; Matt Darriau – clarinet, saxophone, kaval; Richie Barshay – drums, percussion; Paul Morrissett – bass, tsimbl
musical events

Piano recital – Yehuda Prokopowicz

01.07.2026 - 18:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Cooperation: Fundacja Pro Musica Bona
art

Boże mój (PL)

19:00
Teatr STU, al. Krasińskiego 16
musical events

Frank London Allstars Festival Orchestra & Special Guests

19:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36 
musical events

Cantors’ Concert: This is the gate of the Lord (PS 118,20)

19:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Yaakov Lemmer, Shimmy Miller, Israel Rand, Zevi Muller, Maestro Yossi Schwartz - conductor, Eric Freeman - accompaniment, The Cantors` Choir: Blake Brooks, Andre Cruz, Dominic Inferrera, Hillel Friedman, Moshe Haas, Lidor Mesika, Holgerd Vachlis, Shayki Kirshenboum, Gilad Nezer, Sean Clark, Afonso Santos, Benjamin Larham.
accompanying event, film screening

Not All of Me Will Die (PL / EN)

20:00
Jewish Culture Festival tent, ul. Józefa 36 dir. Joanna Grudzińska, France, Poland, 2022, 77’ 12th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes” PL, subtitles: EN
musical events

Multicultural Rhythms of Galicia – Derya Ensemble

20:30
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Łukasz Błaszkiewicz – oud, Tiago Matos – frame drum, Żaneta Seweryn – Polish santur, Anna Klimczyk – suka Biłgorajska, fidel plocka, Rodrigo Barata – recorders & Portuguese bagpipe, Aleksandra Stańczyk – darbuka, riq
musical events

Welcoming Shabbat with Strauss/Warschauer Duo

20:30
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Deborah Strauss – violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, voice
musical events

Ola Bilińska // Goldene Ojgn // Golden Eyes of the Night

01.07.2026 - 20:30
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 Joanna Galon-Frant – piano, vocals, gongs, singing bowls, shamanic drum, Łukasz Frant – cello, ocean drum, vocals, Tomasz Hajda – trombone, ocean drum, tubular bells, vocals, Ksawery Wójciński – double bass, storm drum, vocals, Ola Bilińska – vocals, electric guitar, electronics
musical events

The Ziryab Trio

21:00
Cloisters of St. Catherine Church, ul. Augustiańska 7 Taiseer Elias – oud,  Nassim Dakwar –violin, Zohar Fresco –percussion
musical events

Selichos/Transformation. New music in the cantorial tradition for two voices and chamber orchestra 

21:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Riki Rose, Yoel Kohn - voice; Alan Pierson - conductor;  Airis String Quartet: Aleksandra Czajor-Kowalska – 1st Violin, Grażyna Zubik – 2nd Violin, Malwina Tkaczyk – Viola, Anna Armatys – Borelli Cello;   Marek Romanowski – Double Bass; Maciej Hałoń – Percussion; Leszek Wiśniowski – Flute; Rafał Ślusarczyk – Trumpet; Andrzej Tkaczyk – Trombone 
other events

A gutn apetit! Bete avon! – Cheder’s Shabbat breakfast

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Cheder Cafe
lectures, meetings, discussions

Gatekeepers of Material and Intangible Heritage (EN / PL)

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Panel discussion, Helise Lieberman, Adam Musiał, Marta Jankowska-Eichelberger, Agi Legutko. In cooperation with: The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

01.07.2026 - 10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell
musical events

Shabbat Freilakh. Jewish dances with live music (PL / EN)

10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Deborah Strauss – violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, vocals, Zilyin Biret – clarinet, dance leader - Jacek Dymel
accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” (PL)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jagoda Wójcicka
accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Curatorial tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” (EN)

11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Wydrzyński
accompanying event, workshops

Zine Layout: From A to Zine (PL)

11:00
JCC Krakow Event Space, ul. Izaaka 5 Olena Sobolieva
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko
guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Led by: Jacek Dymel, live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer - guitar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

11:00
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 Led by: Jacek Dymel, live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer - giutar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
workshops

Jewish dances (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Led by Jacek Dymel, Live music: Deborah Strauss - violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer - guitar, Zilyin Biret - clarinet
musical events

Classics at Noon

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Taiseer Elias - oud
lectures, meetings, discussions

When Did the Gates of Schools Open to Jews in Galicia, and What Was the Result? (PL)

01.07.2026 - 12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 dr Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Jagiellonian Library as a Gateway to Knowledge. Professor Zofia Ameisenowa (1897-1967) and Her Contribution to the Development of Jewish Studies (PL)

12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 dr hab. Michał Galas, prof. UJ
lectures, meetings, discussions

The gates, courtyards and streets of Kraków in the memoirs of its Jewish residents (PL)

12:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 Dr. Monika Stępień
lectures, meetings, discussions

Elegant Solutions and A Flower is Not a Rat – storytelling (EN)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor performances by husband and wife, Len Biran and Ruth Steinberg
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Organ and the Synagogue: An Unexpected History (PL / EN)

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Dr. Jakub Stefek
guided tours and walks

On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków (PL)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Janina Naskalska Babik
workshops

Tales from the Gate. The Memory Detector (PL)

12:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor Led by: Łukasz Stypuła

Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues”

14:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Wydrzyński
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Fifty Gates of Understanding (50 Sha’arei Bina): The Gate as a Meeting Point Between Man and Higher Worlds (PL / EN)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  rabin Boaz Pash
lectures, meetings, discussions

Jewish Culture Festival – Gate of the Heart – Janusz Makuch (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  opening lecture
lectures, meetings, discussions

Hasidic Stories (PL / EN)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  author’s meeting, prof. Marcin Wodziński, Wojciech Tworek
lectures, meetings, discussions

Music Can’t Change the World. Until It Does (EN /PL)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Kobi Farhi / Orphaned Land
lectures, meetings, discussions

This is Not Normal: Contemporary Antisemitism, a structural analysis (EN / PL)

14:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  prof. Deborah Lipstadt
musical events

Synagogue Organ Music. From Frankfurt to Vilnius

14:00
St. Catharine Church / Nave, entrance at Skałeczna Street Organ recital – Jakub Stefek
accompanying event, lectures, meetings, discussions

Helena Rubinstein: From the Gates of Kazimierz to the New World (PL)

15:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Kinga Banasik
guided tours and walks

On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków (EN)

15:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Janina Naskalska Babik
lectures, meetings, discussions

The Stranger at the Gate: Migration from the Bible to our Contemporary Borders (EN / PL)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  prof. Naomi Seidman
lectures, meetings, discussions

Tales from the Gate. Lublin (PL / EN)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Łukasz Stypuła
lectures, meetings, discussions

From Sacred Texts to Everyday Conversations: The History of the Hebrew Language (EN / PL)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Maciej Tomal and Ofer Aderet, Cooperation: Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University

Interfaith dialogue today? (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Rabbi Boaz Pash, moderation: Prof. Stanisław Krajewski
lectures, meetings, discussions

The end of the World South of Tel Aviv (PL / EN)

16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Jacek Tacik, Led by: Patrycjusz Wyżga
art

„Encounters – Unity in Diversity” – Chains of Light (PL)

01.07.2026 - 17:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor Opening of the exhibition, exhibition curator: Remigiusz (Ziarno) Truchanowicz; in collaboration with Fr. Jerzy Stranz; photography by: Remigiusz (Ziarno) Truchanowicz, Tomasz Kazaniecki, Cooperation: Jewish Religious Community in Krakow Exhibition is on display in the High Synagogue until July 5th from 10.00 to 18.00. After that date – exhibition will be available in the Tempel Synagogue from July 7th until August 15th, 2026.
lectures, meetings, discussions

Hillel: How young Jews discover themselves, community, and Shabbat (PL)

18:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Barbara Czochara, Valeriia Beradze, Cooperation: Hillel Polska
musical events

The Klezmatics. 40th anniversary world tour. Ecstatic Klezmer since 1986

18:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Lorin Sklamberg – vocals, piano, accordion; Frank London – trumpet, keyboard; Lisa Gutkin – violin; Matt Darriau – clarinet, saxophone, kaval; Richie Barshay – drums, percussion; Paul Morrissett – bass, tsimbl
musical events

Piano recital – Yehuda Prokopowicz

01.07.2026 - 18:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Cooperation: Fundacja Pro Musica Bona
art

Boże mój (PL)

19:00
Teatr STU, al. Krasińskiego 16
musical events

Frank London Allstars Festival Orchestra & Special Guests

19:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36 
musical events

Cantors’ Concert: This is the gate of the Lord (PS 118,20)

19:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Yaakov Lemmer, Shimmy Miller, Israel Rand, Zevi Muller, Maestro Yossi Schwartz - conductor, Eric Freeman - accompaniment, The Cantors` Choir: Blake Brooks, Andre Cruz, Dominic Inferrera, Hillel Friedman, Moshe Haas, Lidor Mesika, Holgerd Vachlis, Shayki Kirshenboum, Gilad Nezer, Sean Clark, Afonso Santos, Benjamin Larham.
accompanying event, film screening

Not All of Me Will Die (PL / EN)

20:00
Jewish Culture Festival tent, ul. Józefa 36 dir. Joanna Grudzińska, France, Poland, 2022, 77’ 12th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes” PL, subtitles: EN
musical events

Multicultural Rhythms of Galicia – Derya Ensemble

20:30
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Łukasz Błaszkiewicz – oud, Tiago Matos – frame drum, Żaneta Seweryn – Polish santur, Anna Klimczyk – suka Biłgorajska, fidel plocka, Rodrigo Barata – recorders & Portuguese bagpipe, Aleksandra Stańczyk – darbuka, riq
musical events

Welcoming Shabbat with Strauss/Warschauer Duo

20:30
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Deborah Strauss – violin, kantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, voice
musical events

Ola Bilińska // Goldene Ojgn // Golden Eyes of the Night

01.07.2026 - 20:30
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 Joanna Galon-Frant – piano, vocals, gongs, singing bowls, shamanic drum, Łukasz Frant – cello, ocean drum, vocals, Tomasz Hajda – trombone, ocean drum, tubular bells, vocals, Ksawery Wójciński – double bass, storm drum, vocals, Ola Bilińska – vocals, electric guitar, electronics
musical events

The Ziryab Trio

21:00
Cloisters of St. Catherine Church, ul. Augustiańska 7 Taiseer Elias – oud,  Nassim Dakwar –violin, Zohar Fresco –percussion
musical events

Selichos/Transformation. New music in the cantorial tradition for two voices and chamber orchestra 

21:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Riki Rose, Yoel Kohn - voice; Alan Pierson - conductor;  Airis String Quartet: Aleksandra Czajor-Kowalska – 1st Violin, Grażyna Zubik – 2nd Violin, Malwina Tkaczyk – Viola, Anna Armatys – Borelli Cello;   Marek Romanowski – Double Bass; Maciej Hałoń – Percussion; Leszek Wiśniowski – Flute; Rafał Ślusarczyk – Trumpet; Andrzej Tkaczyk – Trombone 

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