Home page - 35. Festiwal Kultury Żydowskiej

accompanying event, discussion

How Many Gates Were There in the Ghetto? On the Borders and Addresses of the Kraków Ghetto (PL)

01.07.2026 - 10:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Dr. Alicja Jarkowska (Jagiellonian University), Dr. Martyna Grądzka-Rejak (Institute of National Remembrance / Warsaw Ghetto Museum), Dr. Stanisław Szombara (AGH University of Kraków), Katarzyna Boryczka (Jagiellonian University), Aleksandra Kolanko, Cristian Dumitrica

accompanying event, workshops

Lomir Redn Yiddish. Yiddish language workshop (PL / YID)

01.07.2026 - 10:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Julia Makosz

guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (PL)

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

accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Did Addresses in the Ghetto Have a Meaning? Józefińska Street and Its Inhabitants (1941–1943) (PL)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Starting point: Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Dr. Alicja Jarkowska (Jagiellonian University), Dr. Martyna Grądzka-Rejak (Institute of National Remembrance / Warsaw Ghetto Museum), Dr. Stanisław Szombara (AGH University of Kraków), Jakub Jastrzębski (Museum of Podgórze / branch of the Museum of Kraków)

accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Guided tour through the exhibition “Traces of Memory” (EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Viktoriia Mudrytska

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

guided tours and walks

Synagogues in Kazimierz (EN)

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

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

accompanying event, workshops

Deep(er) Listening (EN)

01.07.2026 - 11:30
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Dara Bramson

accompanying event, lectures, meetings, discussions

The State of Preservation and the Situation of Synagogues After World War II (PL)

01.07.2026 - 12:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Dr. Kinga Migalska

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

Yiddish Singing: Yiddish Songs and Melodies of Love, Kindness, Community and Unity (EN / PL)

01.07.2026 - 13:00
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18 A Hands-On Yiddish Song Workshop Series for Singers of all Levels and Ages; Led by: cantor Jeff Warschauer

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

accompanying event, culinary workshop

Challah, or the Key to Opening the Gates of Heaven (PL)

01.07.2026 - 14:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Kasia Leonardi

accompanying event, discussion

“The Jewish Body in Central and Eastern Europe.” Presentation of the latest volume of “Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry” (#38) (EN)

01.07.2026 - 15:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Prof. Eugenia Prokop-Janiec (Jagiellonian University, Kraków), Dr. Zuzanna Kołodziejska-Smagała (University of Wrocław), Dr. Marek Tuszewicki (Jagiellonian University, Kraków). Led by: Dr. Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska

accompanying event, meeting

Meeting with Dr. Janina Rościszewska-Krawczyk — Righteous Among the Nations (PL)

01.07.2026 - 15:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Dr. Janina Rościszewska-Krawczyk, Małgorzata Quinkenstein, moderated by: Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet

accompanying event, genealogy

Genealogy consultations (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 15:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Jakub Czupryński

Klezmer Instrumental Music (EN / PL)

01.07.2026 - 15:00
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18 A Hands-On Workshop Series for Instrumentalists of all Levels and Ages; Led by: Deborah Strauss (violin), Zilyin Biret (clarinet)

accompanying event, exhibition opening, workshops

“Wandering in the Woods”. Art exhibition and a marker drawing workshop (EN)

01.07.2026 - 16:00
JCC Krakow Event Space, ul. Izaaka 5 Osnat Shapira

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

guided tours and walks

Sounds of the City: Yiddish Music and Jewish Memory in Kazimierz (EN)

01.07.2026 - 16:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) singing tour, Agi Legutko and cantor Jeff Warschauer

„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.

accompanying event, workshops

Bagel JCC: Gateway to Creativity – Idea Box Making Workshop (PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 17:30
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Olga Lewińska, Michał Samulak

accompanying event, meeting

Freedom Smuggler (PL)

01.07.2026 - 18:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Maciej Kozłowski, led by: Katarzyna Wójcik, Witold Bereś, Krzysztof Burnetko

accompanying event, discussion

Between Criticism and Prejudice: New Forms of Antisemitism (PL)

01.07.2026 - 18:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Kacper (SITWA – a social initiative combating antisemitism), Zofia Hartman, Piotr Kwapisiewicz (Jewish Association Czulent), moderation: Agi Legutko

Piano recital – Yehuda Prokopowicz

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

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

KAZ_LAB 2026

01.07.2026 - 21:00
the facade of the High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 42 film screening: the facade of the High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 42, exhibition : 2okna Café, ul. Józefa 40, 9:00 – 22:00, Organization: Małgorzata Łuczyna & Jacek Złoczowski [Memorymorph]

accompanying event, film screening

Pink Lady (HEB / PL / EN)

01.07.2026 - 21.30
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 dir. Nir Bergman, Israel, Italy, 2024, 104’ Open-air film screening. Inauguration of the 12th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes” HEB, subtitles: EN, PL

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