Home page - 35. Festiwal Kultury Żydowskiej

accompanying event, discussion

Gates of Knowledge. On the latest research on Kraków Jews (PL)

10:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Prof. Łukasz T. Sroka (University of the National Education Commission in Kraków), Prof. Leszek Hońdo (Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków), Dr. Monika Stępień (Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków), Dr. Martyna Grądzka-Rejak (Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw), Dr. Alicja Jarkowska (Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków), Janina Naskalska-Babik (Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków). Led by: Dr. Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska

accompanying event, workshops

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

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

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

Kazimierz and Podgórze (PL)

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

accompanying event, art, guided tours and walks

Photography of Kazimierz – A Walking Seminar (EN)

11:00
Starting point: Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jason Francisco

accompanying event, guided tours and walks

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

11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Sylwia Papier

Gateway to eternity, gateway to diversity. Field workshop (walking tour) in the New Jewish Cemetery in Miodowa Street (EN)

11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Led by: Adam Musiał, In cooperation with: The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation

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

guided tours and walks

Kazimierz and Podgórze (EN)

11:30
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Agi Legutko

Gateway to the Temple and the Heavens: The Symbolism of the Synagogue as a Heritage Site (PL)

12:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Marta Eichelberger-Jankowska, dr Katarzyna Suszkiewicz

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

accompanying event, lectures, meetings, discussions

Gates of Learning: Tradition, Debate, and the Human Role in a Changing World (EN)

12:00
Cafe Hafuch, ul. Józefa 25 Rabbi Tomer and Sara-Tal Rehovi

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

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

Gateway to eternity, gateway to diversity. Field workshop (walking tour) in the New Jewish Cemetery in Miodowa Street (PL)

13:30
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Led by: Adam Musiał, In cooperation with: The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation

accompanying event, meeting

Indifference to Difference: the remarkable rebirth of Krakow’s Jewish community and its mission to support half a million Ukrainian refugee (EN)

14:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Jonathan Ornstein

lectures, meetings, discussions

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

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

accompanying event, lectures, meetings, discussions

Teaching About the Holocaust: The Gate Connecting Poland and South Africa (PL / EN)

15:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jakub Nowakowski Chris Schwarz Memorial Lecture

accompanying event, genealogy

Genealogy consultations (PL / EN)

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

Klezmer Instrumental Music (EN / PL)

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)

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

Creatures of Every Kind (PL)

16:00
Popper Synagogue , ul. Szeroka 16 authors meeting, Monika Krajewska, moderation: Zofia Hartman

guided tours and walks

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

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

accompanying event, exhibition opening

Intersections. Papercuts by Anna Wencel (PL / EN)

17:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Exhibition opening

accompanying event, workshops

Bagel JCC: Gateway to Nature – Plant-Inspired Stained Glass Workshop (PL / EN)

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

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

lectures, meetings, discussions

Gates of Knowledge – Jewish Libraries in Pre-War Poland (PL)

18:00
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19 Book launch for Dr Monika Biesaga’s book, hosted by Dr Marek Tuszewicki 

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

KAZ_LAB 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]

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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