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accompanying event, art, meeting

Intersections and “Shinethroughs”. How Are Papercuts Created? Anna Wencel (PL / EN)

10:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Anna Wencel Meeting with the artist

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

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

guided tours and walks

Jewish Krakow (PL)

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

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

Gate – Toyer – Sha’ar, or What Does Kazimierz Hide Behind the Door? (PL)

11:00
Starting point: Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Bartosz Wencel

accompanying event, art, guided tours and walks

Curatorial tour through the exhibition “Intersections. Papercuts by Anna Wencel” (EN)

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

guided tours and walks

Two Goals, One City: Jewish Sport in Krakow (EN)

11:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Paulina Kowalska

accompanying event, discussion

Israel 2026: Politics, Society, Economy (PL)

12:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Dr. Karolina Zielińska, Jakub Katulski, Dr. Jerzy Wójcik, led by: Dr. Ewa Węgrzyn

lectures, meetings, discussions

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

12:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Dr. Jakub Stefek

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

Hasidic Stories (PL / EN)

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

guided tours and walks

Jewish Kraków (EN)

14:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Anna Kiesell

accompanying event, art, workshops

Cut Out. Papercutting Workshop with the Artist (PL)

15:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Anna Wencel

guided tours and walks

Two Goals, One City: Jewish Sport in Krakow (PL)

15:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start) Paulina Kowalska

accompanying event, lectures, meetings, discussions

Gates of Meaning: Timeless Values for modern life (EN)

15:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Marta Toborek, Katarzyna Witek-Mioduszewska

accompanying event, meeting

Czarne in Galicja: “Emirat to my. Jak talibowie odbijali Afganistan” (The Emirate is Us. How the Taliban Retook Afghanistan) (PL)

16:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Jagoda Grondecka, led by: Jakub Katulski

accompanying event, guided tours and walks

Famous Jews of Kazimierz and Their Fates – a Gateway to the World of Jewish Culture and History in Krakow (PL)

16:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 (starting point) Małgorzata Kucharska

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

accompanying event, lectures, meetings, discussions

Voices That Were Always There | Women, Torah, and the Courage to Speak. A Shabbat afternoon learning session for women (EN)

17:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Sally Berkovic, Sara-Tal Rehovi

Friends of the Magician – theatre performance

17:30
A square at the entrance to the Old Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24 The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre, collaboration: Museum of Krakow, Old Synagogue

accompanying event, film screening

The Big Boss (EN / FR / PL)

18:00
Żydowskie Muzeum Galicja, ul. Dajwór 18 dir. Tomasz Wolski, Poland, The Netherlands, France, 2025, 88’ 12th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes” EN, FR, subtitles: PL Meeting with filmmakers after the screening

Boże mój (PL)

19:00
Teatr STU, al. Krasińskiego 16

Frank London Allstars Festival Orchestra & Special Guests

19:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36 

accompanying event, film screening

Nuremberg (EN / PL)

20:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 dir. James Vanderbilt, USA, 2025, 148’ 12th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes” EN, subtitles: PL

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]

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