Tad Taube with the Jewish Culture Festival Award “Voice of Joy and Deliverance,” “Shalom on Szeroka” concert, 2009

10.00 guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Synagogues in Kazimierz – Anna Kiesell
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

10.00 presentation / PL / free admission
How Many Gates Were There in the Ghetto? On the Borders and Addresses of the Krakow Ghetto  – Dr. Alicja Jarkowska, Dr. Martyna Grądzka-Rejak, Dr. Stanisław Szombara, Katarzyna Boryczka, Aleksandra Kolanko, Cristian Dumitrica
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow

10:00 workshop / PL / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Lomir Redn Yiddish. Yiddish language workshop – Julia Makosz
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

11.00 workshop / PL / EN / free admission
Jewish dances – Jacek Dymel, live music by: Deborah Strauss – violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, Zilyin Biret – clarinet
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36

11.00 guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Synagogues in Kazimierz – Agi Legutko
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

11.00  city tour / PL / 30 PLN
Did Addresses in the Ghetto Have a Meaning? Józefińska Street and Its Inhabitants (1941–1943)  – Dr. Alicja Jarkowska (Jagiellonian University), Dr. Martyna Grądzka-Rejak (Institute of National Remembrance / Warsaw Ghetto Museum), Dr. Stanisław Szombara (The AGH University of Krakow), Jakub Jastrzębski (Museum of Podgórze / branch of the Museum of Krakow)
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 (starting point)
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and the Museum of Podgórze (branch of the Museum of Krakow)

11.00 exhibition tour / EN / epace is limited (20 people) / free tickets apply
Guided tour through the exhibition “Traces of Memory” – Viktoriia Mudrytska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

11.00  curatorial tour  / PL / space is limited (15 people) /  free tickets apply
Guided tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” – Jagoda Wójcicka
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

11:30 workshop / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Deep(er) Listening – Dara Bramson
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

12.00 lecture / PL / free admission
When Did the Gates of Schools Open to Jews in Galicia, and What Was the Result? – dr Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19

12.00 lecture / PL  / free admission
The State of Preservation and the Situation of Synagogues After World War II  – Dr. Kinga Migalska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

13.00 workshop / EN / PL /  40 PLN
Yiddish Singing: Yiddish Songs and Melodies of Love, Kindness, Community and Unity  – cantor Jeff Warschauer
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18

14.00 lecture / PL / EN / free admission
Opening Lecture – Janusz Makuch
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

14:00 culinary workshop / PL / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Challah, or the Key to Opening the Gates of Heaven- Kasia Leonardi
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

15.00 workshop / EN / PL / 40 PLN
Klezmer Instrumental Music – Deborah Strauss – violin and Zilyin Biret – clarinet
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18

15.00 discussion / PL / free admission
The Jewish Body in Central and Eastern Europe. Presentation of the latest, 38th volume of “Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry”  – Prof. Eugenia Prokop-Janiec, Dr. Zuzanna Kołodziejska-Smagała, Dr. Marek Tuszewicki. Led by: Dr. Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

15:00 genealogy consultations / PL / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Genealogy consultations – Jakub Czupryński
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

15:00 meeting / PL / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Meeting with Dr. Janina Rościszewska-Krawczyk — Righteous Among the Nations – moderation: Małgorzata Quinkenstein, Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

16.00 meeting / PL / EN / free admission
Interreligious dialogue today? – Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś, rabbi Boaz Pash, moderation: prof. Stanisław Krajewski
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

16.00 singing tour / EN / 40 PLN
Sounds of the City: Yiddish Music and Jewish Memory in Kazimierz – Agi Legutko and cantor Jeff Warschauer
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

16:00 exhibition opening and workshop / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Wandering in the Woods. Art exhibition and a marker drawing workshop – Osnat Shapiro
JCC Krakow Event Space, ul. Izaaka 5
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow and Hillel Kraków

17.00 opening of the exhibition/ PL / free admission
Chains of Light – Remigiusz Truchanowicz, Tomasz Kazaniecki
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor
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 15^th, 2026.

17:30 children’s workshop / PL / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Bagel JCC: Gateway to Creativity – Idea Box Making Workshop – Olga Lewińska, Michał Samulak
CC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow – Bagel JCC Family Club

18.00 concert / 100 PLN / 60 PLN
Piano recital – Yehuda Prokopowicz
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: jewishfestival.pl
Cooperation: Fundacja Pro Musica Bona

18.00  Q&A session with the author / PL / free admission
Freedom Smuggler – Maciej Kozłowski, led by: Katarzyna Wójcik, Witold Bereś, Krzysztof Burnetko
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the “Kraków i Świat” magazine

18:00 discussion / PL / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Between Criticism and Prejudice: New Forms of Antisemitism
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

20.30 concert / free admission
Endless Shades of Yiddish – Ola Bilińska & Friends
Joanna Galon-Frant – piano, vocal, singing bowls, gongs
Łukasz Frant – cello,
Tomasz Hajda – trombone
Krzysztof Firlus – double bass
Ola Bilińska – vocal, electric guitar, electronics
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36

21.00 concert / 130 PLN / 70 PLN
Home. Place of Light, Love, Life & Family – Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat Ensemble
Maya Belsitzman – cello, vocal
Matan Ephrat – percussions
String Trio: Tali Goldberg – violin, Sharon Cohen – violin, Shuli Waterman – viola
Salit Lahav – flute, accordion
Uzi Feinerman – guitar
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: jewishfestival.pl

21.00 film screening + exhibition / free admission
KAZ_LAB 2026
film screening: the facade of the High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 42
exhibition : 2okna Café, ul. Józefa 40, 9:00 – 21:00
Organization: Małgorzata Łuczyna & Jacek Złoczowski [Memorymorph]

21.30  open-air film screening / space is limited (90 people) / free tickets apply
Pink Lady, dir. Nir Bergman, Israel, Italy, 2024, 104’
Inauguration of the 12th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes”
HEB, subtitles: EN, PL
Courtyard of the Museum of Engineering and Technology, ul. Wawrzyńca 15
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, the Camera of David Foundation, and the Museum of Engineering and Technology

22.00 musical performance / EN / 80 PLN / 50 PLN
Music and Talmud: The Gates of Tears Are Never Closed – Avishai Cohen  and Chaya Gilboa
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18

10.00 panel discussion / EN / PL / free admission
Gatekeepers of Material and Intangible Heritage – Helise Lieberman, Adam Musiał, Marta Jankowska-Eichelberger
In cooperation with: The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

10.00 guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Kazimierz and Podgórze – Anna Kiesell
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

10.00 meeting / PL / free admission
Gates of Knowledge. On the latest research on Krakow Jews  – Prof. Łukasz T. Sroka (University of the National Education Commission in Krakow), Prof. Leszek Hońdo (Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow), Dr. Monika Stępień (Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow), Dr. Martyna Grądzka-Rejak (Institute of National Remembrance), Dr. Alicja Jarkowska (Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow), Janina Naskalska-Babik (Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow). Led by: Dr. Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Jagiellonian University Centre for the Study of the History and Culture of Krakow’s Jews

10:00 workshop / PL / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Lomir Redn Yiddish. Yiddish language workshop – Julia Makosz
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

11.00 workshop / PL / EN / free admission
Jewish dances – Jacek Dymel, live music by: Deborah Strauss – violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, Zilyin Biret – clarinet
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36

11.00 guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Kazimierz and Podgórze – Agi Legutko
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

11.00 exhibition tour / PL  / space is limited (20 people) / free tickets apply
Guided tour through the exhibition “Traces of Memory” – Sylwia Papier
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

11.00 workshop / EN / 25 PLN
Gateway to eternity, gateway to diversity. Field workshop (walking tour) in the New Jewish Cemetery in Miodowa Street – Adam Musiał
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)
In cooperation with: The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation

11.00 photographic city tour / EN / 30 PLN
Photography of Kazimierz – A Walking Seminar  – Jason Francisco
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 (starting point)
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

12.00 workshop / EN / free admission
On the Impossible Encounter Between the Wild Man and the Civilized Man – Chaya Gilboa
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor

12.00 lecture / PL / free admission
The Jagiellonian Library as a Gateway to Knowledge. Professor Zofia Ameisenowa (1897-1967) and Her Contribution to the Development of Jewish Studies – dr hab. Michał Galas, prof. UJ
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19

12.00 workshop / PL / space is limited (30 people) /  registration required
Gateway to the Temple and the Heavens: The Symbolism of the Synagogue as a Heritage Site. Educational workshop – Marta Eichelberger-Jankowska, Katarzyna Suszkiewicz
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning

12:00 lecture / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Gates of Learning: Tradition, Debate, and the Human Role in a Changing World – Rabbi Tomer and Sara-Tal Rehovi
Café Hafuch, ul. Józefa 25
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

13.00 workshop / EN / PL / 40 PLN
Yiddish Singing: Yiddish Songs and Melodies of Love, Kindness, Community and Unity  – cantor Jeff Warschauer
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18

13.30 field workshop / PL/ 25 PLN
Gateway to eternity, gateway to diversity. Field workshop (walking tour) in the New Jewish Cemetery in Miodowa Street – Adam Musiał
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)
In cooperation with: The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation

14.00 lecture / EN / PL / free admission
This is Not Normal: Contemporary Antisemitism, a structural analysis – prof. Deborah Lipstadt
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

14:00 meeting / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Indifference to Difference: the remarkable rebirth of Krakow’s Jewish community and its mission to support half a million Ukrainian refugees – Jonathan Ornstein
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

15.00 workshop / EN / PL / 40 PLN
Klezmer Instrumental Music – Deborah Strauss – violin and Zilyin Biret – clarinet
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18

15.00 lecture / PL / free admission
Chris Schwarz Memorial Event
Teaching About the Holocaust: The Gate Connecting Poland and South Africa – Jakub Nowakowski
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

15:00 genealogy consultations / PL / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Genealogy consultations – Jakub Czupryński
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

16.00 lecture / EN / PL / free admission
Be Kind to a Stranger: Migration in Biblical Times and Today – prof. Naomi Seidman
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

16.00 singing tour / EN / 40 PLN
Sounds of the City: Yiddish Music and Jewish Memory in Kazimierz – Agi Legutko and cantor Jeff Warschauer
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

16.00 author’s meeting / PL / free admission
Gates of Knowledge – Jewish Libraries in Interwar Poland – dr Monika Biesaga, moderation: dr Marek Tuszewicki
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19

17.00 exhibition opening / PL /  EN / free admission
Intersections. Papercuts by Anna Wencel
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

17:30 workshop / PL / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Bagel JCC: Gateway to Nature – Plant-Inspired Stained Glass Workshop – Olga Lewińska, Michał Samulak
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow – Bagel JCC Family Club

18.00 concert / 130 PLN / 70 PLN
Longing – The Jerusalem Piyut Ensemble, feat. Maya Belsitzman – cello
Yosef Abehsera, Halleluya Abehsera, Eliyahu Edrey, Yehuda Edrey, Shlomo Ben Lulu, Rephael Ben Soussan, Simon Cohen, Neriyah Moyal, Aner Zaguri – vocals, applause
Niro Abikasis – oud and vocals
Yaacov Asor – violin and vocals
Eliyahu Dagmi – guitar
David Dagmi, Ariel Smith – percussion
Hanani Zait – flutes
Daniel Iwrin – double bass
Yair Harel – karkab, vocals (Nusical Director)
Avraham Cohen – vocals, guitar, harmonica (Artistic Director)
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: jewishfestival.pl

18.00 spotkanie / PL / EN / free admission
Meeting with members of Hillel Poland
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36

18.00 authors meeting / PL / free admission
Creatures of Every Kind – Monika Krajewska, moderation: Zofia Hartman
Popper Synagogue , ul. Szeroka 16

18:00 discussion / PL / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Beyond the Gate of Fascination: Philosemitism in Post-Holocaust Poland
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

20.00 film screening / PL, subtitles: EN / free admission
Not All of Me Will Die, dir. Joanna Grudzińska, France, Poland, 2022, 77’ 
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival and the Camera of David Foundation

21.00 film screening + exhibition / free admission
KAZ_LAB 2026
film screening: the facade of the High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 42
exhibition : 2okna Café, ul. Józefa 40, 9:00 – 21:00
Organization: Małgorzata Łuczyna & Jacek Złoczowski [Memorymorph]

21.00 concert / 130 PLN / 70 PLN
Selichos/Transformation. New music in the cantorial tradition for two voices and chamber orchestra by Jeremiah Lockwood
Riki Rose – vocal
Yoel Kohn – vocal
Alan Pierson – conductor

Airis String Quartet:
Aleksandra Czajor-Kowalska – I violin
Grażyna Zubik – II violin
Malwina Tkaczyk - viola
Anna Armatys- Borrelli – cello

Marek Romanowski – double bass
Leszek Wiśniowski – flute
Rafał Ślusarczyk – trumpet
Andrzej Tkaczyk – trombone
Maciej Hałoń – drums

Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24

22.00 concert / 80 PLN / 50 PLN
Sonolodge: An Immersive Sonic Journey into the Deep – Eyal Talmudi – wind instruments, Yuval Havkin (aka Rejoicer) – keyboards, Jonathan Albalak – bass guitar, Esther Valladares – cello
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18

10.00 guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Synagogues in Kazimierz – Anna Kiesell
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

10.00 workshop & city tour (children’s event) / PL / space is limited (15 people) / free tickets apply
Imagined Synagogues – Jessica Szczepańska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

10:00 lecture / PL / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Schools Beyond Kazimierz: Secular Education of Krakow’s Jews – Dr. Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
Cafe Hafuch, ul. Józefa 25
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow in cooperation with the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow

11.00 workshop / PL / EN / free admission
Jewish dances – Jacek Dymel, live music by: Deborah Strauss – violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, Zilyin Biret – clarinet
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36

11.00 guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Synagogues in Kazimierz – Agi Legutko
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

11.00 city tour / EN / 30 PLN
From Map to Mappa. Jewish Life in Krakow From the Day Before Yesterday Till This Morning – Bartosz Wencel
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 (starting point)
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

11.00 curatorial tour / PL / cpace is limited (15 people) / free tickets apply
Curatorial tour through the exhibition “Intersections. Papercuts by Anna Wencel” – Jagoda Wójcicka
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

12.00 storytelling / EN / free admission
Len
Synagoga Wysoka, ul. Józefa 36, 1. piętro

12.00 lecture / PL / free admission
The gates, courtyards and streets of Kraków in the memoirs of its Jewish residents – Dr. Monika Stępień
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Józefa 19

12.00 workshop / PL / space is limited (20 people) / free tickets apply
Cut Out. An Author Papercut Workshop – Anna Wencel
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

13.00 workshop / EN / PL / 40 PLN
Yiddish Singing: Yiddish Songs and Melodies of Love, Kindness, Community and Unity  – cantor Jeff Warschauer
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18

13.00 guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Walking Around Kraków in the footsteps of Sara Shenirer – Janina Naskalska Babik
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

14.00 lecture / EN / PL / free admission
Music Can’t Change the World. Until It Does – Kobi Farhi / Orphaned Land
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

15.00 workshop EN / PL tickets
Klezmer Instrumental Music – Deborah Strauss – violin and Zylyin Biret – clarinet
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18

15.00 lecture / PL / free admission
Helena Rubinstein: From the Gates of Kazimierz Into the New World – Kinga Banasik
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

16.00 lecture/ PL / EN / free admission
Tales from the Gate. Lublin – Łukasz Stypuła
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

16.00 guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Walking Around Kraków in the footsteps of Sara Shenirer – Janina Naskalska Babik
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

17.00 Q&A session with the author / PL / free admission
Czarne in Galicia: “Our Germans” – Maciej Falkowski, led by: Jolanta Drużyńska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Czarne Publishing House

17:00 city tour / PL / free admission / space is limited / registration required
From Gate to Gate: History Written in the Names of Kazimierz Streets – Małgorzata Kucharska
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 (starting point)
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

18.00 concert / 130 PLN / 70 PLN
The Klezmatics: Ecstatic klezmer music since 1986 –  anniversary world tour
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
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: jewishfestival.pl

19.00 religious service / PL /  EN / HEB / free admission, space is limited / registration required: kontakt@orhadasz.pl
Kabbalat Shabbat. Progressive Shabbat service – Cantor Ryfka Foremniak, Anna Hajduk-Rynkowicz (piano)
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by Or Hadash – The Progressive Jewish Community of Kraków in cooperation with the Galicia Jewish Museum

20.00 film screening / EN, subtitles: PL / space is limited (60 people) / free tickets apply
Midas Man, dir. Joe Stephenson, United Kingdom, 2024, 112’
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival and the Camera of David Foundation

20:30 concert / free admission
Welcoming Shabbat – Maya Belsitzman – vocals, cello, Matan Ephrat – percussions
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

21.00 concert / 130 PLN / 70 PLN
The Ziryab Trio: Taiseer Elias – oud, Nassim Dakwar – violin, Zohar Fresco – percussions
St. Catherine’s Church / Cloisters, entrance at ul. Augustiańska

21.00 film screening + exhibition / free admission
KAZ_LAB 2026
film screening: the facade of the High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 42
exhibition : 2okna Café, ul. Józefa 40, 9:00 – 21:00
Organization: Małgorzata Łuczyna & Jacek Złoczowski [Memorymorph]

22.00 night session / 30 PLN
Alchemia’s retro-futuristic takeover: Eyal Talmudi – saxophone, Yuval Havkin (aka Rejoicer) – keyboard, Jonathan Levy – bass guitar, Nir Mantzur – drums
Alchemia, ul. Estery 5

10.00 guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Jewish Kraków – Anna Kiesell
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

10.00 free admission
Shabbat Breakfast
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36

10.00 dance party / free admission
Jewish dances with live music – Deborah Strauss – violin, cantor Jeff Warschauer – guitar, vocals, Zilyin Biret – clarinet, dance leader – Jacek Dymel
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36

10.00 meeting with the artist / PL / EN / entry: with the museum entry ticket
Intersections and “Shinethroughs”. How Are Papercuts Created? – Anna Wencel
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

11.00 guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Two Goals, One City: Jewish Sport in Krakow – Paulina Kowalska
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

11.00 city tour / PL / 30 PLN
Brama – toyer – sza’ar, or What Does Kazimierz Hide Behind the Door? –
Bartosz Wencel
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 (starting point)
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

11.00 curatorial tour / ENG / space is limited (15 people) / free tickets apply
Curatorial tour through the exhibition “Intersections. Papercuts by Anna Wencel” – Jakub Wydrzyński
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

12.00 discussion / PL / space is limited (80 people) / free tickets apply
Israel 2026: Politics, Society, Economy – Dr. Karolina Zielińska, Jakub Katulski, Dr. Jerzy Wójcik, led by: Dr. Ewa Węgrzyn
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University and The Herzl-Thon Center for Israel Studies and Polish-Israeli Relations in Krakow

12.00 lecture/ PL / EN / free admission
The Organ and the Synagogue: An Unexpected History – Dr. Jakub Stefek
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

12.00 workshop / PL / free admission
Tales from the Gate. The Memory Detector – Łukasz Stypuła
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor

14.00 guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Żydowski Kraków – Anna Kiesell
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

14.00 author’s meeting / PL / EN / free admission
Hasidic Stories – prof. Marcin Wodziński, Wojciech Tworek
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewisfestival.pl

15:00 workshop / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Gates of Meaning: Timeless Values for modern life – Marta Toborek, Katarzyna Witek-Mioduszewska
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow and Hillel Kraków

15.00 guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Two Goals, One City: Jewish Sport in Krakow – Paulina Kowalska
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

15.00 workshop / PL / space is limited (20 people) / free tickets apply
Cut Out. An Author Papercut Workshop – Anna Wencel
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

16.00 lecture / EN / PL / free admission
From Sacred Texts to Everyday Conversations: The History of the Hebrew Language – Maciej Tomal and Ofer Aderet
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl
Cooperation: Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University

16.00 Q&A session with the author / PL / free admission
Czarne in Galicja: “The Emirate Is Us. How the Taliban Retook Afghanistan” – Jagoda Grondecka, led by: Jakub Katulski
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Czarne Publishing House

16:00 city tour / PL / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Famous Jews of Kazimierz and Their Fates – a Gateway to the World of Jewish Culture and History in Krakow – Małgorzata Kucharska
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 (starting point)
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

17:00 learning session / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Voices That Were Always There | Women, Torah, and the Courage to Speak. A Shabbat afternoon learning session for women – Sally Berkovic, Sara-Tal Rehovi
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

17:30 street theatre performance / free admission
Brama Grodzka
A square at the entrance to the Old Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24
Cooperation: Muzeum Krakowa, Synagoga Stara

18.00 theatre performance / PL / tickets
Boże mój
Teatr STU, al. Krasińskiego 16
Accompanying event organized by Teatr STU

18.00 film screening / EN, FR, subtitles: PL / space is limited (100 people) / free tickets apply
The Big Boss, dir. Tomasz Wolski, Poland, The Netherlands, France, 2025, 88’
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival and the Camera of David Foundation

19.00 concert / free admission
Frank London Allstars Festival Orchestra and special guests
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

20.00 film screening / EN, subtitles: PL / space is limited (100 people) /  free tickets apply
Nuremberg, dir. James Vanderbilt, USA, 2025, 148’
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival and the Camera of David Foundation

21.00 film screening + exhibition / free admission
KAZ_LAB 2026
film screening: the facade of the High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 42
exhibition : 2okna Café, ul. Józefa 40, 9:00 – 21:00
Organization: Małgorzata Łuczyna & Jacek Złoczowski [Memorymorph]

22.00 concert / 130 PLN / 70 PLN
Jimmi Prasad Orchestra: Avishai Cohen – trumpet, Yuval Havkin (aka Rejoicer) – keyboards, Jonathan Albalak – guitar, Eyal Talmudi – fluta, clarinet, Esther Valladares – cello, Jonathan Levi – bass guitar, Nir Mantzour – drums, Romy Kopelman – cello
St. Catherine’s Church, Nave, entrance at ul. Skałeczna
Live: jewishfestival.pl

10.00 guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Kazimierz and Podgórze – Anna Kiesell
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

10.00 concert / free admission
Voices of Piyut: A Community Gathering with Members of the Jerusalem Piyut Ensemble
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36

11.00 guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Kazimierz and Podgórze – Agi Legutko
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38 (start)

11.00 city tour / UA / 30 PLN
Helena Rubinstein: Myth and Truth – Viktoriia Mudrytska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 (starting point)
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

11.00 curatorial tour / EN / space is limited (15 people) / free tickets apply
Curatorial tour through the exhibition “Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues” –
Jakub Wydrzyński
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum

11:00 workshop / PL / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Zine Layout: From A to Zine – Olena Sobolieva
JCC Krakow Event Space, ul. Izaaka 5
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow and Hillel Kraków

12.00 guided tour / PL / tickets
On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków – Janina Naskalska Babik
ul. Bernardyńska, at the entrance to the Bernardines’ Church (start)

12.00 meeting / EN / PL / free admission
Death Duties: Loss, Mourning and the Chevra Kadisha – Sally Berkovic
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, upper floor

12.00 ceremony / PL / EN / free admission
Preserving Memory
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Organized by: the Galicia Jewish Museum, Michael H. Traison Fund for Poland, and the Jewish Culture Festival thanks to the support of: Michael Traison, Howard Pinkow, and Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland

13.00 culinary presentation / PL / EN / free admission
Smoked Goose Broth with Goose Liver Dumplings,  Challah with Raisin and Dill – Agnieszka Kraszewska and Aleksander Baron, Kapłony i Szczeżuje
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewisfestival.pl

14.00 organ recital / free admission
Synagogue Organ Music. From Frankfurt to Vilnius – Jakub Stefek
St. Catherine’s Church, Nave, entrance at ul. Skałeczna

14:00 film screening and meeting with the director / EN / free admission / space is limited / registration required
Son of a Seeker, dir. Kai Balin, Canada, 2025, 53 min. – Kai Balin, Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow

15.00 author meeting / PL / EN / free admission
The end of the World South of Tel Aviv – Jacek Tacik
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36

15.00 guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Kraków – Janina Naskalska Babik
ul. Bernardyńska, at the entrance to the Bernardines’ Church (start)

15.00 Q&A session with the author / PL / free admission
Raft with Oranges – Maciej Hen, led by: Ishbel Szatrawska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Filtry Publishing House and Yidisher Kunst-Institut

17.00 culinary presentation / PL / EN / free admission
Sweet Kugel Made with Challah and Fruit, Served with Shodom Sauce – Agnieszka Kraszewska and Aleksander Baron, Kapłony i Szczeżuje
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

17.00 film screening / Q&A session / HEB / PL / EN, subtitles: PL, EN / space is limited (80 people) /  free tickets apply
The Property, dir. Dana Modan, Poland, Israel, 2025, 108’
Meeting with the filmmakers after the screening
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival and the Camera of David Foundation

18.00 theatre performance / PL / tickets
Boże mój
Teatr STU, al. Krasińskiego 16
Accompanying event organized by Teatr STU

19.00 concert / 150 PLN / 80 PLN
Cantors Concert: This Is the Gate of the Lord (Psalm 118:20)
Cantors: Yaakov Lemmer, Shimmy Miller, Zevi Muller, Israel Rand
Conductor: Yossi Schwartz
Accompaniment: Eric Freeman
Cantors Choir: Blake Burroughs, Andre Cruz, Dominic Inferrera, Hillel Friedman, Moshe Haas, Lidor Mesika, Holgerd Vachlis, Shayki Kirshenboum, Gilad Nezer, Sean Clark, Afonso Santos, Benjamin Larham
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: jewishfestival.pl

20.30 concert / free admission
Derya Ensemble
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: jewishfestival.pl

21.00 film screening + exhibition / free admission
KAZ_LAB 2026
film screening: the facade of the High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 42
exhibition : 2okna Café, ul. Józefa 40, 9:00 – 21:00
Organization: Małgorzata Łuczyna & Jacek Złoczowski [Memorymorph]