Café and community center
Cheder is a cafe where you will drink good coffee, including our specialty – coffee brewed in a findjan, the original Israeli pot; tea with mint; eat the best hummus in town and dishes inspired by Middle Eastern cuisine, but also participate in many cultural and educational events.
Cheder in Yiddish is a Jewish elementary school
Referring to the original meaning of our name, we enable encounters with contemporary Jewish culture, both from the Diaspora and from Israel. As the festival’s “house of culture,” the Cheder provides a year-round program of events: concerts, lectures, workshops, meetings, and events for children, where one can learn about and personally experience various aspects of Jewish culture.
Cheder – the official club of the Jewish Culture Festival
History of the venue
From 1890, a Jewish house of prayer, Chevra Ner Tamid (Brotherhood of Eternal Light), existed in the building at 36 Józefa Street, exactly where the Cheder is today. Desecrated during the war, it never again returned to its original role. For many post-war years, the charitable Brother Albert Society operated in the former prayer house premises.
In 2008, the Jewish Culture Festival, after restoring and creating the space anew, opened the Cheder, referring to the original meaning of the name, that is, a primary Jewish school. Since then, cultural and educational events have been held there throughout the year, and in February 2009 a café was also launched in the Cheder.
Cheder café
opening hours
Monday – Thursday: 10.00 – 21.00
Friday – Sunday: 10.00 – 22.00
menu
Vegetarian and vegan seasonal dishes
inspired by the cuisine of Israel and the Middle East
go to menu
rental
it is possible to book the Cheder for celebrations
as well as training courses and small conferences
Contact
manager of the Cheder: Monika Krawczyk
address: ul. Józefa 36, 31-056 Kraków
(entrance at ul. Jakuba)
tel.: + 48 515 732 226
E-mail: cheder.cafe@gmail.com
FB: cheder.krakow
IG: cheder_cafe
Mixcloud: Cheder
photos:
Edyta Dufaj, Alter Kacyzne (arch.), Karolina Moskała, Mateusz Torbus