18th Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, July 2008

As always the month June brings the famous Jewish Culture Festival to Krakow, one of the biggest and the most acclaimed Krakow’s events – with the number 18 in 2008. Here we publish a preliminary program of that event. Do not miss it if you are in Krakow in June.

Friday, June 27, 2008

08:44 PM Kabbalat Shabbat – the Receiving of Shabbat Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24

Saturday, June 28, 2008

09:00 AM Shabbat morning prayer Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
12:00 PM Exhibition opening: Phorographs of Ze’v Aleksandrowicz from his journey to Japan (1934-1935)
Manggha Museum, ul. M. Konopnickiej 26
12:00 PM Menashe’s Dream, performance based on I.B. Singer by Adam Sroka Courtyard of Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
01:00 PM Exhibition: Jewish Artists in Krakow between 1873-1939 Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Krakowa, Stara Synagoga, ul. Szeroka 24
02:00 PM Exhibition opening: Made in Israel – Historical Posters and Photographs from Palestine and Israel organized with the Farkas Gallery in Yaffo. Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej, ul. Św. Wawrzyńca 15
03:00 PM Exhibition: Windows of Yearning, Windows of Hope- Nili Epstein and Szewach Weiss (Israel) “Grodzka” Gallery, ul. Grodzka 42
03:30 PM Exhibition: House of Children Debra Pearlman’s instalation (USA) Former Prayer House, ul. Meiselsa 18
04:00 PM Meeting with Avraham B. Yehoshua (Israel) Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
04:30 PM “Exhibition: Illustration of Bible – exhibition of contest entries Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Seweryna Udzieli, ul. Krakowska 46
05:00 PM
Exhibition: Podglądani przez niebo” – Glass painting exhibition of Alina Towarnicka-Allerhand (Poland)
Galerie d`Naif, ul. Józefa 11
06:00 PM Exhibition Opening: Unpainted Jew – XIX-century woodcuts from the collection of Alicja Schottlas. Exhibition organized jointly with Beit Warszawa.
Wysoka Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38
10:00 PM CONCERT Waiting for the Nightingale: Rare Gems of Yiddish Song and Klezmer Music, Original and Traditional – Deborah Strauss, Jeff Warschauer and Michael Alpert (USA) Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
10:19 PM Melaveh Malka – The Farewell to the Sabbath Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24

Sunday, June 29, 2008

09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazmierz (in Polish), led by Anna Kiesell (Krakow) starting point: Stara Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24
09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazmierz (in English), led by Agnieszka Legutko-Ołownia(Krakow) starting point: Remuh Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 40
10:30 AM
-12:00 PM Open Meetings – workshop led by Anna Dodziuk VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
10:30 AM The Krakow Poetry Salon Juliusz Slowacki Theatre, pl. Św. Ducha 1
11:00 AM
-12:30 PM Workshops: Yiddish language, led by Przemysław Piekarski, Julia Makosz & Urszula Makosz (Kraków) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
11:00 AM Menashe’s Dream, performance based on I.B. Singer by Adam Sroka Courtyard of Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
12:00 PM Preserving Memory – Ceremony of Honouring Poles Preserving Jewish Memory organized by the Museum of History of Polish Jews. Galicia Musuem, ul. Dajwór 18
12:00 PM Retracing Krakow Rabbis – tour of Kazimierz with Agneiszka Legutko-Ołownia (in Polish) beginning: Remuh Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 40
12:00 PM Visiting Judaica collection of the National Museum in Krakow with Anna Lebet-Minakowska National Museum in Krakow, al. 3 Maja 1
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Concert Classics at Lunchtime: Kaja Danczowska (violin, Poland), Jeremy Findlay (cello, Canada) and Ellen Braslavsky (piano, USA) Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
12:30 PM Walk around the site of the Krakow Ghetto, led by Anna Pióro (in Polish) starting point: Apteka Pod Orłem Museum, pl. Bohaterów Getta 18
02:00 PM “Hamentaszen – how Jewish nation wondefully survived” – workshops for children, led by: Marta Sztwiertnia Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, al. 3 Maja 1
03:00 PM Photographic Exhibition Opening: Tzadikim Graves – Sara Farenheimer and David Ben-Uziel (Israel) Center for Jewish Culture , ul. Meiselsa 17
04:00 PM
-05:30 PM Lecture: Israel – 60 Years: Meeting with David Peleg, Israeli Ambassador in Poland. Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
05:00 PM FILM Hebrew Lesson, dir. David Ofek (Israel), 2007 Alchemia Club, ul. Estery 5
07:00 PM Concert: Itzchak Meir Helfgot (Israel), Azi Schwartz (Israel), Benzion Miller (USA), accompaniment: Daniel Gildar (USA), Neimah Cantors’ Choir (UK), conductor: Marc Temerlies (UK)
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24

Monday, June 30, 2008

09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazimierz (in Polish), led by Anna Kiesell (Krakow) starting point: Stara Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24
09:00 AM
-10:30 AM Workshops: Hebrew Language, led by Maciej Tomal (Poland) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazmierz (in English), led by Agnieszka Legutko-Ołownia(Krakow) starting point: Remuh Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 40
10:00 AM
-11:30 AM Klezmer Basic – Klezmer Workshops for beginners, led by Sanne Moricke (Germany) and Deborah Strauss (USA)
VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
10:30 AM
-12:00 PM Open Meetings – workshop led by Anna Dodziuk VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
11:00 AM
-12:30 PM Israel – Workshops for Children, led by Etel Szyc and Monika Krajewska (Poland) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
11:00 AM
-12:30 PM Workshops: Yiddish language, led by Przemysław Piekarski, Julia Makosz & Urszula Makosz (Kraków) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Lecture: Basic Judaism: Chief Rabbi of Krakow Boaz Pash Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Drumming workshops with Shlomo Bar (Israel), accompaniment by Menashe Sasson and Ilan Ben-Ami (Israel) VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
12:30 PM
-02:00 PM Workshops: Jewish Dance, led by Steven Weintraub (USA), accompaniment by Jeff Warschauer, Deborah Strauss and Stu Brotman (USA)
SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
12:30 PM Walk around the site of the former Krakow Ghetto, led by Anna Pióro (in Polish) starting point: Muzeum Apteka Pod Orłem, pl. Bohaterów Getta 18
01:00 PM
-02:30 PM Workshops: Jewish Paper-cutting, led by Anna Małecka- Beiersdorf (Kraków) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
01:00 PM
-02:30 PM Workshops: Hasidic Singing, led by Cantor Benzion Miller (USA), accompaniment by Daniel Gildar (USA) Center for Jewish Culture, ul. Meiselsa 17
02:00 PM Visiting New Jewish Cemetery (in English), led by Anna Kiesell (Krakow) starting point: ul. Miodowa 55
02:00 PM
-03:30 PM Lecture: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (USA), A Jewish hildhood in Poland Before the Holocaust in Images and Words Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Workshops: Jewish Cooking, led by Hanna Kossowska (Poland) Hotel Eden, ul. Ciemna 15
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Workshops: Hebrew Calligraphy, led by Ewa Gordon (Krakow) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Genealogy workshops, led by Anna Przybyszewska & Yale Reisner (Poland) Galicia Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
03:00 PM Retracing Krakow Rabbis – tour of Kazimierz with Agnieszka Legutko-Ołownia (in English)
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM Workshops: A Klyamke Mit A Tir: Yiddish Singing led by Jeff Warschauer & Deborah Strauss (USA) VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM Discovering Kazimierz-Towards Israel – artistic workshops led by Sylwia Liszka and Agnieszka Wozowicz (Kraków) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
04:00 PM
-05:30 PM Lecture: Israel – 60 Years: Eli Barbur (Israel) Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
04:30 PM
-06:00 PM Workshops: Hasidic Dance, led by Jill Gellerman (USA), with the accompaniment byThe Festival Hasidic Dance Band SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
05:00 PM Meeting with Ellen Ruth Gruber (USA) Klezmer Hois, ul. Szeroka 6
05:00 PM Film: Song of David dir. Oded Turgeman (20 min., 2007, USA)) and Orthodox Stance dir. Jason Hutt (82 min., 2007, USA) Alchemia Club, ul. Estery 5
05:30 PM Concert Between Two Synagogues: Cantor Benzion Miller (USA), accompaniment by Daniel Gildar (USA) ul. Ciemna 15
07:00 PM Concert: Zohar Fresco and Daniel Zamir (Israel) Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
10:00 PM Concert: La diaspora Sefardi – Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI (Spain)
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
12:00 PM Jazz Klez Session: Paul Brody (USA), Oy Division (Israel) Alchemia, ul. Estery 5

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

08:00 AM Shtetl: Following the Traces of Jewish Villages (Kraków – Działoszyce – Pińczów – Chmielnik – Szydłów – Chęciny – Kraków) – Marco der Pole i Klezmer Hois Project starting point: ul. Szeroka 6
09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazimierz (in Polish), led by Anna Kiesell (Kraków) starting point: Stara Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24
09:00 AM
-10:30 AM Workshops: Hebrew Language, led by Maciej Tomal (Poland) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazmierz (in English), led by Agnieszka Legutko-Ołownia(Krakow) starting point: Remuh Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 40
10:00 AM
-11:30 AM Klezmer Basic – Klezmer Workshops for beginners, led by Sanne Moricke (Germany) and Deborah Strauss (USA)
VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
10:00 AM
-06:00 PM Please Respond – evolving public art project by Erica Lehrer, Hannah Smotrich and Stephanie Rowden (USA) courtyard of 41 Miodowe Street
10:30 AM
-12:00 PM Open Meetings led by Tanna Jakubowicz-Mount VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
11:00 AM
-12:30 PM Israel – Workshops for Children, led by Etel Szyc and Monika Krajewska (Poland) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
11:00 AM
-12:30 PM Workshops: Yiddish language, led by Przemysław Piekarski, Julia Makosz & Urszula Makosz (Kraków) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Lecture: Basic Judaism: Bella Szwarcman-Czarnota Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Drumming workshops with Shlomo Bar (Israel), accompaniment: Menashe Sasson and Ilan Ben-Ami (Israel) VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
12:30 PM
-02:00 PM Workshops: Jewish Dance, led by Steven Weintraub (USA), accompaniment by: Deborah Strauss, Jeff Warschauer and Stuart Brotman (USA) SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
01:00 PM
-02:30 PM Workshops: Jewish Paper-cutting, led by Anna Małecka- Beiersdorf (Kraków) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
01:00 PM
-02:30 PM Workshops: Hasidic Singing, led by Cantor Benzion Miller (USA), accompaniment by Daniel Gildar (USA) Center for Jewish Culture Festival, ul. Meiselsa 17
02:00 PM Visiting Remuh Cemetery, in Polish, led by Anna Kiesell (Kraków) Remuh Cemetery, ul. Szeroka 40
02:00 PM Lecture: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (USA) What Makes Jewish Food Jewish? Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Workshops: Jewish Cooking, led by Hanna Kossowska (Poland) Hotel Eden, ul. Ciemna 15
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Workshops: Hebrew Calligraphy, led by Ewa Gordon (Krakow) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Genealogy workshops, led by Anna Przybyszewska & Yale Reisner (Poland) Galicia Museum ul. Dajwór 18
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM Workshops: A Klyamke Mit A Tir: Yiddish Singing led by Jeff Warschauer & Deborah Strauss(USA) VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM Discovering Kazimierz-Towards Israel – artistic workshops led by Sylwia Liszka and Agnieszka Wozowicz (Kraków) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
04:00 PM Lecture: Anna Lebet-Minkowska Synagogue and Church. Similarities and differences in symbolic design of praying places Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, al. 3 Maja 1
04:30 PM
-06:00 PM Workshops: Hasidic Dance, led by Jill Gellerman (USA), with the accompaniment by The Festival Hasidic Dance Band SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
05:00 PM Film Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead by Stuart Urban (83 min., 2007, UK) Club Alchemia, ul. Estery 5
05:00 PM Exhibition Where the Past Meets the Future by Faye Grajower Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
05:30 PM Concert Between Two Synagogues ul. Ciemna 15
06:00 PM Cinnamon Shops – theater performance based on a novel by Bruno Schulz, directed by Frank Soehnle, performed by Puppet Theater from Białystok SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
06:00 PM Murder on Shabbat Morning – discussion about a book by Batya Gur with participation of Prof. Maria Orwid, Prof. Jerzy Aleksandrowicz, Dr. Tomasz Sikora and Irk Grin Jewish Community Center, ul. Miodowa 24
07:00 PM Concert: Oy Division (Israel) Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
09:00 PM Concert: Kroke Alchemia Club, ul. Estery 5
10:00 PM Concert: Erik Friedlander Plays John Zorn’s Masada Book of Angels (USA) Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
12:00 PM Jazz Klez Session: Paul Brody (USA), Oy Division (Israel) Alchemia, ul. Estery 5

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazimierz (in Polish), led by Anna Kiesell (Krakow) starting point: Stara Synagogue, ul.Szeroka 24
09:00 AM
-10:30 AM Workshops: Hebrew Language, led by Maciej Tomal (Poland) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in English, led by Agnieszka Legutko-Ołownia (Krakow) starting point: Remuh Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 40
10:00 AM
-11:30 AM Klezmer Basic – Klezmer Workshops for beginners, led by Sanne Moricke (Germany) and Deborah Strauss (USA)
VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
10:00 AM
-06:00 PM Please Respond – evolving public art project by Erica Lehrer, Hannah Smotrich and Stephanie Rowden (USA) courtyard of 41 Miodowa Street
10:30 AM
-12:00 PM Open Meetings – led by: Tanna Jakubowicz-Mount (Poland) VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
11:00 AM
-12:30 PM Israel – Workshops for Children, led by Etel Szyc and Monika Krajewska (Poland) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
11:00 AM
-12:30 PM Workshops: Yiddish language, led by Przemysław Piekarski, Julia Makosz & Urszula Makosz (Kraków) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Lecture: Basic Judaism: Bella Szwarcman-Czarnota (Poland) Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Drumming workshops with Shlomo Bar (Israel), accompaniment by Menashe Sasson and Ilan Ben-Ami (Israel) Vi Liceum Ogólnoksztacące, ul. Wąska 7
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Free-jazz workshops with Raphael Roginski (Poland) Club Alchemia, ul. Estery 5
12:30 PM
-02:00 PM Workshops: Jewish Dance, led by Steven Weintraub (USA), accomapniment by Jeff Warschauer, Deborah Strauss and Stuart Brotman (USA)
SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
12:30 PM Walk around the site of the former Krakow Ghetto, led by Anna Pióro (in Polish). starting point: Muzeum Apteka Pod Orłem, pl. Bohaterów Getta 18
01:00 PM
-02:30 PM Workshops: Jewish Paper-cutting, led by Anna Małecka- Beiersdorf (Kraków) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
02:00 PM Visiting New Jewish Cemetery (in Polish), led by Anna Kiesell (Krakow) starting point: ul. Miodowa 55
02:00 PM Visiting Remuh Cemetery (in English), led by Chief Rabbi of Galicia Edgar Gluck (USA) Remuh Cemetery, ul.Szeroka 40
02:00 PM Lecture: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Recipes for Community: The Jewish Cookbook from Warsaw to Tel-Aviv
Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Workshops: Jewish Cooking, led by Hanna Kossowska (Poland) Hotel Eden, ul. Ciemna 15
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Workshops: Hebrew Calligraphy, led by Ewa Gordon (Krakow) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
03:00 PM Genealogy workshops, led by Anna Przybyszewska & Yale Reisner (Poland) Museum Galicia, ul. Dajwór 18
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM

Workshops: A Klyamke Mit A Tir: Yiddish Singing led by Jeff Warschauer & Deborah Strauss (USA)
VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM Discovering Kazimierz-Towards Israel – artistic workshops led by Sylwia Liszka and Agnieszka Wozowicz (Kraków) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
04:00 PM
-05:30 PM Lecture: Israel – 60 Years Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
04:00 PM
-05:30 PM Lecture: Alija – History of emigration to Erec-Israel – led by Miriam Akavia Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
04:30 PM
-06:00 PM Workshops: Hasidic Dance, led by Jill Gellerman (USA), with the accompaniment of The Festival Hasidic Dance Band SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
05:00 PM Film: Description of a Struggle by Chris Marker (France) Alchemia Club, ul. Estery 5
05:30 PM Concert Between Two Synagogues ul. Ciemna 15
06:00 PM Cinnamon Shops – theater performance based on a novel by Bruno Schulz, directed by Frank Soehnle, performed by Puppet Theater from Białystok SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
07:00 PM Concert: Yasmin Levy (Israel) – Mano Suave Tour Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
08:00 PM Cinnamon Shops – theater performance based on a novel by Bruno Schulz, directed by Frank Soehnle, performed by Puppet Theater from Białystok SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
09:00 PM

Living Jewish Music – 1. Horny Trees 2. Trzaska, Zimpel, Gorczyński 3. Rogiński, Masecki, Moretti
Drukarnia Club, ul. Nadwiślańska 1
09:00 PM Concert: Kroke Alchemia Club, ul. Estery 5
10:00 PM Concert: Klezmer & Gipsy Musicians – as a part of the European Project “The Other Europeans” Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
12:00 PM Jazz Klez Session: Paul Brody (USA), Oy Division (Israel) Alchemia, ul. Estery 5

Thursday, July 3, 2008

09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazimierz (in Polish), led by Anna Kiesell (Krakow) starting point: Stara Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24
09:00 AM
-10:30 AM Workshops: Hebrew Language, led by Maciej Tomal (Poland) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd Floor
09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazmierz (in English), led by Agnieszka Legutko-Ołownia(Krakow) starting point: Remuh Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 40
10:00 AM
-11:30 AM Israel – Workshops for Children, led by Etel Szyc and Monika Krajewska (Poland) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
10:00 AM
-11:30 AM Klezmer Basic – Klezmer Workshops for beginners, led by Sanne Moricke (Germany) and Deborah Strauss (USA)
VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
10:00 AM
-06:00 PM Please Respond – evolving public art project by Erica Lehrer , Hannah Smotrich i Stephanie Rowden (USA) courtyard of 41 Miodowa Street
10:00 AM The Work by Bernard Offen and meeting with director Club Alchemia, ul. Estery 5
10:30 AM
-12:00 PM Open Meetings – led by Tanna Jakubowicz-Mount (Poland) VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Lecture: Basic Judaism: meeting with Hanna Kossowska, Monika Krajewska, Bella Szwarcman-Czarnota and Etel Szyc. Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Drumming workshops with Shlomo Bar (Israel), accompaniment Menashe Sasson and Ilan Ben-Ami (Israel) VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
12:30 PM
-02:00 PM Workshops: Jewish Dance, led by Steven Weintraub (USA), accompaniment by Jeff Warschauer, Deborah Strauss and Stuart Brotman (USA)
SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
01:00 PM
-02:30 PM Workshops: Jewish Paper-cutting, led by Anna Małecka- Beiersdorf (Kraków) ul.Kupa 18, 2nd floor
02:00 PM
-03:30 PM Lecture: Stories of Yiddish, Part I by Prof. Michael Steinlauf and Michael Alpert (USA) Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
02:00 PM Visiting Remuh Cemetery (in English), led by Chief Rabbi of Galicia Edgar Gluck (USA) Remuh Cemetary, ul.Szeroka 40
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Workshops: Jewish Cooking, led by Hanna Kossowska (Poland) Hotel Eden, ul. Ciemna 15
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Workshops: Hebrew Calligraphy, led by Ewa Gordon (Krakow) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Genealogy workshops, led by Anna Przybyszewska & Yale Reisner (Poland) Galicja Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM Workshops: A Klyamke Mit A Tir: Yiddish Singing led by Jeff Warschauer & Deborah Strauss (USA) VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM Discovering Kazimierz-Towards Israel – artistic workshops led by Sylwia Liszka and Agnieszka Wozowicz (Kraków) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
04:00 PM
-05:30 PM Lecture: Szewach Weiss – My Israel Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
04:30 PM
-06:00 PM Workshops: Hasidic Dance, led by Jill Gellerman (USA), with the accompaniment of The Festival Hasidic Dance Band SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
05:00 PM Film: Description of a Memory by Den Geva (80 min., 2006, Izsrael) Alchemia Club, ul. Estery 5
05:30 PM Concert Between Two Synagogues: Konsonans Retro (Ukraine) ul. Ciemna 15
06:30 PM
-07:30 PM Theater performance The Sound of Silence – Midrash Theatre by Rabbi Tanja Segal (Poland, Israel), joint project of Beit Warszawa and Galicia Jewish Museum Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
07:00 PM Concert: David D’Or (Israel) Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
07:00 PM
-08:30 PM Lecture: Anna Widacka Synagogues, that does not have Shadows any More (lecture in Polish) Ethnographic Museum, ul. Krakowska 46 (Esterka’s House)
08:00 PM Chi Chi Bunichi – theatre performance by Daphna Attias (Great Britain) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 17
08:30 PM
-09:30 PM Theatre performance Sound of Silence – Midrash Theatre by Rabbi Tanja Segal (Poland, Israel), joint project of Beit Warszawa and Galicia Jewish Museum
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
09:00 PM Shlomo Bar and Friends from Habrera Hativeet (Israel) Alchemia Club, ul. Estery 5
10:00 PM Concert: La Mar Enfortuna (USA) Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
12:00 PM Thursday Night Dance Party Drukarnia Club, Nadwislańska 1
12:00 PM Jazz Klez Session: Paul Brody (USA), Oy Division (Israel) Alchemia, ul. Estery 5

Friday, July 4, 2008

09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazimierz (in Polish), led by Anna Kiesell (Krakow) starting point:Stara Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24
09:00 AM
-10:30 AM Workshops: Hebrew Language, led by Maciej Tomal (Poland) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
09:00 AM Visiting Synagogues in Kazmierz (in English), led by Agnieszka Legutko-Ołownia(Krakow) starting point: Remuh Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 40
10:00 AM
-11:30 AM Klezmer Basic – Klezmer Workshops for beginners, led by Sanne Moricke (Germany) and Deborah Strauss (USA) VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
10:00 AM
-06:00 PM Please Respond – evolving public art project by Erica Lehrer , Hannah Smotrich and Stephanie Rowden (USA) courtyard of 41 Miodowa Street
10:00 AM
-11:30 AM Lecture: Tikkun Olam, led by: Tanna Jakubowicz-Mount (Poland) Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
10:00 AM My Hometown Concentration Camp by Bernard Offen and meeting with director Club Alchemia, ul. Estery 5
11:00 AM
-12:30 PM Israel – Workshops for Children, led by Etel Szyc and Monika Krajewska (Poland) Synagoga Poppera, ul. Szeroka 16
11:00 AM
-12:30 PM Workshops: Yiddish language, led by Przemysław Piekarski, Julia Makosz & Urszula Makosz (Kraków) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Drumming workshops with Shlomo Bar (Isarel), accompaniment: Menashe Sasson and Ilan Ben-Ami (Israel) Vi Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Lecture: Basic Judaism: Chief Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
12:00 PM Lecture of Prof. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (USA) accompanying exhibition ‘One Thousand Years of Polish Jews’ History’ Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
12:30 PM
-02:00 PM Workshops: Jewish Dance, led by Steven Weintraub (USA), acxcompaniment by Jeff Warschauer, Deborah Strauss and Stuart Brotman (USA)
SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
01:00 PM
-02:30 PM Workshops: Hasidic Singing, led by Cantor Benzion Miller (USA), accompaniment by Daniel Gildar (USA) Center for Jewish Culture, ul. Meiselsa 17
01:00 PM
-02:30 PM Workshops: Jewish Paper-cutting, led by Anna Małecka- Beiersdorf (Kraków) ul. Kupa 18, 2nd floor
01:00 PM Workshops: Hasidic Singing, led by Cantor Benzion Miller (USA), accompaniment by Daniel Gildar (USA) Center for Jewish Culture, ul. Meiselsa 17
02:00 PM
-03:30 PM Lecture: Stories of Yiddish, Part II by Prof. Michael Steinlauf and Michael Alpert (USA) Kupa Synagogue, ul.Miodowa 27
02:00 PM Visiting Remuh Cemetery (in English), led by Chief Rabbi of Galicia Edgar Gluck (USA) Remuh Cemetery, ul.Szeroka 40
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Workshops: Jewish Cooking, led by Hanna Kossowska (Poland) Hotel Eden, ul. Ciemna 15
03:00 PM
-04:30 PM Genealogy workshops, led by Anna Przybyszewska & Yale Reisner (Poland) Galicia Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM Workshops: A Klyamke Mit A Tir: Yiddish Singing led by Jeff Warschauer & Deborah Strauss (USA) VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, ul. Wąska 7
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM Discovering Kazimierz-Towards Israel – artistic workshops led by Sylwia Liszka and Agnieszka Wozowicz (Kraków) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 16
03:30 PM
-05:00 PM Monika Krajewska (Poland): Tumbstones and paper-cuts: symbols in traditional Jewish art – lecture and slide show Center for Jewish Culture, ul. Meiselsa 17
04:00 PM Film: Marzec 68. Niedokończona historia, dir. Jacek Chojecki and Dworzec Gdański, dir. Teresa Torańska Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
04:30 PM
-06:00 PM Workshops: Hasidic Dance, led by Jill Gellerman (USA), with the accompaniment by The Festival Hasidic Dance Band SCKM, ul. Wietora 15
05:00 PM In Memory of Krakow Jews – ceremony led by Cantor Benzion Miller, Daniel Gildar and Michael Alpert Plac Bohaterów Getta
06:00 PM
-07:00 PM Theatre Performance Sound of Silence – Midrash Theater by Rabbi Tanja Segal (Poland, Israel), joint project by Beit Warszawa and Galicia Jewish Museum Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
06:30 PM Concert: Descarga Maghreb by Maurice El Medioni and Roberto Rodriguez (USA / France)
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
07:30 PM Chi Chi Bunichi – theater performance by Daphna Attias (Great Britain) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 17
10:00 PM Chi Chi Bunichi – theatre performance by Daphna Attias (Great Britain) Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 17
12:00 PM Jazz Klez Session: Paul Brody (USA), Oy Division (Israel) Alchemia, ul. Estery 5

Saturday, July 5, 2008

10:00 AM Process B-7815 by Bernard Offen and meeting with director Club Alchemia, ul. Estery 5
11:00 AM
-12:00 PM Welcome to JCC – Jonathan Ornstein – presentation of the Jewish COmmunity Center in Krakow (in English) Jewish Community Center, ul. Miodowa 26
12:00 PM
-01:30 PM Legend of the Ritual Murder – meeting with Prof. Joanna Tokarska-Bakir (Poland), moderated by Anna Bikont (Poland) Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
01:45 PM
-02:45 PM Welcome to JCC – Karina Sokołowska – presentation of the Jewish Community Center in Krakow (in Polish) Jewish Community Center, ul. Miodowa 26
02:30 PM
-04:00 PM Meeting with Prof. Shevah Weiss (Israel) and presentation of “Among nations” Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27
03:30 PM Please Respond – vernissage of the exhibition concluding public art project by Erika Lehrer, Hannah Smotrich and Stephanie Rowden (USA) courtyard of 41 Miodowa Street
06:00 PM Concert: Shalom on Szeroka Street Ulica Szeroka

Sunday, July 6, 2008

08:30 AM
-10:30 AM In the Footsteps of Balaban, a walk around Jewish Kazimierz, in Polish, led by Julia Lasek (Krakow) starting point: Stara Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24
08:30 AM
-10:30 AM In the Footsteps of Balaban, a walk around Jewish Kazimierz, in English led by Anna Kiesell (Kraków) starting point: Remuh Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 40
10:00 AM Hawaii and the Holocaust by Bernard Offen and meeting with director Club Alchemia, ul. Estery 5
11:30 AM Visiting Cemeteries, led by Monika Krajewska (in Polish) starting point: Remuh Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 40
12:30 PM Walk around the site of former Krakow Ghetto, led by Agnieszka Legutko-Ołownia (in English) starting point: Apteka Pod Orłem Museum, pl. Bohaterów Getta 18
02:00 PM Chris Schwarz in Memoriam Galicia Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
04:00 PM
-06:00 PM In the Footsteps of Balaban, a walk around Jewish Kazimierz, in English led by Anna Kiesell (Krakow) starting point: Remuh Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 40
04:00 PM
-06:00 PM In the Footsteps of Balaban, a walk around Jewish Kazimierz, in Polish led by Julia Lasek (Kraków) starting point: Stara Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24
04:00 PM
-05:00 PM A Trip To Israel – performance by children participants in the workshops for children Popper Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 17
05:00 PM Film: Ashkenaz by Rachel Leah Jones (72 min., 2007, Israel) Club Alchemia, ul . Estery 5
08:00 PM Concert: Leopold Kozłowski & Friends (Krakow) Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24

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