If you have questions about the program – contact the Jewish Culture Festival office (office@jewishfestival.pl), and if you would like to know more about the accompanying events – please write to their organizers (they are indicated in the description of the event).
WEDNESDAY, June 25th
9.30 / Workshop / PL / YID / Free admission
Lomir Redn Jidysz
Julia Makosz
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (20 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
10.00 / Guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Kazimierz and Podgórze – Jewish Quarters of pre-War Krakow
Anna Kiesell
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (30 persons)
10.00 / Workshop / EN / 60 PLN
Hands-On Workshop: Create Your Own Genuine Leather Keychain
Hillel Mor
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, 2nd floor
Cooperation: ESEK, Mor Sinai Jaffa
10:00 / Workshop / EN / HEB / Free admission
Between Past and Present – Study session with Rabbi Tomer Rehovi and Rebbetzin Sara Tal Rehovi
Cafe Hafuch, ul. Józefa 25
Limited number of participants (20 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
This is an accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
10.30 / Guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Kazimierz and Podgórze – Jewish Quarters of pre-War Krakow
Agi Legutko, PhD
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (30 persons)
11.00 / Workshop / PL / EN / Free admission
Jewish Dances
Jacek Dymel
Live music: Deborah Strauss (violin), cantor Jeff Warschauer (guitar), Zilyin Biret (clarinet)
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
11.00 / Lecture / PL / Free admission
How Did Kazimierz Become Jewish?
Prof. Stefan Gąsiorowski
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the the Galicia Jewish Museum and Jewish Studies Department of the Jagiellonian University
11.00 / A walk / PL / Free admission
Kazimierz – the City, the District, the People
Bartosz Wencel
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 (start)
Limited number of participants (30 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfrstival.pl/en/register
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum
12.00 / Opening of the exhibition / PL / Free admission
30 years of Krakow`s Jewish papercuts school
Anna Małecka – Beieresdorf, Marta Gołąb, Anna Blaźniak, Magdalena Jaśkiewicz, Agata Seweryn
Exhibition open till July 7, 2025
Old Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24
Cooperation: Krakow Museum, Old Synagogue
13.00 / Workshops / PL / EN / 20 PLN, workshop pass 40 PLN
Kazimierz in Heart and Soul.
A Hands-On Yiddish Song Workshop Series for Singers of all Levels and Ages
cantor Jeff Warschauer
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18
14.00 / Opening lecture / PL / EN / Free admission
The Jews of Krakow. Between Two Worlds
Janusz Makuch
Lecture will start with the film screening: “People and Their Stories – Wiktor Traubman and Others”, dir. by J. Biały and W. Wanda, 24′ (PL)
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
14:00 / Meeting / PL / Free admission
Jewish Theater in Kazimierz Before the Second World War
Gabriela Markin
Hillel Gimel Kraków Student Club, ul. Izaaka 5
Space is limited (25 people), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
This is an accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow and Hillel Gimel Krakow
15.00 / Workshops / PL / EN / 20 PLN, workshop pass 40 PLN
Klezmer Instrumental Music.
A Hands-On Workshop Series for Instrumentalists of all Levels and Ages
Deborah Strauss (violin) and Zilyin Biret (clarinet)
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18
15.00 / Discussion / PL / Free admission
Aryan Papers – A Chance to Survive During the Holocaust
Katarzyna Kocik, Katarzyna Zimmerer, prof. Jacek Leociak, moderation: Jolanta Drużyńska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum
15.00 / Exhibition opening / EN/PL / Free admission
Kites of Hope and Renewal – an exhibition of works by Michal Nachmany
Michal Nachmany
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (70 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
16.00 / Lecture / PL / EN / Free admission
From The Rabbi’s Files
Rabbi Boaz Pash
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
16.00 / Lecture / PL / Free admission
Esterka, Berecci, Langrock. About the Legendary and Former Residents of the house at 46 Krakowska Street
Kamila Wasilewska-Prędki, Mateusz Król
Ethnographic Museum in Kraków, Esterka’s House, ul. Krakowska 46
Cooperation: Ethnographic Museum in Kraków
16.00 / Workshops / PL / Free admission
Hate Is Not an Opinion. Antisemitism in the Past and the Present – an image analytics workshop
Karolina Turza
Przestrzeń wydarzeń JCC, ul. Izaaka 5
Limited number of participants (20 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow and Oszpicin. Jewish Museum in Oświęcim
17.00 / A walk / PL / Free admission
Daily Life in Oppidum Iudaeorum (A Jewish City)
Małgorzata Kucharska
Start: JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (25 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
17.00 / Exhibition opening / PL / EN / Free admission
Sisterhood – Women Heal the Fractures of War
Jewish Agency for Israel (Sochnut) by Avishag Shaar-Yahuv
Exhibition open till June 29, 2025
Colaboration: Fundacja Agencji Żydowskiej Sochnut w Polsce
17.30 / Exhibition opening / PL / EN / Free admission
Henryk Reiss Must Cease to Exist
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum
18.00 / Opening of the exhibition / PL / EN / Free admission
Brushstrokes of Memory. Honoring Polish Jewish Artists Murdered in the Holocaust – from the collection of Jolanta and Allena Haberberg
Exhibition open June 25 till July 3, 2025
Galeria Labirynt No2, ul. Brzozowa 9/1
Cooperation: Galeria Labirynt No2
18.00 / Presentation / EN / PL / Free admission
Crafting Resilience: How Israeli Small Businesses Bring Jewish Culture to Life
Andrew Keene
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Cooperation: ESEK
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
18.00 / Workshops for children / PL / Free admission
Kazimierz with Bagel JCC
Olga Lewińska, Michał Samulak
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (20 children), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow – Klub dla Rodzin Bajgiel JCC
18.00 / Panel discussion / PL / Free admission
Kuzmir / Kazimierz. Between Life and Trauma
Panelists: Katarzyna Zimmerer, Marta Bizoń, prof. Jan Woleński, moderated by: Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (90 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
18.15 / performative reading / PL / Free admission
Parshas of Rabbi Ozjasz Thon reads Janusz Makuch
Ozjasz Thon Square, ul. Miodowa 24
19.00 / Concert / PL / EN / 130 / 80 PLN
Chronika
Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars
Frank London (trumpet), Michael Winograd (clarinet), Sarah Gordon (vocal), Benjy Fox- Rosen (electric bass guitar), Sam Harmet (guitar and sampler), Sanne Möricke (accordion),
Christian Dawid (saxophone), David Licht (drums), Josh Dolgin (vocal, keyboard)
Polish premiere
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
21.00 / Concert / PL / EN / Free admission
Songs of Roza Eskenazi
Veronika Varga (vocal), Andreas Andreou (oud)
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Concert commissioned by 34. JCF, World premiere
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
21.15 / performative reading / PL / Free admission
Parshas of Rabbi Ozjasz Thon reads Barbara Czochara
Ozjasz Thon Square, ul. Miodowa 24
21.45 / Outdoor film screening / PL / EN / Free admission
Seven Blessings
dir. Ayelet Menahemi, Israel, 2023, 111’
ul. Wawrzyńca 15
Courtyard of the Museum of Engineering and Technology,
Inauguration of the 11th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes”
Limited number of participants. Free admission cards available at the Museum’s reception desk.
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum, the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, the Camera of David Foundation, the Museum of Engineering and Technology
22.00 / Concert / PL / EN / 130 / 80 PLN
Songs of Mordechaj Gebirtig
Maya Belsitzman (vocal), Bester Quartet. Jarosław Bester (accordion), Ryszard Pałka (drums), Dawid Lubowicz (violin), Maciej Adamczak (double bass), Michał Bylica (trumpet), Alicja Szydłowska (cello), Martyna Sołtys (cello), Agata Jończak (cello), Monika Wursten (cello)
Concert commisioned by 34. JCF , World premiere
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
THURSDAY, June 26th
9.30 / Workshop / PL / YID / Free admission
Lomir Redn Jidysz
Julia Makosz
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (20 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
10.00 / discussion / PL / EN /Free admission
Stewardship vs. Commercialization – Jewish Heriatge in a Tourist-oriented Urban Space
Helise Lieberman, Edyta Gawron, PhD, Adam Musiał
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Lecture followed by the field workshop
Cooperation: Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
10.00 / Workshop / EN / 60 PLN
Hands-On Workshop: Create Your Own Genuine Leather Keychain
Hillel Mor
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, 2nd floor
Cooperation: ESEK, Mor Sinai Jaffa
10.00 / Workshops / EN/HEB / Free admission
Between Past and Present – Study session with Rabbi Tomer Rehovi and Rebbetzin Sara Tal Rehovi
Cafe Hafuch, ul. Józefa 25
Limited number of participants (20 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
10.00 / Guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
The Synagogues of Kazimierz
Anna Kiesell
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (30 persons)
10.30 / Guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
The Synagogues of Kazimierz
Agi Legutko, PhD
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants (30 persons)
11.00 / Guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Kraków of Miriam Akavia
Janina Naskalska Babik
Start: ul. Łobzowska 47
limited numbers of participants 30
11.00 / Workshop / PL / EN / Free admission
Jewish Dances
Jacek Dymel
Live music: Deborah Strauss (violin), Cantor Jeff Warschauer (guitar), Zilyin Biret (clarinet)
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
11.00 / Exhibition tour / EN / Free admission
Guided tour through the exhibition: “Traces of Memory”
Katarzyna Suszkiewicz, PhD
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Limited number of participants (25), registration required: 34.jewishfrstival.pl/en/register
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum
11.00 / discussion / PL / Free admission
Politics, Economy, Music… Krakow’s District of Kazimierz from Different Research Perspectives
Hanna Kozińska-Witt, PhD, Kinga Migalska, PhD, Przemysław Zarubin, Phd, Sylwia Jakubczyk-Ślęczka PhD, Alicja Jarkowska PhD, EngD Stanisław Szombara, moderation: Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska, PhD
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Jagiellonian University Centre for the Study on the History and Culture of Krakow’s Jews
11.00 / Field workshop / EN / 40 PLN
Jewish Heritage in a Tourist-oriented Urban Space – Kazimierz
Edyta Gawron, PhD
Start: Ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (20)
Cooperation: Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning
11.00 / Field workshops / EN / 40 PLN
Jewish Heritage in a Tourist-oriented Urban Space – Podgórze
Adam Musiał
Start: Ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (20)
Cooperation: Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning
12.00 / A walk / PL / 40 PLN
Eternal Soul of Kazimierz
Rabbi Boaz Pash
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (30 persons)
12.00 / Workshops / EN / Free admission
The Kite of Hope
Michal Nachmany
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
12:00 / Lecture / EN / Free admission
Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity
prof. Karen Underhill
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Space is limited (70 people), registration required: https://34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
This is an accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
13.00 / Workshops / EN / PL / 20 PLN
Kazimierz in Heart and Soul
A Hands-On Yiddish Song Workshop Series for Singers of all Levels and Ages
Cantor Jeff Warschauer
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18
13.30 / Workshops / PL
How to Read the Syagogue. Jewish Heritage in the Urban Space.
Katarzyna Suszkiewicz, PhD, Marta Jankowska-Eichelberger
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Cooperation: Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning
14.00 / Author’s meeting / PL / EN / Free admission
Hanna i Dorota
Ewa Mańkowska
moderation: Janusz Makuch
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
14.00 / Lecture / PL
The Signboards Which Speak. The Names That Are Left
Jakub Czupryński
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (70 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
14.00 / Meeting / EN/PL / Free admission
Meshugoim. A Meeting with JCC Krakow Volunteers
The JCC Krakow Volunteer Team
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (40 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
15.00 / Workshops / PL / EN / 20 PLN
Klezmer Instrumental Music.
A Hands-On Workshop Series for Instrumentalists of all Levels and Ages
Deborah Strauss (violin) and Zilyin Biret (clarinet)
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18
15.00 / Exhibition tour / EN / Free admission
Henryk Reiss Must Cease to Exist
Tomasz Strug, Miriam Levy
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Limited number of participants (20 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfrstival.pl/en/register
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum
15.00 / Meeting / PL / free admission
We, Descendants of the Survivors. Meeting with Freda Widawski and Adele Abraham
Stara Synagoga, ul. Szeroka 24
Cooperation: KL Plaszow Museum, Krakow Museum
16.00 / A walk / EN / 40 PLN
Eternal Soul of Kazimierz
Rabbi Boaz Pash
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (30 persons)
16.00 / Culinary workshops / PL / EN / 350 PLN, karnet 900 PLN
Ashkenazi Cuisine
Agnieszka Kraszewska and Aleksander Baron
Restauracja Kapłony i Szczeżuje, ul. Izaaka 7
Cooperation: Kapłony i Szczeżuje Restaurant
Limited number of participants 15
16.00 / Discussion / PL / EN / Free admission
Jidysz hajnt / Yiddish Today
Karolina Szymaniak, Maria Sławek, Damian Josef Neć, moderation: Marek Tuszewicki
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
Cooperation: Yidisher Kunst-Institut
16.00 / Meeting / EN / Free admission
From Auschwitz to Oasis. How Poland’s Jewish Community Went From Victimhood to Rebirth to Caregiver in 80 Years.
Jonathan Ornstein
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (70 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
17.00 / Guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Kraków of Miriam Akavia
Janina Naskalska Babik
Start: ul. Łobzowska 47
Limited number of participants (30 persons)
17.00 / Discussion / PL / Free admission
Poor Poles Look at … 80 Years of the Tygodnik Powszechny Weekly
Michał Okoński, Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet, Prof. Dariusz Stola, Miriam Synger, moderation: Jacek Stawiski
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Cooperation: Tygodnik Powszechny, Galicia Jewish Museum
17.00 / A walk / PL / Free admission
Jews in Kazimierz. Stereotypes, Lies, and Myths
Małgorzata Kucharska
Start: JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (25 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
17.00 / Culinary workshops / PL / 30 PLN
Kuzmir on a Plate
Kasia Leonardi
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (25 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
17.00 / Workshops for children / PL / Free admission
Kazimierz with Bagel JCC
Olga Lewińska, Michał Samulak
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (20 dzieci), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow – Klub dla Rodzin Bajgiel JCC
18.00 / Lecture / PL / EN / Free admission
Pre-war Synagogal Music in Krakow
Sylwia Jakubczyk-Ślęczka, PhD
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
18.00 / Meeting / PL / Free admission
Breakers of Barriers. The Voices of Yiddish Female Poeats
Barbara Czochara, Katarzyna Gajewska, Krystyna Korpyta, Katarzyna Witek-Mioduszewska
Hillel Gimel Kraków Student Club, ul. Izaaka 5
Limited number of participants (35 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow oraz Hillel Gimel Kraków
18.15 / performative reading / PL / Free admission
Parshas of Rabbi Ozjasz Thon reads Helena Jakubowicz
Ozjasz Thon Square, ul. Miodowa 24
18.30 / film screening / EN / PL / Free admission
Treasure
dir. Julia von Heinz, Germany, France, Poland, USA, 2024, 112 ‘.
Teatr BARAKAH, u. Paulińska 28
11th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes”
Limited number of participants. Free admission passes available at the Museum’s reception desk
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, the Camera of David Foundation
19.00 / Concert / PL / EN / 130 / 80 PLN
Michael Winograd Plays TANZ!
Re-creation of the classic 1956 masterpiece
Michael Winograd (clarinet, keyboard), Frank London (trumpet), David Licht (drums), Marine Goldwasser (clarinet), Christian Dawid (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet), Sanne Möricke (accordion), Josh Dolgin (piano), Benji Fox-Rosen (bass)
Polish premiere
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
20.00 / Projekcja filmu / PL / EN / Free admission
Dybuk
dir. by Michał Waszyński
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
20.30 / Projekcja filmu / EN, napisy PL / Free admission
Stella. A life
dir. Kilian Riedhof, Austria, Germany, 2023, 120′.
Teatr BARAKAH, Paulińska 28
11th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes”
Limited number of participants. Free admission passes available at the Museum’s reception desk
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, the Camera of David Foundation
21.00 / free admission
KAZ_LAB – video mapping
The concept and organisation: Małgorzata Łuczyna, Jacek Złoczowski [Memorymorph]
Assistant curator: Justyna Łabądź
Cooperation: Instytut Sztuki i Designu Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, Hevre, Musicinfo
Hevre, ul. Meiselsa 18
21.15 / performative reading / PL / Free admission
Parshas of Rabbi Ozjasz Thon reads Gabriela Markin
Ozjasz Thon Square, ul. Miodowa 24
22.00 / Concert / PL / EN / 130 / 80 PLN
Nachum
Ola Bilińska (vocal, effects), Ola Rzepka (drums), Miłosz Pękala – vibraphone, synthesiser, percussion instruments), Noam Zylberberg (piano, Vermon`s organs, toy piano), Piotr Łyszkiewicz (tenor saxophone, contralto clarinet)
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
22.00 / DJ party / 40 PLN
DJ Socalled
Josh Dolgin
Alchemia, ul. Estery 5
Cooperation: Alchemia Club
FRIDAY, June 27th
9.30 / Workshops / PL / YID / Free admission
Lomir Redn Jidysz
Julia Makosz
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (20 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
10.00 / Guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Kazimierz and Podgórze – Jewish Quarters of pre-War Krakow
Anna Kiesell
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants (30 persons)
10.00 / Lecture / PL / Free admission
Returns to Kazimierz in the Memoirs of Krakow’s Jews
Monika Stępień, PhD
Limited number of participants (70 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow and the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University
10.30 / Guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Kazimierz and Podgórze – Jewish Quarters of pre-War Krakow
Agi Legutko, PhD
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants 30
10.30 / Meeting / EN / Free admission
Telling the Untold Stories
Dara Bramson, Joanna Śliwa
Cafe Hafuch, ul. Józefa 25
Limited number of participants (40 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
11.00 / Workshops / PL / Free admission
Jewish Dances
Jacek Dymel
Live music: Deborah Strauss (violin), Cantor Jeff Warschauer (guitar), Zilyin Biret (clarinet)
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
11.00 / Presentation / PL / EN / Free admission
Leopold Kozłowski-Kleinman and His Work for Theater and Cinema
Instytut Muzykologii UJ, ul. Westerplatte 10
11.00 / Discussion / PL / Free admission
Jews in Galicia – New Perspectives
Prof. Michał Galas, Karolina Koprowska, PhD, Marek Tuszewicki, PhD, Prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec, moderation: Jacek Stawiski, PhD
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
11.00 / Exhibition tour / PL / Free admission
Henryk Reiss Must Cease to Exist
Tomasz Strug
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Limited number of participants (20 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfrstival.pl/en/register
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum
12.00 / A walk / EN /40 PLN
Eternal Soul of Kazimierz
Rabbi Boaz Pash
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants 30
12.00 / Lecture / PL / Free admission
Krakow’s Jews. On the Directions of the Latest Research
Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska, PhD
Limited number of participants (70 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow and the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University
12:00 / Meeting / PL / Free admission
Sugihara’s List: How a Japanese Man Saved Thousands of Polish Jews
Zofia Hartman
Hillel Gimel Kraków Student Club, ul. Izaaka 5
Space is limited (35 people), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
This is an accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow and Hillel Gimel Kraków
13.00 / Workshops / PL/EN / 20 PLN
Kazimierz in Heart and Soul
A Hands-On Yiddish Song Workshop Series for Singers of all Levels and Ages
Cantor Jeff Warschauer
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18
14.00 / Lecture / PL / EN / Free admission
In the Circle of Zion, Progress and Politics. The Extraordinary Activity of Dr. Ozjasz Thon, Preacher and Rabbi of the Kraków Tempel.
Prof. Michał Galas
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
15.00 / Workshops / PL / 20 PLN
Klezmer Instrumental Music
A Hands-On Workshop Series for Instrumentalists of all Levels and Ages
Deborah Strauss (violin) and Zilyin Biret(clarinet)
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18
15.00 / Discussion / EN / Free admission
Rendezvous in Krakow
Ouriel Morgensztern, Agnieszka Traczewska
moderation: Edyta Gawron, PhD
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum
16.00 / Meeting / PL / EN / Free admission
Hassidic Steam Machine
Karolina Szymaniak, moderation: Marcin Wilk
Performative reading by actors of the National Stary Theatre in Krakow: Magdalena Grąziowska and Juliusz Chrząstowski, music: Maria Sławek
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Cooperation: Yidisher Kunst-Institut
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
16.00 / Culinary workshops / PL / EN / 350 PLN
Ashkenazi Cuisine
Agnieszka Kraszewska, Aleksander Baron
Restaurant Kapłony i Szczeżuje, ul. Izaaka 7
Cooperation: Kapłony and Szczeżuje restaurant
16.00 / A walk / PL / 40 PLN
Eternal Soul of Kazimierz
Rabbi Boaz Pash
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants (30)
17.00 / Author meeting/ PL / Free admission
Czarne in Galicia: “Not the End, Not the Beginning. The Post-War Choices of Polish Jews”
Anna Bikont, moderation: Monika Stępień, PhD
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum and Czarne Publishing House
17.15 / performative reading / PL / Free admission
Parshas of Rabbi Ozjasz Thon reads Szymon Golec
Ozjasz Thon Square, ul. Miodowa 24
18.00 / Shabbat concert / PL / EN / 150 / 90 PLN
Light, Love, Life and Family – Kabbalat Shabbat
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, bouzuoki, mandolin)
Concert commisioned by JCF, World premiere.
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
18.30 / Film screening / EN / PL / Free admission
Hevre, ul. Meiselsa 18
Jews by Choice
dir. Justyna Gawełko, Tomer Slutzky, Poland / Israel / USA, 2024, 77’
11th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes”
Limited number of participants. Free admission passes available at the Museum’s reception desk
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, the Camera of David Foundation
19.00 /Ceremony / PL / EN, HEB / Free admission
Kabalat Szabat. progressive Shabbat service
Cantor Ryfka Foremniak, Anna Hajduk-Rynkowicz (piano)
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Limited number of participants, registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/. kontakt@orhadasz.pl
Accompanying event organized by Or Hadash – The Progressive Jewish Community of Kraków in cooperation with the Galicia Jewish Museum
20.00 / Concert and dance party / PL / EN / Free admission
Shabbes Likht / Shabbat Light
Deborah Strauss (violin), cantor Jeff Warschauer (voice, guitar), Zilyin Biret (clarinet) and Guests, dances led by Jacek Dymel
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
20.30 / Film screening / EN / PL / Free admission
My Father’s Castle
dir. Filip Flatau, France, 2023, 52’
HEVRE, ul. Meiselsa 18
11th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes”
Limited number of participants. Free admission passes available at the Museum’s reception desk
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, the Camera of David Foundation
20.45 / Concert / 50 PLN
Jewish Impressions
Lucjan Szaliński Bałwas (violin), Marcin David Król (violin)
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Tickets available on the Galicia Jewish Museum website and at the reception desk
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with Or Hadash – The Progressive Jewish Community of Kraków
21.00 / Concert / PL / EN / 130 / 80 PLN
Ziryab Trio
Taiseer Elias (oud), Nassim Dakwar (violin), Zohar Fresco (percussions)
Cloisters of St. Catherine Church, ul. Augustiańska 7
Cooperation with Parish Church of St. Catharine of Alexandria
21.00 / Dinner / $100 / 400 PLN
The JCC Krakow Shabbat Dinner During Ride For The Living
Details will be sent via email upon registration
Registration required by June 25th: rsvp@jcckrakow.org
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
22.00 / Concert / PL / EN / 130 / 80 PLN
Frank London’s In the City of God
Frank London (trumpet), Sarah Gordon (vocal), Cantor Jeff Warschauer (vocal, guitar), Jack Klebanow (vocal), Michael Winograd (clarinet), Benjy Fox Rosen (bass), Sam Harmet (guitar), Sanne Möricke (accordion), David Licht (drums), Christian Dawid (saxophone), Deborah Strauss (vocal, violin), Maya Belsitzman (vocal), Matan Ephrat (percussion), Francesca Ter-Berg (cello), Josh Dolgin (vocal)
Hevre, ul. Meiselsa 18
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
SATURDAY, June 28th
9.30 / Workshops / EN / Free admission
Deep Listening to the Streets of Kazimierz
Dara Bramson
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (40 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
10.00 / other events
Shabbat Breakfast at Cheder
Cheder, ul. Józefa 36
10.00 / presentation / PL / EN / Free admission
Most. Digital Link Between Old and Contemporary Kraków
Andrew Melchior
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
10.00 / Guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Jewish Krakow
Anna Kiesell
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants (30 persons)
10.00 / Guided tour / EN / Free admission
Guided tour through the exhibition “10 Polish Cities – 10 Jewish Stories” and a city tour through the district of Kazimierz “In the Footsteps of Teofila Silberring”
Viktoriia Mudrytska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Limited number of participants (25 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfrstival.pl/en/register
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum
10.00 / A family walk / PL / Free admission
KEF Means Fun!
Jessica Szczepańska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Limited number of participants, registration required: 34.jewishfrstival.pl/en/register
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum
10.30 / Guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Legends of Kazimierz
Paulina Żelazko
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants 30
11.00 / Guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
In the Footsteps of Sara Szenirer
Janina Naskalska Babik
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants 30
11.30 / Meeting / EN / free admission
One in Six Million
Amy Fish
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (70 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
12.00 / Culinary workshops / PL / EN / 350 PLN
Ashkenazi Cuisine
Agnieszka Kraszewska, Aleksander Baron
Restaurant Kapłony i Szczeżuje, ul. Izaaka 7
Cooperation: Kapłony and Szczeżuje Restaurant
12.00 / Lecture / PL / EN / Free admission
Dybbuk Shakes Him Ruthlessly: Dybbuks in Kazimierz
Agi Legutko, PhD
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
12.00 / Discussion / PL / Free admission
Israel 2025: Politics, Society, Economy
Agnieszka Bryc, PhD, Prof. Jarosław Jarząbek, Prof. Maciej Tomal, moderation: Ewa Węgrzyn, PhD
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Limited number of participants, registration required: 34.jewishfrstival.pl/en/register
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
14.00 / Book presentation / PL / EN / Free admission
Lola’s Letters: A Polish Jewish journey across the first half of the 20th century with the Taube Family correspondence
Natalia Aleksiun, Agnieszka Ilwicka – Karuna, Shana Penn
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Cooperation: Taube Family Foundation
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
14.00 / Guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Jewish Krakow
Anna Kiesell
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (30 persons)
14.00 / Debate / EN / Free admission
Latkes vs Hamantashen
Benjamin Lorch
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (70 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
14.30 / Guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Legends of Kazimierz
Paulina Żelazko
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (30 persons)
15.00 / Discussion / PL, EN / Free admission
Solidarność – Then and Now
Anna Dodziuk, Shana Penn, Joanna Szczęsna, moderation: Jacek Stawiski, PhD,
Chris Schwarz Memorial Event
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by Galicia Jewish Museum
16.00 / Lecture / PL / EN / Free admission
It Was Here Where the Heart of the City Was Beating. About the History of the Kazimierz Town Hall.
Kamila Wasilewska-Prędki, Mateusz Król, PhD
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
Cooperation: Ethnographic Museum in Kraków
17.00 / Guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
In the Footsteps of Sara Szenirer
Janina Naskalska Babik
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (30 persons)
17.00 / Author meeting / PL / Free admission
Czarne in Galicia: “The Joy of Saturday. The Archive of Life and Death”
Marta Grzywacz, moderation: Jolanta Drużyńska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Czarne Publishing House
18.00 / Concert / PL / EN / Free admission
Shalom from Kazimierz
Iconic event of the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow now in the new location: at Wolnica Square!
Performances by Frank London’s Klezmer Barass Allstars, Michael Winograd Ensemble; special guests: Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood, Boom Pam, Mała Orkiestra Dancingowa and Festival Allstars Orchestra!
More information and the line-up. 34.jewishfestival.pl/szalom
Plac Wolnica
Streaming: 34.jewishfestival.pl
Cooperation: Ethnographic Museum in Kraków
18.30 / Projekcja filmu / HE / EN / PL / Free admission
The Return from the Other Planet
dir. Assaf Lapid, Israel, Germany, 2023, 81
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
11th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes”
Limited number of participants. Free admission passes available at the Museum’s reception desk
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, the Camera of David Foundation
SUNDAY, June 29th
9.30 / Guided tour / PL / Free admission
The Unknown Synagogues of Kazimierz
Mateusz Lagosz
Start: JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (25 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
10.00 / other events
A Sunday talk about brewing coffee at home
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
10.00 / Guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
The Synagogues of Kazimierz
Agi Legutko, PhD
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited number of participants (30 persons)
10.00 / Meeting / EN / Free admission
Israel: The State and Its Society After Over 20 Months of War
Yaakov Finkelstein, moderation: Jacek Stawiski
Limited number of participants (80 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfrstival.pl/en/register
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum and the Embassy of Israel to Poland
10.00 / guided tour / UA / Free admission
Guided tour through the exhibition “10 Polish Cities – 10 Jewish Stories” and a city tour through the district of Kazimierz “In the Footsteps of Teofila Silberring”
Viktoriia Mudrytska
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Limited number of participants (25 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfrstival.pl/en/register
Accompanying event organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum
10.30 / Guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
Legends of Kazimierz
Paulina Żelazko
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants 30
11.00 / Guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Krakow
Janina Naskalska Babik
Start: ul. Bernardyńska, at the entrance to the Bernardines’ Church
Limited numbers of participants (30 persons)
11.00 / Lecture / EN / Free admission
Memories of a Neighborhood That Was and Is No More
Ofer Aderet
Cafe Hafuch, ul. Józefa 25
Limited number of participants (40 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
12.00 / Concert / PL / EN / Free admission
Classic at Noon
The Strauss/Warschauer Duo. Deborah Strauss (violin), cantor Jeff Warschauer (guitar); Zilyin Biret (cclarinet), Klezmer Tall Stars: Małgorzata Spiechlanin (violin), Oksana Balatsko (violin)
A concert commissioned by the JCF
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
12.00 / Culinary presentation / PL / EN / Free admission
Ashkenazi Dishes: Odesa Forshmack
Agnieszka Kraszewska, Aleksander Baron
Ul. Izaaka
Cooperation: Kapłony and Szczeżuje Restaurant
12.00 / Ceremony / PL / EN / Free admission
Preserving Memory
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Cooperation: Galicia Jewish Museum, Michael H. Traison Fund for Poland, the Nissenbaum Family Foundation
12.00 / Guided tour / EN / Free admission
People of Kazimierz
Mateusz Lagosz
Start: JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (25 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
14.00 / Lecture / PL / EN / Free admission
Sara Szenirer. A Jewess from Kazimierz Who Changed the World
Joanna Degler, Dariusz Dekiert, moderation: Agi Legutko
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live:34.jewishfestival.pl
Cooperation: JCC Kraków
14.00 / Culinary presentation / PL / EN / Free admission
Ashkenazi Dishes: Stuffed Goose Necks
Agnieszka Kraszewska and Aleksander Baron
ul. Izaaka
Cooperation: Kapłony and Szczeżuje Restaurant
14.00 / Guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
The Synagogues of Kazimierz
Anna Kiesell
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants (30 persons)
14.30 / Guided tour / EN / 40 PLN
Legends of Kazimierz
Paulina Żelazko
Start: ul. Józefa 36
Limited numbers of participants (30 persons)
15.00 / A family walk / PL / Free admission
KEF Means Fun!
Sylwia Papier, PhD
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18
Limited number of participants, registration required: 34.jewishfrstival.pl/en/register
Accompanying event organized by Galicia Jewish Museum
15.00 / Film screening and meeting / EN / PL / Free admission
Among Neighbors
dir. Yoav Potash, USA, Poland, 2024, 103′
After the screening, meeting with Anita Friedman, PhD, moderation: Jacek Stawiski
Kino pod Baranami, Rynek Główny 27
11th edition of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes”
Limited number of participants, free admission passes available at the Museum’s reception desk
Cooperation: Galicia Jewish Museum, Koret Foundation, Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, the Camera of David Foundation
15.30 / Meeting and film screening / EN / Free admission
Sh’ma. A Story of Survival
Suki John
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (70 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
16.00 / Meeting / podcast live / PL / EN / Free admission
The Overpromised Land
Konstanty Gebert, Janusz Makuch
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
Cooperation: ELNET
16.00 / Culinary presentation / PL / EN / Free admission
Ashkenazi Dishes: Tzimmes
Agnieszka Kraszewska, Aleksander Baron
ul. Izaaka
Cooperation: Kapłony and Szczeżuje Restaurant
17.00 / Guided tour / PL / 40 PLN
On the Trail of Mezuzahs in Krakow
Janina Naskalska Babik
Start: ul. Bernardyńska, at the entrance to the Bernardines’ Church
Limited numbers of participants 30
17.00 / Meeting / EN / Free admission
Eva Moses Kor and Her Story
Alex Kor
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24
Limited number of participants (70 persons), registration required: 34.jewishfestival.pl/en/register/
Accompanying event organized by JCC Krakow
18.00 / Meeting / PL / EN / Free admission
Young Jews – Here and Now
Hillel Krakow
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
18.15 / performative reading / PL / Free admission
Parshas of Rabbi Ozjasz Thon reads Rabbi Boaz Pash
Ozjasz Thon Square, ul. Miodowa 24
19.00 / Concert / PL / EN / 150 / 90 PLN
Cantors’ Concert: I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live (Ps. 146, 2)
Tribute to the Blessed Memory of Cantor Benzion Miller
Cantors: Shimmy Miller, Nissim Sa’al, Israel Rand
Cantors’ Choir: Eliyahu Bina, Brian Hoffman, Yeshayahu Kishenbaum, Lidor Mesika, Hillel Sherman, Ron Silberstein, Haim Stein, Yoav Weiss, conductor: Maestro Yossi Schwartz, accompaniment: Menchem Bristowski
Concert commissioned by the JCF, world premiere
Concert under patronage of the Taube Family Foundation
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
21.00 / DJ party / PL / EN / Free admission
Farewell and see you next year!
DJ Funklore & DJ Herbaciarz
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36
Live: 34.jewishfestival.pl
photos: Edyta Dufaj
