34. FKŻ

There are important changes in the festival program, please check detailed information here

We dedicate the festival to the blessed memory of Tadeusz Jakubowicz

accompanying event, workshop

Lomir Redn Yiddish (PL / YID)

26.06.2025 - 9:30
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Julia Makosz
guided tour, main program

The Synagogues of Kazimierz (PL)

26.06.2025 - 10:00
Start: Józefa 36 Anna Kiesell
lecture, meeting, main program

Stewardship vs. Commercialization – Jewish Heriatge in a Tourist-oriented Urban Space (PL / EN)

26.06.2025 - 10:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Helise Lieberman, Edyta Gawron, PhD, Adam Musiał, Karen UNderhill
Lecture followed by the field workshop
Cooperation: Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning
accompanying event, workshop

Between Past and Present – Study session with Rabbi Tomer Rehovi and Rebbetzin Sara Tal Rehovi (EN / HEB)

26.06.2025 - 10:00
Cafe Hafuch, ul. Józefa 25 Rabbi Tomer Rehovi, Sara Tal Rehovi
main program, workshop

Hands-On Workshop: Create Your Own Genuine Leather Keychain from Israel (EN) / WORKSHOP CANCELLED

26.06.2025 - 10:00
High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, 2nd floor Hillel Mor
Cooperation: ESEK, Mor Sinai Jaffa
guided tour, main program

The Synagogues of Kazimierz (EN)

26.06.2025 - 10:30
Start: Józefa 36 Agi Legutko, PhD
accompanying event, exhibition, visual art

Guided tour through the exhibition: “Traces of Memory” (EN)

26.06.2025 - 11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Dr. Katarzyna Suszkiewicz
guided tour, main program

Kraków of Miriam Akavia (EN)

26.06.2025 - 11:00
Start: ul. Łobzowska 47 Janina Naskalska Babik
guided tour, main program

Jewish Heritage in a Tourist-oriented Urban Space – Podgórze (EN)

26.06.2025 - 11:00
Start: Józefa 36 Adam Musiał
Cooperation: Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning
accompanying event, lecture, meeting

“Politics, Economy, Music… Krakow’s District of Kazimierz from Different Research Perspectives” (PL)

26.06.2025 - 11:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Dr. Hanna Kozińska-Witt, Dr. Kinga Migalska, Dr. Przemysław Zarubin, Dr. Sylwia Jakubczyk-Ślęczka, Dr. Alicja Jarkowska, EngD Stanisław Szombara
Led by: Dr. Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
main program, workshop

Jewish Dances (PL / EN)

26.06.2025 - 11:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Jacek Dymel
Live music: Deborah Strauss (violin), Cantor Jeff Warschauer (guitar), Zilyin Biret (clarinet) 
guided tour, main program

Jewish Heritage in a Tourist-oriented Urban Space – Kazimierz (PL)

26.06.2025 - 11:00
Start: Józefa 36 dr Edyta Gawron,PhD
Cooperation: Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning
accompanying event, lecture, meeting

Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity (EN)

26.06.2025 - 12:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 prof. Karen Underhill
guided tour, main program

Eternal Soul of Kazimierz (PL)

26.06.2025 - 12:00
Start: Józefa 36 Rabbi Boaz Pash 
accompanying event, workshop

The Kite of Hope (EN)

26.06.2025 - 12:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Michal Nachmany
main program, workshop

Kazimierz in Heart and Soul (EN / PL)

26.06.2025 - 13:00
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18 A Hands-On Yiddish Song Workshop Series for Singers of all Levels and Ages
Cantor Jeff Warschauer
main program, workshop

How to Read the Synagogue? Jewish Heritage in the Urban Space (PL)

26.06.2025 - 13:30
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Katarzyna Suszkiewicz, PhD, Marta Jankowska-Eichelberger
Cooperation: Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning, Galicia Jewish Museum
accompanying event, lecture, meeting

Meshugoim. A Meeting with JCC Krakow Volunteers (EN / PL)

26.06.2025 - 14:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Zespół wolontariacki JCC Krakow
accompanying event, lecture, meeting

The Signboards Which Speak. The Names That Are Left (PL)

26.06.2025 - 14:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Jakub Czupryński
accompanying event, exhibition, visual art

“Henryk Reiss Must Cease to Exist” – guided tour led by the exhibition curator and family member of Henryk Reiss (EN)

26.06.2025 - 15:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Tomasz Strug, Miriam Levy
lecture, meeting, main program

We, Descendants of the Survivors. Meeting with Freda Widawski and Adele Abraham (PL)

26.06.2025 - 15:00
Stara Synagoga, ul. Szeroka 24 Cooperation: KL Plaszow Museum, Krakow Museum
main program, workshop

Klezmer Instrumental Music (EN / PL)

26.06.2025 - 15:00
Hevre +1, ul. Meiselsa 18 A Hands-On Workshop Series for Instrumentalists of all Levels and Ages
Deborah Strauss (violin), Zilyin Biret (clarinet)
accompanying event, lecture, meeting

From Auschwitz to Oasis: How Poland’s Jewish Community Went From Victimhood to Rebirth to Caregiver in 80 Years (EN)

26.06.2025 - 16:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Jonathan Ornstein
guided tour, main program

Eternal Soul of Kazimierz (en)

26.06.2025 - 16:00
Start: Józefa 36 RabBI Boaz Pash
main program, workshop

Ashkenazi Cuisine (PL / EN)

26.06.2025 - 16:00
Kapłony i Szczeżuje Restaurant, ul. Izaaka 7 Agnieszka Kraszewska, Aleksander Baron
Cooperation: Kapłony i Szczeżuje Restaurant
lecture, meeting, main program

Jidysz hajnt / Yiddish Today (PL / EN)

26.06.2025 - 16:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Karolina Szymaniak, Maria Sławek, Damian Josef Neć
Moderation: Marek Tuszewicki, PhD 
Cooperation: Yidisher Kunst-Institut
accompanying event, workshop

Kuzmir on a Plate (PL)

26.06.2025 - 17:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Kasia Leonardi
lecture, meeting, main program

Poor Poles Looking at… (PL)

26.06.2025 - 17:00
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 Michał Okoński, Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet, Miriam Synger
Moderation: Jacek Stawiski, PhD
Cooperation: Tygodnik Powszechny, Galicia Jewish Museum 
accompanying event, guided tour

Jews in Kazimierz: Stereotypes, Lies, and Myths (PL)

26.06.2025 - 17:00
starting point: JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Małgorzata Kucharska
accompanying event, workshop

Kazimierz with Bagel JCC (PL)

26.06.2025 - 17:00
JCC Krakow, ul. Miodowa 24 Olga Lewińska, Michał Samulak
guided tour, main program

Kraków of Miriam Akavia (PL)

26.06.2025 - 17:00
Start: ul. Łobzowska 47 Janina Naskalska Babik
accompanying event, lecture, meeting

Breakers of Barriers. The Voices of Yiddish Female Poets (PL)

26.06.2025 - 18:00
Hillel Gimel Kraków Student Club, ul. Izaaka 5 Barbara Czochara, Katarzyna Gajewska, Krystyna Korpyta, Katarzyna Witek-Mioduszewska
lecture, meeting, main program

Pre-war Synagogal Music in Krakow (PL / EN)

26.06.2025 - 18:00
Festival Tent, ul. Józefa 36  Sylwia Jakubczyk-Ślęczka, PhD
main program, other events

Parshas of Rabbi Ozjasz Thon reads Helena Jakubowicz (PL)

26.06.2025 - 18:15
Ozjasz Thon Square, ul. Miodowa 24
accompanying event, film screening

“Treasure” (PL, EN)

26.06.2025 - 18:30
Teatr BARAKAH, Paulińska 28 dir. Julia von Heinz
Germany / France / Poland / USA, 2024, 112 min.
concert, musical event, main program

Michael Winograd Plays TANZ! 

26.06.2025 - 19:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Re-creation of the classic 1956 masterpiece 

Michael Winograd (clarinet, keyboard), Frank London (trumpet), David Licht (drums), Marine Goldwaser (clarinet), Christian Dawid (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet), Sanne Möricke (accordion), Josh Dolgin (piano), Benjy Fox-Rosen (bass)
film screening, main program

“Dybuk” (PL / EN)

26.06.2025 - 20:00
Namiot FKŻ, ul. Józefa 36 dir. Michał Waszyński, 1937
accompanying event, film screening

“Stella. A Life” (GER, EN, PL)

26.06.2025 - 20:30
Teatr BARAKAH, Paulińska 28 dir. Kilian Riedhof
Austria / Germany, 2023, 120’
main program, other events

KAZ_LAB 2025 – videomapping

26.06.2025 - 21:00
Hevre, ul. Meiselsa 18 The concept and organisation of the event: Małgorzata Łuczyna, Jacek Złoczowski [Memorymorph]
Assistant curator: Justyna Łabądź
Cooperation: Faculty of Arts, University of the National Education Commission, Centre for Film Forms, Hevre, Music Info, Optoma
main program, other events

Parshas of Rabbi Ozjasz Thon reads Gabriela Markin (PL)

26.06.2025 - 21:15
Ozjasz Thon Square, ul. Miodowa 24 Ozjasza Thona, ul. Miodowa 24
concert, musical event, main program

DJ Socalled

26.06.2025 - 22:00
Alchemia, ul. Estery 5 Josh Dolgin
Cooperation: Alchemia Club
concert, musical event, main program

Nachum

26.06.2025 - 22:00
Tempel Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 24 Ola Bilińska (vocal, effects), Ola Rzepka (drums), Miłosz Pękala (vibraphone, synthesiser, percussions), Noam Zylberberg (piano, Vermon`s organs, toy piano), Piotr Łyszkiewicz (tenor saxophone, contralto clarinet)
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News

Malopolska region is partnering wit the JCF. And the JCF is proud to promote Malopolska aka Galicia

34th JCF – important changes in the festival program

This year’s Cantors’ Concert is dedicated to the blessed memory of Cantor Benzion Miller

Dawid and Elisha – festival’s long-term volunteers funded by the EU