Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow 2013

 

Jewish Culture Festival

 

The Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow is one of the most important and largest events of its kind in the world. The First Festival took place in 1988 and its program focused on a scholarly conference on the encounter between two cultures, Jewish and Polish. It was a modest occasion but it turned out to have enormous significance, considering the boldness of the subject matter, upon which the communist authorities of the day looked askance.

Shaped by outstanding figures in various fields of Jewish culture and art, the Festival became over time a place where Jews and non-Jews from all over the world could meet. They are linked by the shared values that they find in Kazimierz and Cracow , the space of the Festival. For over a week, Kazimierz resounds with synagogue song, klezmer music, and Hasidic, classical, and Jewish folk music. There are films, performances, presentations, and exhibitions to see and stories told by the Jews about their culture to listen to.

In its present form, the Festival not only introduces the living Jewish tradition to a wide audience, but also offers a share of the joy in creating that tradition. Workshops in Hasidic dance and song, klezmology, Hebrew calligraphy, Jewish paper cutting and cooking, conducted by people from both Ashkenazy and Sephardic culture, attract numerous learners. Every year, the Festival puts on over 100 events featuring dozens of performers and thousands of participants from all over the world. During the most recent Festival, 13,000 people attended "Shalom on ulica Szeroka," the grand finale concert. The number of Festival guests grows from year to year, and television coverage brings the Festival to viewers across Poland and Europe and around the world. To all of them, we address the main idea of the Festival: dialogue as a pathway to mutual respect and understanding. Each year, the Festival's celebration of life commemorates the past, traces of which can still be found in Kazimierz, Cracow , and Poland .

The Festival is a span of the symbolic bridge where Poles and Jews meet to strengthen the process of understanding and reconciliation. The Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow is, after all, a symbol of tolerance, pluralism, and the faith that we have a chance, through the celebration of Jewish culture and the celebration of life, to build mutual relations based on truth and respect.

 

Complete Program

Friday 28 June 2013

19:30

Ceremony Classic

Kabbalat Shabbat: Welcoming the Shabbat

 

22:00

Concert Off

DJ Party @ Alchemia

 

Saturday 29 June 2013

09:00

Tour Ideas

JEWISH KRAKOW (PL)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

13:00

Tour Ideas

JEWISH KRAKOW (ENG)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

20:00

Concert Off

BOAT PARTY: MONTI FIORI (ISRAEL)

 

22:00

Concert Off

DJ PARTY @ ALCHEMIA: RADIO TRIP (ISRAEL)

 

22:30

Ceremony Classic

MELAVEH MALKAH

 

Sunday 30 June 2013

 

09:00

Tour Ideas

THE SYNAGOGUES AND PRAYER HOUSES OF KAZIMIERZ (PL)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

09:30

Tour Ideas

THE SYNAGOGUES AND PRAYER HOUSES OF KAZIMIERZ (ENG)

Agnieszka Legutko, Ph.D. (Poland/USA)

 

13:30

Tour Ideas

NEW JEWISH CEMETERY (PL)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

19:00

Concert Classic

Cantors' Concert

 

20:00

Concert Off

BOAT PARTY: MONTI FIORI (ISRAEL)

 

Monday 1 July 2013

 

09:00

Tour Ideas

THE SYNAGOGUES AND PRAYER HOUSES OF KAZIMIERZ (PL)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

09:30

Tour Ideas

THE SYNAGOGUES AND PRAYER HOUSES OF KAZIMIERZ (ENG)

Agnieszka Legutko, Ph.D. (Poland)

The Synagogues and Prayer Houses of Kazimierz

 

10:00

Workshops Classic

KLEZMER BASIC AND BEYOND

Deborah Strauss (USA), Sanne Möricke (Germany)

Klezmer Basic and Beyond

 

12:00

Workshops Classic

YIDDISH SINGING

Jeff Warschauer (USA)

Yiddish Singing

 

13:30

Tour Ideas

REMUH CEMETERY (PL)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

15:30

Workshops Classic

JEWISH DANCE

Steve Weintraub (USA)

Jewish Dance

 

16:00

Workshops Ideas

JEWISH COOKING

Malka Kafka (Poland)

 

Star @ Cheder Classic

STAR @ CHEDER: FARAN ENSEMBLE (ISRAEL)

 

17:30

Sound lecture Off

ISRAELI GROOVE CONNECTION

Radio Trip: Uri Wertheim, Ofer Tal (Israel)

 

24:00

Concert Off

MIDNITE SESSION @ ALCHEMIA

 

Thuesday 2 July 2013

09:00

Tour Ideas

JEWISH LIFE IN KAZIMIERZ AND PODGÓRZE (PL)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

09:30

Tour Ideas

JEWISH LIFE IN KAZIMIERZ AND PODGÓRZE (ENG)

Agnieszka Legutko, Ph.D. (Poland/USA)

 

10:00

Workshops Classic

KLEZMER BASIC AND BEYOND

Deborah Strauss (USA), Sanne Möricke (Germany)

 

12:00

Workshops Classic

YIDDISH SINGING

Jeff Warschauer (USA)

 

13:30

Tour Ideas

REMUH CEMETERY (ENG)

Edgar Gluck (USA), Chief Rabbi of Galicia

 

15:30

Workshops Classic

JEWISH DANCE

Steve Weintraub (USA)

 

16:00

Workshops Ideas

JEWISH COOKING

Malka Kafka (Poland)

 

17:30

Sound lecture Off

ISRAELI GROOVE CONNECTION

Radio Trip: Uri Wertheim, Ofer Tal (Israel)

 

19:00

Concert Off

RIVERLOAM TRIO: TRZASKA / BRICE / SANDERS (POLAND/UK) - BABCIA'S MEMORY

 

22:00

Concert Classic

FARAN ENSEMBLE (ISRAEL)

 

24:00

Concert Off

MIDNITE SESSION @ ALCHEMIA

 

 

Wednesday 3 July 2013

09:00

Tour Ideas

THE SYNAGOGUES AND PRAYER HOUSES OF KAZIMIERZ (PL)

 

09:30

Tour Ideas

THE SYNAGOGUES AND PRAYER HOUSES OF KAZIMIERZ (ENG)

Agnieszka Legutko, Ph.D. (Poland/USA)

 

10:00

Workshops Classic

KLEZMER BASIC AND BEYOND

Deborah Strauss (USA), Sanne Möricke (Germany)

 

12:00

Workshops Classic

YIDDISH SINGING

Jeff Warschauer (USA)

 

15:30

Workshops Classic

JEWISH DANCE

Steve Weintraub (USA)

 

16:00

Workshops Ideas

JEWISH COOKING

Malka Kafka (Poland)

 

Star@Cheder Classic

STAR@CHEDER: OMRI MOR (ISRAEL)

 

17:30

Sound lecture Off

ISRAELI GROOVE CONNECTION

Radio Trip: Uri Wertheim, Ofer Tal (Israel)

 

22:00

Concert Off

ZION80 (USA)

 

24:00

Concert Off

MIDNITE SESSION @ ALCHEMIA

 

Thursday 4 July 2013

09:00

Tour Ideas

JEWISH LIFE IN KAZIMIERZ AND PODGÓRZE (PL)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

09:30

Tour Ideas

JEWISH LIFE IN KAZIMIERZ AND PODGÓRZE (ENG)

Agnieszka Legutko, Ph.D. (Poland/USA)

 

10:00

Workshops Classic

KLEZMER BASIC AND BEYOND

Deborah Strauss (USA), Sanne Möricke (Germany)

 

12:00

Workshops Classic

YIDDISH SINGING

Jeff Warschauer (USA)

 

13:30

Tour Ideas

NEW JEWISH CEMETERY (ENG)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

15:30

Workshops Classic

JEWISH DANCE

Steve Weintraub (USA)

 

16:00

Workshops Ideas

JEWISH COOKING

Malka Kafka (Poland)

 

Star@Cheder Off

STAR@CHEDER

 

17:30

Sound lecture Off

ISRAELI GROOVE CONNECTION

Radio Trip: Uri Wertheim, Ofer Tal (Israel)

 

19:00

Concert Classic

OMRI MOR TRIO (ISRAEL) - ANDALOUJAZZ PROJECT

 

24:00

Concert Off

MIDNITE SESSION @ ALCHEMIA

 

Friday 5 July 2013

09:00

Tour Ideas

THE SYNAGOGUES AND PRAYER HOUSES OF KAZIMIERZ (PL)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

09:30

Tour Ideas

THE SYNAGOGUES AND PRAYER HOUSES OF KAZIMIERZ (ENG)

Agnieszka Legutko, Ph.D. (Poland/USA)

 

10:00

Workshops Classic

KLEZMER BASIC AND BEYOND

Deborah Strauss (USA), Sanne Möricke (Germany)

 

12:00

Workshops Classic

YIDDISH SINGING

Jeff Warschauer (USA)

 

13:30

Tour Ideas

FORMER JEWISH GHETTO (ENG)

Agnieszka Legutko, Ph.D. (Poland/USA)

 

15:30

Workshops Classic

JEWISH DANCE

Steve Weintraub (USA)

 

16:00

Star@Cheder Off

STAR@CHEDER

 

18:00

Concert Classic

DIWAN SAZ (ISRAEL)

 

22:00

Concert Off

BOOM PAM FEAT. KUTIMAN (ISRAEL)

 

Saturday 6 July 2013

09:00

Tour Ideas

JEWISH KRAKOW (PL)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

13:00

Tour Ideas

JEWISH KRAKOW (ENG)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

18:00

Concert Off

SHALOM ON SZEROKA STREET

 

Sunday 7 July 2013

01:00

Concert Off

SZEROKA AFTERPARTY @ ALCHEMIA: RADIO TRIP (ISRAEL)

 

12:00

Tour Ideas

JEWISH LIFE IN KAZIMIERZ AND PODGÓRZE (PL)

Anna Kiesell (Poland)

 

12:30

Tour Ideas

JEWISH LIFE IN KAZIMIERZ AND PODGÓRZE (ENG)

Agnieszka Legutko, Ph.D. (Poland/USA)

 

18:00

Concert Classic

LEOPOLD KOZŁOWSKI & FRIENDS (POLAND)

 

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