30.06.2023, 18.00

Film Screening: “Concerned Citizen” (PL / HE / EN)

Dir. Idan Haguel, Israel, 2022, 82’ Part of “The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes” The screening will take place at the High Synagogue, ul. Józefa 38, Kraków (basement hall) Ben thinks of himself as a liberal and enlightened gay man, living in the perfect flat with his boyfriend Raz.

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30.06.2023, 17.30

Exhibition opening: “Jewish Quarter Pipe”. Kosher Pop Sk8 Art by Steve Marcus

Using skateboard decks as canvases, New York City artist Steve Marcus’ newest exhibition explores the themes of tradition, spirituality and local Jewish history. His unique style, inspired by cartoons and underground comics, is a fun and refreshingly accessible approach to contemporary Jewish art that is masterfully showcased on 40 whimsical and thought-provoking

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30.06.2023, 15.00

Q&A with the author: Geneviève Zubrzycki, “Resurrecting the Jew: Nationalism, Philosemitism, and Poland’s Jewish Revival”

Led by: Jakub Nowakowski Since the early 2000s, Poland has experienced a remarkable Jewish revival largely driven by non-Jewish Poles with a passionate new interest in all things Jewish. Klezmer music, Jewish-style restaurants, and festivals of Jewish culture have become popular, while new museums, memorials, Jewish studies programs, and Holocaust research centers

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