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The 32nd Jewish Culture Festival
The Galicia Jewish Museum is proud to present its program of events, which will accompany the 32nd Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków. The Jewish Culture Festival is one of the largest and oldest Jewish festivals in the world presenting Jewish heritage and the variety of Jewish culture. This is the fourth edition dedicated to the […]
Discussion: What’s in the Air in Tel Aviv? A Conversation on Matters of Greater and Smaller Importance
Discussion participants: Łukasz Sroka, Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet Led by: Jakub Katulski Tel Aviv can be portrayed in many ways. It can be a poster city of Zionism showing how to build a country and modern metropolis from scratch. It can be a tourist attraction for lovers of street food, sunny beaches, nightlife and Bauhaus architecture. Some […]
Chris Schwarz Memorial Event: Jarosław Kurski, “Dziady i dybuki”
Led by: Agnieszka Dauksza Jarosław Kurski has been reconstructing the truth about his family for years. The truth which was deliberately suppressed, distorted or omitted by others, including his beloved mother. The result of his research – which was surprising and full of turmoil – is the story of a family spread from Ukraine to […]
“Preserving Memory” – a ceremony honoring Poles preserving Jewish heritage in Poland
This year marks the 26th edition of “Preserving Memory”, the ceremony of honoring Poles preserving Jewish heritage in Poland. Since the establishment of this unique award on the initiative of Michael H. Traison in 1998, several hundred non-Jewish Poles have been recognized for their work to preserve Jewish memory in Poland. This is an effort […]
Discussion: “Not Only Kroke – A New History of Kraków’s Jews”
Discussion with Edyta Gawron, Michał Galas (co-editors and co-authors of the book) One thousand years of the history of Kraków’s Jewish community – all in one book. A monograph for which Kraków has been waiting for generations. In Poland, we often brag that Jews escaping persecution all over Europe found refuge in Poland which they […]
Performance: “Seven Beggars” | Julie Weitz, Anna Lublina, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, Ira Temple
Seven Beggars is a performance artwork created by visual artist Julie Weitz with Anna Lublina, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, Ira Khonen Temple, and Jerry Lieblich. The artwork will be staged as a weeklong event on the streets of Kazimierz and introduce audiences to a contemporary reimagining of The Seven Be- ggars, a famous hasidic tale by Rebbe […]
Director’s Statement
As director of the Galicia Jewish Museum, I express my strong protest against the actions of Mr. G. Braun, member of the Polish Parliament, who on May 30, 2023, violently disrupted a lecture by one of Poland’s best-known Holocaust scholars, Prof. Jan Grabowski. The Holocaust is one of the most horrific events in human history. […]
Family Sunday: “Botanical Inspirations” – a family workshop in cyanotype
Led by: Mr Chlorophyll Art – KaZek Biernat Cyanotype is one of the genuine photography techniques which uses the light-sensitivity of ferric oxalate. In a darkroom or a poorly lit room, a sheet of paper or fabric is covered with a special solution which creates a light-sensitive yellow-green surface. After drying, it is irradiated in […]
“The Order of Violence: The Ghetto Benches in Poland”
The ghetto benches (segregated seating in universities between Jews and Non-Jews) were an institutionalized form of discrimination against the Jewish community inspired by the activities during the interwar period of the right-wing nationalist organizations. In the 1930s, ethnoreligious segregation of students of Jewish origin was intensified, for example, by forcing them to take specific seats […]
