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Children’s workshop: Powietrze / Air / Luft / אוויר / לופט / Aire
Led by: Anna Wencel We would like to invite children and parents to a creative workshop in the Museum garden. The main theme of the workshop will be the motto of this year’s Jewish Culture Festival: air. Together we will create original works of art by painting them with… air. [We would like to warn […]
Discussion: Memory in Transition. Community Archivists on Untold Stories
Discussion participants: Katarzyna Winiarska, Marek Chmielewski, Kamil Kmak Led by: Karolina Sakowicz They collect stories, take care of old graveyards and organize cultural events. Together with local communities, they discover histories of the Jewish inhabitants in their regions and neighborhoods. Community archivists – what motivates them, what challenges they face, and how do they and […]
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. […]
