18th Jewish Festival in Krakow
This year, the 18th Jewish Festival, centred around the former Jewish district of Krakow - Kazimierz, will take place. The events start on 27th of June and the festival ends on the 6th of July. We have listed some of the features of this year's edition of the festival. For the complete program of the concerts, lectures and other events please visit festival's official webpage.
27.06.2008 (Friday)
Kabbalat Shabbat - the Receiving of Shabbat
28.06.2008 (Saturday)
Exhibitions:
- Photographs of Ze'v Aleksandrowicz from his journey to Japan (1934-1935)
- Jewish Artists in Cracow between 1873-1939
- Windows of Yearning, Windows of Hope- Nili Epstein and Szewach Weiss (Israel)
- House of Children Debra Pearlman's instalation (USA)
- Unpainted Jew - XIX-century woodcuts from the collection of Alicja Schottlas.
Concerts:
- Waiting for the Nightingale: Rare Gems of Yiddish Song and Klezmer Music, Original and Traditional
Lectures, workshops and other events:
- Menashe's Dream, performance based on I.B. Singer by Adam Sroka
29.06.2008 (Sunday)
Exhibitions:
- Made in Israel - Historical Posters and Photographs from Palestine and Israel
- Tzadikim Graves
Concerts:
- Classics at Lunchtime: Kaja Danczowska (violin, Poland), Jeremy Findlay (cello, Canada) and Ellen Braslavsky (piano, USA)
- Itzchak Meir Helfgot (Israel), Azi Schwartz (Israel), Benzion Miller (USA), accompaniment: Daniel Gildar (USA), Neimah Cantors' Choir (UK), conductor: Marc Temerlies (UK)
Lectures, workshops and other events:
- Israel - 60 Years: Meeting with David Peleg, Israeli Ambassador in Poland
- Yiddish language, led by Przemysław Piekarski, Julia Makosz & Urszula Makosz (Kraków)
- Hamentaszen - how Jewish nation wondefully survived" - workshops for children
30.06.2008 (Monday)
Concerts:
- Zohar Fresco and Daniel Zamir (Israel)
- La diaspora Sefardi - Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI (Spain)
Lectures, workshops and other events:
- Hebrew Calligraphy, led by Ewa Gordon (Cracow)
- Hasidic Dance, led by Jill Gellerman (USA), with the accompaniment byThe Festival Hasidic Dance Band
- Basic Judaism: Chief Rabbi of Cracow Boaz Pash
- Israel - Workshops for Children, led by Etel Szyc and Monika Krajewska (Poland)
- Visiting Synagogues in Kazmierz (in English), led by Agnieszka Legutko-Ołownia(Krakow)
01.07.2008 (Tuesday)
Exhibitions:
- Where the Past Meets the Future by Fay Grajower
Concerts:
- Oy Division (Izrael)
- Kroke
- Erik Friedlander Solo (USA)
Lectures, workshops and other events:
- Shtetl: Following the Traces of Jewish Villages (Kraków - Działoszyce - Pińczów - Chmielnik - Szydłów - Chęciny - Kraków)
- Drumming workshops with Shlomo Bar (Israel), accompaniment: Ilan Ben-Ami (Israel)
- Jewish Paper-cutting, led by Anna Małecka- Beiersdorf (Kraków)
02.07.2008 (Wednesday)
Concerts:
- Klezmer & Gipsy Musicians - as a part of the European Project "The Other Europeans"
- Yasmin Levy (Israel) - Mano Suave Tour
Lectures, workshops and other events:
- Free-jazz workshops with Raphael Roginski (Poland)
- Walk around the site of the former Krakow Ghetto
- Visiting Remuh Cemetery (in English)
- Jewish Cooking, led by Hanna Kossowska (Poland)
- Film: Description of a Struggle by Chris Marker (France)
03.07.2008 (Thursday)
Concerts:
- Konsonans Retro (Ukraine)
- David D'Or (Izrael)
- La Mar Enfortuna (USA)
Lectures, workshops and other events:
- Sound of Silence - Midrash Theatre by Rabbi Tanja Segal (Poland, Israel), joint project of Beit Warszawa and Galicia Jewish Museum
- Szewach Weiss - My Israel
- Jewish Dance, led by Steven Weintraub (USA), accompaniment by Jeff Warschauer, Deborah Strauss and Stuart Brotman (USA)
04.07.2008 (Friday)
Concerts:
- Descarga Maghreb by Maurice El Medioni and Roberto Rodriguez (USA / France)
Lectures, workshops and other events:
- Chi Chi Bunichi - theater performance by Daphna Attias (Great Britain)
- In Memory of Krakow Jews - ceremony led by Cantor Benzion Miller, Daniel Gildar and Michael Alpert
- Lecture of Prof. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (USA) accompanying exhibition 'One Thousand Years of Polish Jews' History'
- Klezmer Basic - Klezmer Workshops for beginners
05.07.2008 (Saturday)
Concerts:
- Shalom on Szeroka Street, among others: The Ark: Cyclical Rituals (part 1): Spring
Lectures, workshops and other events:
- Meeting with Prof. Shevah Weiss (Israel) and presentation of "Among nations"
- Process B-7815 by Bernard Offen and meeting with director
06.07.2008 (Sunday)
Concerts:
- Leopold Kozlowski and Friends
Lectures, workshops and other events:
- In the Footsteps of Balaban, a walk around Jewish Kazimierz
- Chris Schwarz in Memoriam
- Meeting with Konstanty Gebert and presentation of his book A Place in the Sun. Wars of Israel
Source:
www.jewishfestival.pl
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