Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwór St., 31-052 Kraków Tel

ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM FOR THE JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL 2021 Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwór St., 31-052 Kraków Tel. 12 421 68 42, www.galiciajewishmuseum.org

FRIDAY, JUNE 25th, 2021

16.00 The Republic of Laughter. Jewish Caricature and Its Creators in Independent Poland Lecture by Dr. Agnieszka Żółkiewska Online event (Zoom), with an online Facebook broadcast PL Free admission

Hundreds of satirical drawings from the Jewish press in pre-war Poland have survived until today. For many years, they had entertaining functions for those who loved Jewish humor and satire; however today, they are an important historical source, which can tell us much more about the past than other traditional sources. The author of the first bilingual album which presents satirical drawings and texts from the Jewish press published in Poland from 1919 until 1939, Dr. Agnieszka Żółkiewska, will conduct a lecture on this unique and still largely unknown field of works.

This event is organized in cooperation with the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.

19.00 Kabbalat Shabbat. Progressive Shabbat service The religious service will be led by Cantor Rivka Foremniak (PL) On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum, with an online ZOOM broadcast PL, EN, HEB Free admission, registration required: [email protected] Organised by Or Hadasz – The Progressive Jewish Community of Krakow

SATURDAY, JUNE 26th, 2021

13.00 In the Footsteps of Jewish Artists of Krakow Guided theme tour by Agnieszka Szafraniec Starting point: Corner of Planty and Mikołajska St. PL Tickets: 10 PLN, space is limited, reservations: [email protected]

The Jewish Culture Festival is all about Jewish artists: this is why we would like to invite you on an original guided tour in the footsteps of Jewish artists. During the two hour tour through the streets of Krakow’s Old Town, you will get to know prominent personas related to Krakow, who lived, worked, created, and were inspired by this city. It is impossible to mention them all, therefore let this event be an introduction to further personal research and an encouragement to raise your interest in this topic. This is an original guided tour created by Agnieszka Szafraniec (“Renaissance” Association, The Federation of Associations of Tour Guides in Krakow), a licenced tour guide in Krakow.

17.00 An adventure for absolutely everyone! Meeting with Julia Konieczna and Mary Besemeres Online event (Zoom) with an online Facebook broadcast PL Free admission

Julia Konieczna, an illustrator from Warsaw, and Mary Besemeres, a literary scholar from the Australian National University, will talk about the creation of the newly illustrated edition of “The Adventures of Sindbad the Seafarer,” by Bolesław Leśmian, in its first and only translation into English. "The Adventures'' is a strange, wonderful, and completely original version of the story from the 1913 Warsaw based publication, “Tales of 1001 Nights” by Bolesław Leśmian, an outstanding Polish poet of Jewish origin. The challenges that the authors will tell you about include translating a writer deemed 'untranslatable,’ creating images for a world of unlimited imagination, and the magic of a culture in times of sudden change.

“Sindbad’s adventures are so entertaining and Leśmian’s voice so unique, that ever since I first read the book in Polish, I’ve wanted to share these adventures with readers of English. Leśmian conjures up such an aura of mystery about the sea and far-off places. That aura captivated me as a child, and still does today. It is beautifully captured by Julia’s illustrations, which are delicate and dreamlike, as well as humorous and highly inventive.” Mary Besemeres, in an interview for Culture.pl

20.00 Theater performance: “True Story” Original project by Anna Rakowska and Andrzej Rozmus On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Tickets: 30/40 PLN

This is a true story about two people: Rena Kornreich, an orthodox Jewish woman, and Andrzej Garbera, a Lemko. Their mutual feelings united them, but these feelings couldn’t have been fulfilled. They were born in Tylicz. This is where they spent their childhood, grew up, attended school, and fell in love. Because of their different religions, they had to keep their relationship a secret. Then, they were torn apart by the war. They faced difficult choices: what can one do in the face of equivalent values? Can the love of two people be above religious law? Above divisions and prohibitions? Can one reject love and live with this? Is it still love? These are the dilemmas of the characters in the theater performance, “True Story.” The performance depicts the societal reality of Tylicz in southeastern Poland, right before the outbreak of war, when this part of Lesser Poland was inhabited by Poles, Jews, and Lemkos. This was the last time that these three ethnic groups would live together in Tylicz: Jews before the Holocaust and Lemkos before Operation Vistula. Live music is the third “actor” in this performance. The music tells the story of two lovers, bringing back the atmosphere of pre-war Tylicz by recalling motifs from Jewish and Mountaineer melodies that invoke the memories of the characters, and is part of building the overall narrative. Performed by: Anna Rakowska (as Rena Kornreich), Andrzej Rozmus (as Andrzej Garbera), and Jakub Gucik (live music). Duration: 60 minutes

SUNDAY, JUNE 27th, 2021

12.00 Preserving Memory Awards Ceremony: Presentation of Diplomas to Poles Protecting Jewish Heritage Online event (Zoom) with an online Facebook broadcast PL, translation into EN Free admission

Since the establishment of this unique award on the initiative of Michael H. Traison in 1998, over 270 non-Jewish Poles have been recognized in 23 ceremonies honoring Righteous Poles working to preserve Jewish memory in Poland. This is an effort to recognize the selfless work of dedicated people who are often working alone, on their own initiative, to ensure that Poland’s Jewish heritage will be remembered. Their heroic stories are a testament to their selfless devotion.

Organized by: Michael H. Traison Fund for Poland, Galicia Jewish Museum, Embassy of Israel in Warsaw, Emile Karafiol Z”L, Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, World Jewish Congress

13.00 Kazimierz for Beginners Guided theme tour with Bartosz Wencel Starting point: Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwór St. PL Tickets: 10 PLN, space is limited, reservations: [email protected]

Szeroka Street, Miodowa Street, Plac Nowy – everyone visiting Kazimierz goes to these places and learns the history of the now hip district, which used to be a separate town from Krakow. But is Kazimierz just these places, where Jewish life was once thriving? Were synagogues only located in the area known as the Jewish district? We would like to invite you on a guided tour through the Kazimierz of rabbis, Hassidim, thinkers, journalists, servants, doctors, and athletes. We would like to invite you on a guided tour through the Kazimierz of religious and educational revolutions, the Kazimierz of ordinary and extraordinary inhabitants, and the Kazimierz which goes far beyond the universally known, so-called Jewish Town.

13.30 Helena Rubinstein. The Empress of Beauty from Szeroka Street Lecture by Danielle Spera (Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna) On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum, with an online Facebook broadcast EN, translation into PL

In 2018, the Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna opened an exhibition devoted to Helena Rubinstein, the creator of one of the largest cosmetic empires in the world. Born in Krakow's district of Kazimierz, she made a worldwide career in cosmetics. Rubinstein was a friend and professional partner of many, like Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso. Earlier, however, when she was only 16, she fled her home, escaping an arranged marriage. From Szeroka St. in Kazimierz, she managed to reach faraway Australia, and then Paris, London, and New York.

The lecture about the exhibition and the unusual story of Helena Rubinstein will be conducted by Danielle Spear, the director of the Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna.

This event is organized in cooperation and with the support of the Consulate of Austria in Krakow

14.00 Guided tour through the permanent exhibition “Traces of Memory” On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Free admission

The permanent exhibition of the Galicia Jewish Museum, “Traces of Memory” (updated in 2016), contains a variety of themes, motifs, and threads related to Polish-Jewish history and heritage. It also depicts many perspectives and an almost infinite range of possible interpretations. We would like to invite you to dive into the concept of this exhibition, to slowly and carefully explore “Traces of Memory,” and to discuss these important, and sometimes very difficult, subjects with us.

15.00 Sweet Home Sweet: A Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns Meeting with the curators of the exhibition dedicated to Richard Ores and his family: Adam Schorin (curator, writer), Monika Bielak (curator and exhibition designer), and Tomasz Strug (curator, Deputy Director of the Galicia Jewish Museum) On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum with an online Facebook broadcast PL, translation into EN Free admission

In August 2021, a new temporary exhibition will open at the Galicia Jewish Museum: “Sweet Home Sweet: A Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns.” The exhibition will tell the story of Richard Ores, his family, and their relationship to Poland over nearly a century. Richard was born to a Jewish family in the center of Kraków—he was 15 when the war broke out. He survived and spent most of the rest of his life in the United States. Even though he lived there for more than fifty years, he continued to feel deeply connected to Poland and made dozens of trips back to his hometown, often bringing his family with him. His photographs and videos—from his childhood, the ghetto, postwar life, and many returns—illustrate this complicated relationship. In a zoom conversation, the exhibition’s curators will discuss the work on the exhibition and their search for ways to go beyond the typical narratives about Holocaust survivors often rooted in juxtaposing horrors of the war, with the nostalgia of pre-war Jewish life in Poland.

16.00 The Szancers – A Family History Meeting with Elizabeth Szancer. Led by: Jakub Nowakowski Online event (ZOOM) EN Free admission

In this meeting with Elizabeth Szancer, a cousin of Jan Marcin Szancer, she will speak about her family's history and complicated issues regarding memory and identity.

This is an accompanying event to the exhibition “Szancer, Imagine That!”

15.00 Every day magic! Workshop for children with Julia Konieczna Event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Free admission. Reservations required: [email protected]

This artistic workshop is part of the project for creating a new, illustrated edition of Bolesław Leśmian's fairy tale, “The Adventures of Sindbad the Seafarer”. It is a strange, wonderful, and completely original version of the story from “Fairy Tale 1001 Nights,” by Bolesław Leśmian, an outstanding Polish poet of Jewish origin. The title hero, Sindbad, leaves the comforts of his family’s palace at the urging of a friend and enemy, the Sea Devil, to embark on a journey between magical lands and meet bizarre creatures and enchanted princesses. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the work of a great writer and exercise their imagination. They will look for ‘sense in nonsense,’ starting with abstract pieces of paper to finally create their own puppet character from Leśmian's fairy tale. Fragments of fairy tales will be read with the voice of Katarzyna Grochola and include music. The resulting 'Creatures' will be able to become part of the event, in the online gallery of 'underwater creators' at www.mynameissindbad.com and on social media.

18.00 Chris Schwarz Memorial Lecture: The Long Shadow of the Past On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum, with an online Facebook broadcast EN, translation into PL The experience of the Holocaust did not only affect the generation of its victims and few survivors; the experience of the genocide has also affected the survivors’ descendents. The generations born after the Second World War have also been traumatized, even if they were born far away from the sites of the war and the Holocaust. During this event, Michelle Ores, Agnieszka (Agi) Legutko, and Edyta Gawron will talk about the ways in which the lives of the second and third generations of survivors have been affected by the past, drawing on their own personal experiences and scholarship on intergenerational trauma. Did they talk about the Holocaust at home with their parents, grandparents, or other relatives? Did they go back to the sites of the pre-war era and the sites of wartime Jewish life? Has their family history affected their life and professional decisions? How do they view the significance of education and commemoration of the past? And – last but not least – is it possible for Poles and Jews (Polish Jews can be included in both groups) to leave the long shadow of the past behind and build new relations without forgetting the past? This event is related to the forthcoming exhibition at Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow: ”Sweet Home Sweet. The Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns.”

19.00 Inaugural film screening The Space of an Image: A Series of Films on Jewish Themes (7th edition) On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum „The End of Love” dir. Keren Ben Rafael, France, Israel, 2019, 90min FR, HEB, subtitles: PL Julie and Yuval live in Paris, are in love and have just had a baby. When Yuval needs to return to Israel to renew his visa, they start sharing their family routine via video call. Watching each other obsessively through a screen, however, begins to take its toll on their relationship. Will their love survive the perils of this new form of “interaction”?

MONDAY, JUNE 28th, 2021

11.00 The International Locomotive Multilingual workshop for children with the Galicia Jewish Museum volunteers and interns On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL, EN, DE, FR, RU Free admission. Reservations: [email protected]

We would like to invite you to the creative workshops based on the classic children’s poem by Julian Tuwim titled “The Locomotive” – in Polish and translated to other languages. When our imagination runs wild faster and faster, just like the locomotive from Tuwim’s poem, we will try our best to find the answers to important questions, like: “Wagons like these – another forty remain, Not even I could tell you what they contain.” While we do know exactly who and what is inside the first ten wagons, what could we find in the others? Together, we will draw what the wagons may contain, the ones Tuwim did not describe, and we will also record an excerpt from “The Locomotive,” interpreted by the participants of this workshop.

13.00 Guided tour through the exhibition “10 Polish Cities—10 Jewish Stories” On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Free admission

We would like to invite you on a guided tour of the exhibition “10 Polish Cities—10 Jewish Stories,” which is the second permanent exhibition located at the Galicia Jewish Museum in the Taube Family Gallery. The exhibition was created in cooperation with Centropa, one of the chief partners of the Galicia Jewish Museum. This exhibition is based on the personal stories and family photographs of ten Polish Jews who recall how they grew up in pre-war Poland, how they survived the Shoah, and what their post-war fates were. The authors intentionally give the voice to the people of the exhibition, adding only explanations that are necessary to understand their specific stories. This makes the individuals' experiences of the 20th century fully heard, so that their personal stories are not lost among dates and numbers.

15.00 “Does Music Have the Charm to Soothe the Savage Beast? On Musical Compositions That Ignited Chanukah Celebrations in Pre-War Krakow” Lecture by Dr. Sylwia Jakubczyk-Ślęczka Online event (Zoom) PL Free admission

It is November 28th 1937. The Kupa Synagogue in Krakow is again full of music, performed by the once employed Krakow favorite, Cantor Eliezer Goldberg. Crowds are gathering inside. Because of its popularity, the concert is performed twice. The first time. The second time. The press announces that there is the revival of the Leizer Chanukah Musical tradition. Fans of Goldberg are cheering. The atmosphere, however, is disturbed by a lawsuit which is filed by the cantor’s daughter and heir, Salomea Sarah Goldberg, against the Jewish congregation and performers of her father’s works. How did this music sound? Who was Eliezer Goldberg? Let’s find out.

This event is organized in cooperation with the Centre for the Study on the History and Culture of Kraków's Jews of the Jagiellonian University.

18.00 Between a Monument and a Product. The Processes of Commemoration and Commercialization of Post-Jewish Spaces This discussion is part of the project “(In)separable. Difficult Subjects in Polish-Jewish Relations,” 2021 edition. Dr. Natalia Romik, Dr. Edyta Gawron, Wojciech Wilczyk Led by: Kazimiera Szczuka On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum, with an online Facebook broadcast PL, translation into EN Free admission

The historic Jewish districts, streets, and areas around former synagogues – former “Jewish spaces” – are adapted, modified, and, above all, redefined. To what extent have they been accustomed to the local community? What are they becoming now? Are they functioning as memorial sites that encourage reflection? Or maybe they are being smoothed over and beautifully packaged into products of tourism? To what extent have they retained their authenticity or have they been changed into theme parks? Or perhaps, have they been deprived of their Jewishness altogether and changed beyond recognition, where they have become places “without history”? Organized by: Galicia Jewish Museum, Evens Foundation, Koret Foundation Partner: Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow Media patrons: Gazeta Wyborcza, Radio Kraków, Chidusz, New Eastern Europe

19.00 The Space of an Image: A Series of Films on Jewish Themes (7th edition) On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum „The Real Fauda” dir. Oren Rosenfeld, Izrael 2018, 53' HEB, ENG, subtitles:PL

We go behind the scenes of 'Fauda' ('Chaos') to find out why this Israeli TV thriller is such a hit in Arab countries. How real is it in showing the world of Israeli Special Forces and Palestinian militants? Can a drama help bring real life enemies together?

“The Making of Król” dir. Canal+, Poland, 2020, 55 minutes PL

“Król” (“The King of Warsaw”) is a television series with great actors, amazing set design, costumes, and makeup. It was created on a grand scale, based on the famous novel by Szczepan Twardoch. The production of this series was a huge challenge, yet it was also a fascinating journey for the team of several hundred people, which lasted for a few years. The film “The Making of Król” shows the work behind the scenes of this fascinating process.

TUESDAY, JUNE 29th, 2021

11.00 Guided tour through the exhibition “Szancer, Imagine That!” On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Free admission, space is limited, reservations: [email protected]

We would like to invite you on a guided tour to the colorful world created by the distinguished Polish-Jewish illustrator, Jan Marcin Szancer, whose works have raised generations of children and teenagers! Apart from a few original works and reproductions of several dozen of the most important and most beautiful works among the thousands of Szancer’s illustrations, the exhibition also includes installations, which allow the visitors to feel as if they were heroes in a fairytale based on the most important events from the artist’s life, and to exercise their imagination.

12.00 PL, 13.00 EN, 14.00 DE Guided tour through the exhibition “Public Order and Extermination” On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL, EN, DE Free admission

We would like to invite you on a guided tour of the exhibition “Public Order and Extermination.” This exhibition was created by the German Police University in Münster (DHPol Münster). It explores the role of the German Police after the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler until the fall of the Third Reich. The following parts of the exhibition are devoted to the development of police structures, the profiles of people responsible for the functioning of the police, and the operations of the German police apparatus on the eve of, and during, the Second World War.

15.00 Brick Burning and Bread Baking: Jews in the Economy of 19th Century Krakow Lecture by Dr. Przemysław Zarubin Online event (Zoom) PL Free admission

We commonly refer to the nineteenth century as the "age of steam," due to the large-scale use of the steam engine, which contributed to the emergence and development of cities and entire countries. Fire was the second element, next to water, that allowed machines to be driven. In the 19th century, Krakow also entered a long and winding road

of industrialization. The evidence of this industrialization could be seen in numerous bakeries, brickyards, and steam mills established in the city and its surrounding areas. There were also Jews among the owners of these places and we will look at their activities during this lecture.

This event is organized in cooperation with the Study on the History and Culture of Kraków's Jews of the Jagiellonian University

16.00 Absent Yet Present in Jewish Krakow On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum, with an online Facebook broadcast EN, translation into PL Free admission

Follow in the footsteps of the Jews of Kazimierz into a world that is no more...Doron Shach will be leading the event that will take us into this world. Shach is an Israeli lecturer, tour guide at Yad Vashem, and a guide for tour groups visiting Poland over the past several years. For years, Shach has been exploring Kazimierz, roaming its streets, familiarizing himself with its paths and byways, and discovering its history. During the many tours that he has led here, the city has revealed hidden and unconcealed remnants from Kazimierz's extraordinary Jewish past; a world that disappeared, vanishing completely by the end of the war.

Shach felt compelled to document and share these markers that remain of the vibrant Jewish presence in the city. He created a unique guidebook that will have its Polish premiere at the Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków, Poland during a meeting that will be led by Jakub Nowakowski. Nowakowski is the director of the Galicia Jewish Museum, who was born and raised in Kazimierz.

17.30 Under Pressure. What Is Said about the Shoah by Those Whose Voice We Are Taking Away Meeting with the author of the book, Tomasz Żukowski. Led by: Paulina Małochleb On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum, with an online Facebook broadcast PL Free admission

It is difficult to speak about the Shoah in Poland, although everything that we have found out about it in the last 20 years forces us to ask questions about the role of Poles in the genocide. Żukowski uncovers the unwritten rules for the narrative of the Second World War and the Holocaust. He discusses what these rules are and how they are executed. How are these rules thought of by those who know them and how do those who would like to circumvent them deal with them? What can be said under pressure? Everyone has had to deal with this pressure from one side

or another. The book describes the struggles with this topic with regards to famous and well-known Polish authors, like Baczyński, Miłosz, Broniewski, Rudnicki, Szymborska, and Różewicz. The book also includes authors which we are only beginning to discover things about, such as Władysław Szlengel and Calek Perechodnik. The stories of their struggle with the subject can become an impulse for reflection and change. If we want to change things and turn our disputes over the war onto a rational track, we first need to understand what is actually going on with our story about the past.

Tomasz Żukowski is an historian of literature. He works at the Institute for Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He deals with problems of public discourse in Poland. He is interested in the functions of the imagery of Jews and their role in defining Polish identity, as well as narratives about the Polish People's Republic and communism after 1989. He is the co-author of the volume “The Shoah in Zofia Nałkowska’s Medallions. Text and Contexts,” as well as “Philosemitic Violence. New Polish Narratives About Jews After 2000.”

Partner: Wielka Litera Publishing House

This event is part of the “Galicia. Here You Read” project. The project was financed by the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport of the Republic of Poland from the Fund for Promoting Culture.

18.00 In the Claws of Memory Meeting with Yishai Sarid, author of the book “The Memory Monster.” Led by: Daniel Gleichgewicht Online event EN Free admission

Can Israel and Poland break free of the memory monster's claws? Israeli writer Yishai Sarid, Jerzy Wójcik (tour guide at Auschwitz), and Daniel Gleichgewicht, editor of "New Eastern Europe," will talk about the contemporary dynamics of Polish-Israeli relations, the diversity of experiences, and the strength of new generations. Yishai Sarid is one of the most popular contemporary Israeli writers and a lawyer. He is the author of the novel "The Memory Monster" (2021), a fictitious report by an Israeli guide of Holocaust sites.

This event is organized in cooperation with the New Eastern Europe

19.00 The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes (7th edition) On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum “Złota Street” dir. Tomasz Knittel, Poland 2019, 84 min, documentary Pl, subtitles: EN Free admission

The tenement house in Złota is a part of the only preserved fragment of the Jewish Ghetto Wall in Warsaw. The building was inherited from Jewish ancestors and repossessed during the reprivatization. 35-year old Krzysztof and his wife Ida take care of this building. He is a grandson of the owner of this house from before the war - a surviver from the Holocaust. Their lives, dreams, unfulfilled plans and ideas mix with the life of other tenants. Among them are 94-year old Czeslaw, a retired accountant, Sułtan from Afghanistan, Inna from Ukraine and Fadi from Syria - a war refugee. They are all entangled in a political conflict about reprivatization in the heart of Warsaw. “Złota” is a story about looking for your own place to live in the contemporary world. It is a painful study of a relationship in the critical moment of identity crisis.

20.00 Claims Conference. From an unmet need for justice to a global impact on Holocaust education. Online event (Zoom) with an online Facebook broadcast EN

The Claims Conference is a global, non-profit organization committed to providing a small measure of justice to Holocaust Survivors. Since its founding in 1951, the Claims Conference has secured more than $70 billion from the German government in indemnification for Holocaust survivors. Founders of the Claims Conference identified an unmet need for justice and took action on behalf of Holocaust survivors. With no legal precedent, the founders of the Claims Conference pursued moral claims with determination and relentless commitment that changed international law – and the world with it. Every year, the Claims Conference is also distributing millions of dollars through the Research, Education, and Documentation funds, contributing towards international efforts of educators, film directors and museums to preserve the memory of the Holocaust. In 2020, Claims Conference conducted a unique program - a series of conversations about Holocaust Education with the participation of a wide range of experts from all over the world. During this exclusive meeting, the President of the Claims Conference, Mr. Gideon Taylor will share findings and conclusions from these conversations, offering a unique insight into how Holocaust Education looks globally, and discussing challenges and problems of today and of tomorrow.

The discussion will be led by Jakub Nowakowski, Director of the Galicia Jewish Museum.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30th, 2021

10.00 Kazimierz - Past and Present - Virtual Walk Through the Jewish District Online event (ZOOM) HEB Free admission

Kazimierz - the historic Jewish quarter of Kraków and contemporary epicenter of Jewish life - is a particular place, where the past intertwines with the future. Visible traces of previous historical periods are adjacent to the contemporary places of religious, cultural, and social life. This neighborhood of history and modernity often creates new meanings and builds a unique atmosphere. During the virtual tour, participants will not only see synagogues and the Jewish Cemetery, but will also have the chance to see other aspects of the former and present-day Kazimierz.

11.00 Guided tour through the exhibition “Szancer, Imagine That!” On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Free admission, space is limited, reservations: [email protected]

We would like to invite you on a guided tour to the colorful world created by the distinguished Polish-Jewish illustrator, Jan Marcin Szancer, whose works have raised generations of children and teenagers! Apart from a few original works and reproductions of several dozen of the most important and most beautiful works among the thousands of Szancer’s illustrations, the exhibition also includes installations which allow the visitors to feel as if they were heroes in a fairytale based on the most important events from the artist’s life and to exercise their imagination.

13.00 The reminders of the city Guided tour with Doron Shach Starting point: Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwór St. EN, translation into PL Free admission, space is limited, reservations: [email protected]

The reminders of the city's Jewish past seem to reawaken Kazimierz as it once was: its streets and courtyards, houses of study and houses of prayer, alongside its businesses and cultural institutions, and different groups of Jews who lived next to one another, each with its own distinct spiritual and cultural character. This tour will reveal remaining

traces of the once vibrant Jewish presence, allowing us to experience fragments of the historic beauty and grandeur of Kazimierz. This special tour will be led by Doron Shach, lecturer and tour guide at Yad Vashem, offering a possibility of learning how the history of Jewish Kraków is presented in the Israeli narrative. The tour will start at the Galicia Jewish Museum and will conclude in the Podgórze area.

14.00 The Flame of Memory: New Jewish Museums in the World. The Lost Shtetl - meeting with Sergey Kanovich. Led by Jakub Nowakowski Online event (ZOOM), with an online FB broadcast EN, translation into PL Free admission

The Lost Shtetl is a unique Lithuanian Jewish Culture and Heritage project carried out by the Šeduva Jewish Memorial Fund since 2012. The project aims to commemorate the historical legacy of Lithuanian Jewry, which includes the restoration of the old Jewish cemetery of Šeduva, the maintenance of three mass murder sites of the Jews of Šeduva, and the creation of The Lost Shtetl Museum: A Museum of the History of Šeduva Jews. While the opening of The Lost Shtetl Museum is planned for 2023, the project is already arousing great interest and it is considered to be one of the most important new museum projects on an European scale. Located within the boundaries of the Lost Shtetl memorial complex across the road from the restored Jewish cemetery in Šeduva, the museum will teach visitors about the history and culture of Šeduva and similar Lithuanian Jewish shtetls. In this online meeting, Sergey Kanovich will be talking about the project’s history, its current development, and the future of The Lost Shtetl Museum. Kanovich is a Vilnius born poet and essayist, founder of the Šeduva Jewish Memorial Fund, and the originator of the idea for The Lost Shtetl Museum.

15.00 Fiery Discussions: Jews and Non-Jews in the City Council of Krakow in the 19th Century Lecture by: Dr. Hanna Kozińska-Witt (PL) Online event (Zoom) PL Free admission

This meeting will focus on the latest book by Hanna Kozińska-Witt, titled “Politicians or Claqueurs? Jews in the Krakow City Council in the 19th Century.” The author will discuss the participation of Jews in the Krakow City Council during the Galician period. Why is this phenomenon worth a broader, monographic study? Who were the Jewish city council members and what matters were within the scope of their interest and intervention? And finally: were they effective? To what extent have their interventions been accounted for and been successful?

This event is organized in cooperation with the Study on the History and Culture of Kraków's Jews of the Jagiellonian University

16.00 Next Year in Kraków – a photo dialogue Meeting with Paul Schneller Online event (Zoom) EN Free admission

For several years, photographer Paul Schneller has been visiting Krakow regularly, immersing himself in local Jewish life. In connection with Schneller’s exhibition, recently opened by the Galicia Jewish Museum, and his forthcoming book “Next Year in Kraków,” the artist will discuss his experience of photographing the Jewish life in the city and his own journey of discovering Jewish heritage.

17.30 Czarne in Galicia: Rafał Hetman, “Izbica, Izbica” Led by: Monika Ochędowska Online event (Zoom) PL Free admission

It only took one thousand forty-nine days for the former inhabitants of a Jewish town near Lublin to leave only a cemetery torn down by gold prospectors, a synagogue turned into a chalet, plundered houses, and twenty-three survivors, none of whom wanted to stay there. Today, there are even fewer remnants of Izbica's war fate: a glass- case in a school, two wooden sukkahs, a neglected Jewish cemetery, and scraps of whispered stories. How can we speak out loud about those who passed away in front of our eyes and often with our consent? Rafał Hetman unearths from oblivion the characters and fates of a story, which subsequent generations have stubbornly kept silent about, and describes contemporary Izbica, reflecting it in the mirror of its war history. As a result, he makes the fate of the small, sleepy Izbica become a universal story about Polish history. Hetman also writes about the traps of human memory and the consequences of silence; because it is the silent, untold stories that tell us the most about ourselves.

Rafał Hetman (born 1987) is a reporter. He has been published in “Gazeta Wyborcza,” “Tygodnik Powszechny,” and “Chidusz” magazine. He was the finalist of the Ryszard Kapuściński Scholarship Competition. He writes and promotes non-fiction literature on social media.

18.00 More than a guidebook. Meeting with Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Free admission

During the meeting, the Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning (Centrum Taubego na Rzecz Życia i Edukacji Żydowskiej) will present its publishing program and publications. The editorial team is composed of the Foundation’s employees working in cooperation with renowned authors specializing in Jewish historiography and culture. Apart from the flagship publication titled “1,000 Years of Jewish Life in Poland. A Timeline,” the books are available now only in English, but the Foundation plans to also publish them in Polish in the future. These publications offer a wider approach than standard guides, going beyond the usual patterns of presenting just the most worthwhile places to visit in a given city and delve deeper into the history of the local Jewish communities that lived and continue to live in these urban centers.

We will talk about the team's motivations, about the narratives included, and how important microhistory and the context of the described events and biographies are for understanding the holistic and overall image of Polish best known cities. We will talk about the queries conducted, cooperation with the authors, scholars, and Jewish institutions from Poland and abroad. We will also reflect on the issue of questions raised, changing needs and expectations of Polish Jews and Jews who travel to Poland from publications retelling the stories of Polish Jewish urban communities.

This year, the Foundation has published a new and enlarged edition of a guide to the Polish capital city, the “Field Guide to Jewish Warsaw.” Soon, second and also expanded editions of field guides to Jewish Łódź and Kraków will follow. A field guide to Jewish Lublin is in preparation and is scheduled to be published in the second half of 2021. For 2022, guides about Wrocław and Częstochowa are planned. The fourth, revised and significantly expanded, supplemented with new imagery and corresponding maps, edition of the Taube's flagship publication "1,000 Years of Jewish Life in Poland: A Timeline" was released by the end of 2020 in four language versions: Polish, Hebrew, German, and English.

18.30 “10 Polish Cities—10 Jewish Stories” Virtual tour of the exhibition with its curator, Edward Serotta Online event (ZOOM) with an online Facebook broadcast EN Free admission

"This exhibition is not about the 20th century – it is about what the 20th century did to the people you are about to meet." The exhibition is based on materials gathered as part of a broad, oral history project, led by Centropa from 2000 until 2009 in fifteen different countries. The texts of this exhibition are mostly created from quotes, taken from excerpts of interviews with the exhibition’s leading figures. The authors intentionally give the voice to the people of the exhibition, adding only explanations that are necessary to understand their specific stories. This makes the individuals' experiences of the 20th century fully heard, so that their personal stories are not lost among dates and numbers. During this unique guided tour, Edward Serotta, head of Centropa and the curator of the exhibition, will discuss new concepts in storytelling and Centropa's approach to oral history.

19.00 The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes (7th edition) On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum ARMY OF LOVERS IN THE HOLY LAND (BEERETZ HAKODESH) dir. Asaf Galay, Israel 2018, 61 min EN, HEB, SE, subtitles: PL, EN

Their disco hits “Crucified” and “Obsession” left their mark on 1990s European pop music; their garish, kitschy, shrill music videos have never been forgotten. The Swedish band Army of Lovers combined the glamour and sexual permissiveness of drag and gay culture with elements of Jewish culture, rising to become international pop stars almost three decades ago. It is much less widely known that Jean-Pierre Barda, the band’s Jewish singer originally from Algeria, decided to emigrate to Israel in 2015. Filmmaker Asaf Galay accompanies the band through turbulent times full of amusing-absurd moments, from its beginnings in Stockholm’s gay scene to its path to fame to Jean- Pierre’s aliyah, his emotional quest for himself, and his new life in Tel Aviv.

THURSDAY, JULY 1st, 2021

11.00 Guided tour through the exhibition “Szancer, Imagine That!” On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Free admission, space is limited, reservations: [email protected]

We would like to invite you on a guided tour to the colorful world created by the distinguished Polish-Jewish illustrator, Jan Marcin Szancer, whose works have raised generations of children and teenagers! Apart from a few original works and reproductions of several dozen of the most important and most beautiful works among the thousands of Szancer’s illustrations, the exhibition also includes installations which allow the visitors to feel as if they were heroes in a fairytale based on the most important events from the artist’s life and to exercise their imagination.

13.00 Guided tour through the exhibition “10 Polish Cities—10 Jewish Stories” Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwór St. EN, DE Free admission

“10 Polish Cities—10 Jewish Stories” is the second permanent exhibition presented at the Galicia Jewish Museum in the Taube Family Gallery. The exhibition was created in cooperation with Centropa, one of the chief partners of the Galicia Jewish Museum. This exhibition is based on the personal stories and family photographs of ten Polish Jews.

The authors intentionally give the voice to the people of the exhibition, adding only explanations that are necessary to understand their specific stories. This makes the individuals' experiences of the 20th century fully heard, so that their personal stories are not lost among dates and numbers.

13.00 All the Women of Kazimierz Guided tour with Anna Maria Baryła Starting point: Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwór St. PL Admission: free donations

Jewish Kazimierz would not exist without women, there is no doubt about that! Over the centuries, they carried the task of passing on Jewish identity and culture to future generations on their shoulders. They cultivated traditions,

while often also being the driving force behind changes and the force introducing new solutions into the Jewish world. Come with us for an extraordinary walk around Krakow's Kazimierz to learn about the stories of inspiring and strong Jewish women, who forever have become a part of the history of this district. Some of them were successful in the world of big business, others were engaged in maintaining the home and supporting the family, while others changed the traditions that had been in place for hundreds of years. Each of them was unique. During the trip through Kazimierz, we will talk about how important rituals are in the lives of Jewish women and how certain customs and rules shape their everyday life. We will also discuss popular film and TV productions. We will ask ourselves whether the stories from different Netflix series are true and how does all of this relate to the lives of Jewish women in Poland today?

This event is organized in cooperation with Walkative!

15.00 Theodor Herzl in the Eyes of Israeli Visual Artists Lecture by Dr. Batya Brutin (Beit Berl Academic College, Bar Ilan University) Online event (ZOOM) EN Free admission

Known as the"Visionary of the Jewish State" and an important figure of the Jewish past, Theodor Herzl has fascinated the imagination and interest of Israeli visual artists over the years. This lecture will discuss Herzl's portrayal as a visual icon through which artists refer to his vision of a Jewish state - particularly, the ideological level he represents. The image of Herzl is used in contemporary Israeli politics, examining the Zionist vision versus the Israeli reality.

Dr. Batya Brutin is an art historian, researcher, and art curator of the periods during and after the Holocaust and Holocaust monuments in Israel and throughout the world. Dr. Brutin has published academic books, essays, and educational materials on these subjects as well.

The event is co-organized with The Herzl-Thon Center for Israel Studies and Polish-Israeli Relations in Krakow.

16.00 The Flame of Memory: New Jewish Museum in the World. Meeting with Dr. Orit Shaham-Gover, Chief Curator of the ANU – Museum of the Jewish People. Led by: Jakub Nowakowski, Director of the Galicia Jewish Museum Online event (Zoom) with an online Facebook broadcast EN, translation into PL

After ten years of planning and construction, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People, the largest Jewish museum in the world, opened its doors in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2021. Visitors are invited to join a fascinating journey that portrays the story of the Jewish people throughout generations and up to the present day. The Museum represents all parts of the Jewish people and highlights the creative works and cultural riches of a variety of communities in different periods of time. The origins of the creation of this fascinating project, its mission and goals, as well as fragments of the core exhibition, will be described and presented by Orit Shaham-Gover, the museum’s Chief Curator.

17.30 Czarne in Galicia: Konstanty Usenko “Middle Volga Wave Charts” Led by: Jan Bińczycki On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum with an online Facebook broadcast PL Free admission

Volga – it can be described as the mysterious blue route of unhurried traffic. It runs from wooden Eastern Orthodox churches through the meanders of mosquito backwaters, Russian cities and towns, sacred forests, and the remains of Volga-Kama Bulghar to chalk white buildings, cliffs and ravines, rotten harbors, and large Soviet hydroelectric plants. Tatar huts and apiaries lie on one bank, while development tenement houses lie on the other. Kazan, Samara, Yoshkar-Ola, Naberezhnye Chelny ... This is where the end of Europe really is. Dozens of cultures, histories, and beliefs mingle in the Volga melting pot.

Konstanty Usenko, whose roots go back to Kozmodemyansk in the autonomous Republic of Mari El, takes us on a journey to the periphery of Europe without abandoning his musical fascinations. The rhythm of the march is determined by ancient pentatonic melodies mixed with electronic Soviet industrial and the magical journey to the source is accompanied by the atmosphere of a daydream.

Middle Volga Wave Charts is a bravura example of punk ethnography and a confession of faith by a new wave artist trying to piece together his nomadic identity.

This event is part of the “Galicia. Here You Read” project.The project was financed by the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport of the Republic of Poland from the Fund for Promoting Culture.

18.00 Next Year in Kraków (?) Exhibition of photographs by Paul Schneller Fendler Gallery, courtyard between Józefa 12 and Meiselsa 19 PL, EN Free admission

Paul Schneller is a Swiss photographer who within the last several years has been regularly travelling to Krakow to document the Jewish life in the city. He has spent most of his time in Kazimierz, the historic Jewish quarter of Krakow, which is also its epicenter of contemporary Jewish life and culture, especially during the summer months and the period of the Festival of Jewish Culture. For the residents of Kazimierz and those who dwell here, Schneller has become a familiar and friendly face, a foreign insider sincerely interested in all things Jewish. While investigating his own past and Jewish heritage, Schneller’s lens was able to capture the search for the fragile equilibrium of the Jewish and Non-Jewish, of the private and public, of the past and the future; all being elements of the unique processes of revival and the search for identity taking place in Kraków in the long decades following the near total destruction of Jewish life in Poland during the Holocaust. In 2021, Schneller’s long-term project will be published in a book titled Next Year in Kraków. The publication of the book was postponed, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This situation also impacted the exhibition, which was originally planned to open in summer 2020. The pandemic also added a question mark to its title. Although it was placed in parentheses, it signifies that what seems certain and obvious to us does not always have to be so.

19.00 The Space of an Image. A Series of Films on Jewish Themes (7th edition) On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum Screening of a film “Krakow and the Orient: Walking Through Multicultural Krakow” and a meeting with Adam Balcer, originator of the concept for the project

“Krakow and the Orient: Walking Through Multicultural Krakow” focuses on the theme of historical and cultural relations of Krakow with the world of Islam, as well as the connection between Krakow’s Jewish community and Muslims. The film was created as part of a grant from the City Council of Krakow and was produced by the College of Eastern Europe.

Adam Balcer is the programming director of the Jan Nowak Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe. He is a lecturer at the Centre for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw. He leads the historical podcast “Babel Rzeczpospolita Multi Kulti” at TOK FM. He is the author of three books, numerous reports, and articles.

20.00 Theater performance: “Wiera Gran and Her World” On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Tickets: 50/40 PLN

This is a story about the life and artistic career of famous Polish-Jewish vocalist, Wiera Gran, with excerpts from her diaries, press articles, and interviews. Her interwar and post-war songs will be played during the performance. Among the songs are those that Wiera performed in Poland and France.

Performed by: Zofia Aleksandra Dubiel as Wiera Gran Marta Honzatko as Edith Piaf Beata Paluch as the narrator Walentyn Dubrowskij – piano Michał Półtorak – violin Tomasz Kupiec – double bass Janusz Witko – clarinet

Written and directed by – Elżbieta Borkowska Costumes, makeup – Joanna Monasterska Set design, props – Anna Trzaska-Madej

This event is organized in cooperation with Artchata

FRIDAY, JULY 2nd, 2021

11.00 Welcome to Our Fairytale Workshop Inspired by the Illustrations of Jan Marcin Szancer in “Akademia Pana Kleksa” (“Mr. Kleks' Academy”) by Jan Brzechwa with Anita Andrzejewska and Andrzej Pilichowski-Ragno On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Free admission, space is limited, reservations: [email protected]

Inspired by the wonderful world of “Mr. Kleks' Academy,” and by the strength of unlimited imagination, we will turn everyday items and junk intended for recycling into magical objects: a train made from a teapot, a bicycle made from

binoculars, a flying balloon in which Mr. Kleks' eye is travelling in, a magnifying pump which serves for just about anything, a machine to make holes in a nose, and many more. The items will be created using the technique of collage from a variety of materials and objects. They will be photographed on colored backgrounds, along with instructions for their use and descriptions of how they work. As a reward, the children will receive freckles, the highest award of the Academy.

13.00 Guided tour through the permanent exhibition “Traces of Memoy” On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum, Free admission

13.00 Krakow Imagined Guided walking tour with Mateusz Świstak Starting point: Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwór St. PL Free admission, space is limited, reservations: [email protected]

We would like to invite you on a guided tour through Krakow for families. Besides a tour through Krakow, this tour will also wander around the world of imagination of the famous Polish-Jewish illustrator, Jan Marcin Szancer. We will go by foot, however our minds will also be on a journey! Through streets and stories, we will walk with such characters like Ambroży Kleks, Pchła Szachrajka, or Pinoccio, while we will get to know interesting facts about the life and work of Jan Marcin Szancer. The tour will be led by Mateusz Świstak, a storyteller, fairytale interpreter, writer, and graduate of Polish Literature at the Jagiellonian University.

This is an accompanying event to the exhibition “Szancer, Imagine That!”

14.00 Last Act of Grace Lecture by Gershon Pinchevski, a guide at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel Online event (Zoom) with an online Facebook broadcast EN, translation into PL Free admission

“Last Act of Grace” is a project recently launched by the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem. The project aims to gather information about a unique group of people that decided to link their fate to the fate of Jews in the State of Israel. One of the main goals of the project is to commemorate the noble acts and heritage of the Righteous Among the Nations who lived in Israel. Over the past few months, hundreds of volunteers have worked to locate the graves of the Righteous Among the Nations who lived in Israel, locate their families and the families of the survivors, uncover their stories, and to organize and hold commemoration ceremonies on Holocaust Martyrs’ Day and Heroes' Remembrance Day. Who were these wonderful people, why did they come to Israel, and why have they been forgotten? Gershon Pinchevski is the son of two Holocaust survivors. Pinchevski is a tour guide and lecturer at Yad Vashem Museum, and the originator of the “Last Act of Grace” project.

16.00 “Courage and Fear” – The History of Occupied Lviv Meeting with Prof. Ola Hnatiuk, led by: Adam Balcer Online event (Zoom) with an online Facebook broadcast EN Free admission

This will be a meeting with Prof. Ola Hnatiuk, author of the book “Courage and Fear.” Timothy Snyder wrote this about “Courage and Fear:” "This is the story about Lviv, Poles, Ukrainians, and Jews, told in an extraordinary way. The beautiful and dark sides of national histories, the heroic moments and the terrible tragedy of war, ethnic cleansing, and the Holocaust, gain a human dimension here that speaks all the more powerfully and painfully. This is not another story of tolerance, a nostalgic portrait of times gone by, nor is it a celebration of the tragedy of loss.”

This event is organized in cooperation with the New Eastern Europe

18.00 “Karl-Heinz M” Meeting with the author, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski. Led by: Prof. Karen Underhill Online event (Zoom) EN Free admission

The book "Karl-Heinz M,” published by the Biuro Literackie, continues the strategy of keeping a poetic notebook on boundaries and extreme situations in the spirit of "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters. "Kwiatkowski does not write about the Holocaust, but about the world in the Holocaust, in its shadow - in a world whose Holocaust is an inalienable and irreducible point of reference," said literary critic Leszek Szaruga about the work.

Grzegorz Kwiatkowski (b. 1984) is a Polish poet, musician, and author of several books of poetry revolving around the subjects of history, remembrance, and ethics. He is a member of the psychedelic rock band Trupa Trupa. He has been a beneficiary of numerous international literary programs, such as “Artist in Residence” in Vienna and “Styria Artist in Residence” in Graz. Grzegorz Kwiatkowski co-hosts the workshop “Virus of Hate” at the University of Oxford. He was also a guest lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Chicago, Jewish Theological Seminary, the University of Cambridge, the Ted Hughes Society (“Crow at 50”), The University of Texas at Dallas, and Miroslaw Balka’s Studio of Spatial Activities at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He is a member of the European literature platform Versopolis. He was a guest at a number of festivals, such as Oslo Internasjonale Poesifestival and Lahti International Writers Reunion. His music and literary works have been published and reviewed in The Guardian, Modern Poetry in Translation, New Poetry In Translation, CBC, Pitchfork, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Billboard, Spin, Chicago Tribune, Times, NPR, BBC, and KEXP. As a musician, he performed with his band at events, such as Desert Daze Festival, Rockaway Beach Festival, SXSW, Primavera Sound, and Iceland Airwaves. Trupa Trupa’s songs are regularly broadcasted on radio programmes hosted by Iggy Pop and Henry Rollins. The band was also invited to take part in a legendary NPR Tiny Desk session. Its music has been published by global record labels such as Sub Pop, Glitterbeat Records, Ici d’ailleurs, and Lovitt Records.

Karen Underhill is Assistant Professor of Polish literature and Polish-Jewish studies in the Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a co-founder of the Polish Jewish Studies Initiative. Her research, in which Polish and Jewish cultures meet, focuses on Polish and Yiddish modernism, Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish culture in the interwar period, and changing narratives of Poland as a multicultural and pluralist space of encounter. She received her PhD in Polish and Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago. She was the 2012-13 Joseph Kremen Memorial Fellow at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. She is a co-founder of Massolit Books & Cafe in Krakow. Her articles have appeared in POLIN, East European Politics and Societies, Slavic & East European Journal, Ruch Literacki, Teksty Drugie, and Czas Kultury. She is currently working on a book manuscript entitled “Writing in the Third Language: Bruno Schulz and Jewish Modernity.”

19.00 Kabbalat Shabbat. Progressive Shabbat service The service will be led by Cantor Rivka Foremniak. On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum, with an online Zoom broadcast PL, EN, HEB Free admission, registration required: [email protected] Organised by: Or Hadasz – The Progressive Jewish Community of Krakow

SATURDAY, JULY 3rd, 2021

11.00 Various Fairytales Theater performance for children Performed by: Marzanna Zawińska, Iwo Kubiak Written and directed by: Marek Pyś On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum PL Family ticket: 25 PLN, children aged 5 and under: free admission

The performance is based on children’s poems by Jan Brzechwa and Julian Tuwim. Interestingly and humorously illustrated texts staged in a witty way, music created for each poem, and a large number of costumes and props meet in a lively way, which is acclaimed by both children and parents alike. It is an interactive performance; the audience takes an active part in it, which allows the creators to bring the classics of Polish literature to life. The aim of the performance is to create an opportunity for a fruitful meeting between theater artists and the audience. In this way, young viewers often have a chance of entering the stage for the first time in their lives.

12.00 Debate: Israel in 2021: politics, society, economy Led by Dr. Ewa Węgrzyn Event at Galicia Jewish Museum with an online Facebook broadcast PL Free admission

During the meeting, the panelists will discuss the most important issues concerning Israel during the first months of 2021. The main focus will be on the elections, which were held in March 2021, as well as on the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: Prof. Joanna Dyduch, prof. UJ (Institute of the Middle and Far East, UJ), Jakub Katulski (Blog Stosunkowo Bliski Wschód - Blog, Near Middle East), Jacek Stawiski (Radio and television journalist).

Chair: Dr. Ewa Węgrzyn (Institute of Jewish Studies, UJ)

This event is co-organized with The Herzl-Thon Center for Israel Studies and Polish-Israeli Relations in Krakow.

13.00 Photos in a Jar – The unusual story of survival and post-war returns of Ryszard Ores Guided theme tour with Małgorzata Fus Starting point:Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwór St. PL Free admission Space is limited, reservations required: [email protected]

This story has everything: Jewish ancestors - who were Polish patriots fighting with Piłsudski for Polish independence, tickets for a ferry to America, kosher sausages, love, war, and the Shoah. Above all, this story also includes photographs from the Krakow Ghetto, hidden in a jar and buried on the way to the Płaszów Concentration Camp. We would like to invite you on a guided tour following the footsteps of Ryszard Ores, a Krakovian, Jew, and Holocaust Survivor, who never forgot his hometown, even after settling in the US in the post-war years. During the tour, we will go to the places associated with Ryszard’s pre-war life and the area of the former ghetto, where Ryszard worked as a paramedic and from which, his family was deported to Bełżec. We will also go to the places, to which he returned to after the war. This event is a sneak peek into the new temporary exhibition at the Galicia Jewish Museum.

This event is organized in cooperation with Walkative!

15.00 The New World of Aniela Urbanowicz Meeting with Dorota Woyke-Polec and a guided tour through the exhibition “Reichers of Sosnowiec. The Story of a Merchant-Industrial Family” Led by: Monika Kempara (Sosnowiec Art Center – Zamek Sielecki) On-site event at the Galicia Jewish Museum, with an online Facebook broadcast PL Free admission

She was a social and political activist, co-founder of the Warsaw branch of KIK, and faithful friend of Znak and Tygodnik Powszechny, a precursor of the idea of ecumenism in Poland. She was a wife, mother, and grandmother. The activities of Aniela Urbanowicz (née Reicher) and the family she came from and created, will be presented by her granddaughter, Dorota Woyke-Polec.

After the meeting, we cordially invite you to see the exhibition "Reichers of Sosnowiec. The Story of the Merchant- Industrial family" created by the Sosnowiec Art Center – Sielec Castle. The exhibition presents the fate of the Reicher family, representatives of the merchant-industrial bourgeoisie, which took shape at the end of the 19th century in industrial Sosnowiec. Despite the fact that the city guaranteed family, social, and financial advancement, it was only a nest from which the numerous offspring of Henryk and Eleanor Reicher flew out into the wide world. In the wider world, their successive descendants spread their wings. Among them, there were many outstanding individuals, who have not only been inscribed in the history books of the individual cities in which they lived and worked, but also in the pages of the history of Poland.

The full version of the exhibition will be presented from September 10th until December 2021 at the Sosnowiec Art Center. Exhibition curator: Anna Urgacz-Szczęsna Author of exhibition arrangement: Ada Pionka

SUNDAY, JULY 4th, 2021

12.00 Opera: “Mahagonny ein Songspiel” by Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht and arias by Kurt Weill On-site event at Galicia Jewish Museum EN/DE Tickets: 30/40 zł

First collaboration between Brecht and Weill First World Performance: 1927 in Baden-Baden Composed by: Kurt Weill Libretto: Bertold Brecht Director / Concept / Created by: Bruno Berger-Gorski Set Design / Costumes: Anna Kreinecker Dramaturgy: Sandra Broeske, Bruno Berger-Gorski Pianist : Anastasia Noya Lights: Prof. Tadeusz Krzeszowiak Performed by: Ethel Merhaut, Victoria Hotjanov, Franz Gürtelschmied, Wolfgang Resch, Shlomi Wagner, Ognjen Milivojsa, and Zoryana Kushpler Pianist: Anastasia Noya Conductor: Anna Sushon

“Mahagonny ein Songspiel”, also known as “The Little Mahagonny,” is a “small-scale 'scenic cantata,'” written by composer Kurt Weill and dramatist Bertolt Brecht in 1927. Weill was commissioned in the spring of that year to write one of a series of very short operas for performance that summer.

The Little Mahagonny was based on five 'Mahagonny Songs,' which had been published earlier that year in Brecht's collection of poetry, “Devotions for the Home” (“Hauspostille”), together with tunes by Brecht. With these five songs, the new poem, “Poem on a Dead Man,” was added to form the finale. Two of the songs were English-language parodies, written by Elisabeth Hauptmann: the “Alabama Song” and “Benares Song.” Using one or two of Brecht's melodies as a starting-point, Weill began in May to set the songs to music and compose orchestral interludes.

After the break, the ensemble will perform a rarely known and performed arias by Kurt Weill from his lesser known operas and musicals.

This is a production by the “Musiktheater Wien,” in cooperation with the Galicia Jewish Museum. Under the patronage of Dr. Michael Groß, Consul General of the Republic of Germany in Krakow.

13.00 Kazimierz for Beginners Guided theme tour with Bartosz Wencel Starting point: Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwór St. EN Tickets: 10 PLN, space is limited, reservations: [email protected]

16.00 Recovering memory. Making of the movie “Edge of Light” On-site event at Galicia Jewish Museum with an online Facebook broadcast PL Free admission This event will be a meeting with the director of the film, Wojciech Szumowski, and leading character of the film, Dariusz Popiela, about the present reconstructed from the past and the past recovered for the present. The event will be about neighbours, memory, multicultural Poland and monocultural Poland. The event will be led by Katarzyna Kubisiowska from "Tygodnik Powszechny".