PROGRAMME JCC KRAKOW & GALICIA JEWISH MUSEUM EVENTS 26. JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL 24.06-03.07 2016 Legend GJM Galicia Jewish Museum, 18 Dajwór St. JCC Jewish Community Centre, 24 Miodowa St. JCC JCC West, 5 Izaaka St. WEST Events in Polish Events in English Events in Hebrew Events in Yiddish Krakow is an amazing place. Although marked irreversibly by the events of WWII, it has maintained Shabbat dinners, reservation required its original charm and character. The streets, squares, synagogues, cemeteries – they all tell the story of the centuries long presence of Jews here and their contribution in building this city. The remaining ghetto wall Events for kids fragments or the remnants of Płaszow labor camp are also part of Krakow’s story. They are silent witnesses to the tragedy of the Shoah. But Jewish Krakow is not only a story of the past – it’s an exceptional testimony of enduring presence. Poland, and especially Krakow, are being filled by a choir of Jewish voices, which are Movies evidence of various ways of expressing our culture – from the orthodox, through the progressive to entirely secular. This harmony creates the music of the authentic rebirth of Jewish life. This revival is supported by Reservation required: a wide array of institutions and organisations, amongst them the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow and GJM: [email protected] or tel. 12 421 68 42 Galicia Jewish Museum. JCC: [email protected] or tel. 12 370 57 70 The Museum commemorates the past, combats stereotypes, educates and creates an environment in which the JCC nurtures the rebirth of authentic Jewish life. Both institutions, while remembering the past, Tickets look toward the future with optimism, and aim to create a modern, open and tolerant society, both on the local and global scale. The second joint program of events during the 26th Jewish Culture Festival is symbolic of the cooperation and partnership between our institutions, not only during this extraordinary week, but also CONTACT every day. We are proud that together with the Jewish Culture Festival, Jewish Religious Congregation, Institute of Jewish Studies and many other institutions we are part of the modern Jewish Krakow landscape. But the Jewish Community Centre miracle of rebirth wouldn’t be possible without you – friends and partners from all over the world – and that is 24 Miodowa St., 31-055 Krakow what we are most grateful for. [email protected] | tel. 12 370 57 70 jcckrakow.org | fb.com/jcckrakow | friendsofjcckrakow.org Jakub Nowakowski Jonathan Ornstein Galicia Jewish Museum 18 Dajwór St., Krakow [email protected] | tel. 12 421 68 42 Director, Executive Director, galiciajewishmuseum.org | fb.com/zydowskiemuzeumgalicja Galicia Jewish Museum Jewish Community Centre of Krakow 2 3 FRIDAY, 24 JUNE 5:00pm The Pogrom That Never Was? On the 80th anniversary of Doboszyński’s March on Mys- JCC lenice. Led by Agnieszka Cahn 8:30pm Musical Shabbat in Galicia GJM Musical Shabbat aims to fuse the tradition of chazanut of the Eastern European region with On 23rd June 1936 Adam Doboszyński, a local leader of the right wing Stronnictwo Naro- contemporary musical styles. Join us for a Reform Shabbat service with the Mojše Band, dowe, created a small private army and attacked local Jewish shops, their owners’ families and the Progressive Jewish community of Krakow, led by Rabbi Tanya Segal, the first fema- and representatives of the State. This event gave rise to a series of high profile court cases le Rabbi in Poland. Rabin Tanya Segal (vocal, guitar); Mojše Band: Michal Paľko (cimbalon, used by Doboszyński and his political associates to launch one of the biggest anti-Jewish vocals, furulya), F. Kubiš (accordion, vocals, toys), Jakub Stračina (Bass). campaigns in interwar Poland. The impact on the local Jewish residents was largely igno- Tickets: 35/45 PLN. Due to limited space reservation required: [email protected] red in the court cases. Doboszyński returned to Poland after the War and was arrested and executed by the communist authorities, thus achieving martyr status in post-communist Organiser: Beit Kraków Poland. This presentation is based on research of archival records of the original court ca- ses, contemporary newspaper reports and interviews with surviving witnesses to reappra- SatURDAY, 25 JUNE ise the event. 11:30am Presentation of the book Drzewo Życia by Chava Rosenfarb. Meeting with the transla- GJM tors Magdalena Ruta and Joanna Lisek Led by Edyta Gawron 6:00pm Gimelmania: Why Sunday Isn’t Shabbat and Why Shabbat Isn’t Sunday. Led by JCC Kra- JCC kow’s Jewish Student Club GIMEL WEST The first volume of the Yiddish novel writer Chava Rosenfarb Drzewo Życia (The Tree of Life) has been published in Polish. The book about multicultural Łódź was published for the first Why do Jews celebrate Saturday? What does it mean to keep Shabbat? How does it compa- time in 1972 in Yiddish, with its first appearance in English made in a 1985 translation. The re to the Christian observance of Sunday? Come to the JCC and find out! first volume of the novel Rok 1939 tells the story of the Łódź Jews during the first months Gimelmania – a series of informal meetings with members of our GIMEL Jewish Student of the War. It is about the everyday life and relations between people in extreme situations. Club, named for the third generation of Polish Jews, which explore Judiastic topics. Fictional characters are modeled in part on real-life figures, though the chronology of events and the topography of Łódź are based on factual evidence. The writer was honoured with the prestigious Itzik Manger prize for Jewish literature. Now, for the first time the book is available for Polish readers. 6:00pm Wine of the Desert. Israeli wine tasting, Anna Bocheńska and Andrzej Bocheński (Wi- GJM noman.pl) Partners: The Marek Edelman Dialogue Center in Łódź, Polish Association for Yiddish Studies The cultivation of wine in Israel began in 3000 year BC. Though modern winemaking me- 1:00pm Amsterdam of Polish Jews — Old Prints from the Collection of the Jewish Historical Insti- GJM thods have been in practice over the past 120 years, it was only in the 1980s that wine qu- tute in Warsaw ality began to shift. Today, aside from a few major wineries in Israel, you can find many Led by Magdalena Bendowska significant boutique wineries, producing unique wines. On 25 June 2016, we invite you to Amsterdam of Polish Jews — Old Prints from the Collection of the Jewish Historical Institute in join us for degustation of these specially selected wines from Israel. The event is part of the Warsaw – is a unique exhibition showing the relationship between the censorship of the pu- 26th Jewish Culture Festival, at the Galicia Jewish Museum. blication imposed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by the Jewish Council of Four Lands and the development of the production of books in Hebrew and Yiddish in Amster- Tickets: 60 PLN, reservation required: [email protected] dam, set against a background of Polish-Dutch economic and cultural relations. Organiser: Winoman.pl The basis of the exhibition is the collections of the Jewish Historical Institute, which conta- ins more than 200 volumes of collections of Amsterdam’s old prints from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. From the selection, authors chose 30 elements that they thought 6:30pm Promotion of the book The Israeli Supreme Court as a Constitutional Court by Anna Ra- JCC best illustrate the development of Hebrew printing during this period. taj, Ph.D. Led by prof. Jan Woleński Partner: Jewish Historical Institute This text details the formation of Israel’s constitutional system and the role of the Supreme 3:00pm Armenia. Karawany śmierci — meeting devoted to the Armenians and the Armenian GJM Court. It explores Israel’s journey to its own statehood, its political system, human rights diaspora in the world, inspired by a set of reportages by Małgorzata Nocuń and An- protection guarantees, and the relationship between the Supreme Court, other state au- drzej Brzeziecki thorities and Israeli society. The book also raises an important question of judicial activism; The story of Armenia and Armenians is the story of Genocide in 1915 (perpetrated by the specifically, how far can judges engage in matters outside the standard realm of judicial Turks against the Armenian population), lost lands (historically, Armenians lived in the ter- power. ritory stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean) and disconnected families. During the meeting, the author will talk about the motivation for choosing this topic, how The dominant elements of Armenian culture are pain and nostalgia for their homeland. she worked with the sources and present main conclusions from the book. There will be a The Armenian word Ergir translates to lost ground. Ergir is the dominant theme in painting subsequent discussion on the role of the constitutional court in a modern democratic state. and literature. When trying to acquaint Europeans with the complexity and tragedy of their history, Armenians say: „We are close to the Jews.” Organisers: Austeria Publishing House Partner: Wydawnictwo Czarne 4 FRIDAY / SATURDAY JCC KRAKOW AND GALICIA JEWISH MUSEUM EVENTS 26. JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL 5 7:00pm The Space of an Image: A Series of Films on Jewish Themes GJM SUNDAY, 26 JUNE Demon 11:00am Meet the JCC! Sunday School – open workshops for children. Led by Magdalena Puli- JCC dir. Marcin Wrona, 2015 kowska and Mateusz Lagos subtitles: Piotr, nicknamed Python by his friends, arrives in Poland from England to marry beautiful JCC Krakow organizes Sunday School classes for its youngest members. During the Festi- Żaneta. He means to arrange his family seat in an old house, a wedding gift from his futu- val we invite you to visit us and find out more about Jewish culture and our classes.