Friends of the Cracow Jewish Culture Festival

05/22/2018

On June 22nd - precisely in one month from today - 28th edition of the Jewish Culture Festival will start in Krakow, Poland. The upcoming edition will be held in the year of 30th anniversary of the festival - its first edition took place in May 1988! From a small local event, Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow has grown to the internationally acclaimed, largest presentation of contemporary Jewish culture. Festival posters show perfectly how the festival has changed in a course of those three decades.

30 lat historii krakowskiego Festiwalu Kultury Żydowskiej w plakatach | 30 years of the Jewish Culture Festival in posters

05/02/2018

Annual fundraiser of the Friends of the Cracow Jewish Culture Festival will be held this coming Sunday, on May 6th. If you would like to meet with Janusz Makuch - founder and director of the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow and Agi Legutko - director of the Yiddish Language Program at Columbia University, as well as distinguished musicians performing with Frank London and support Jewish cultural events in Poland - join us! All details under the link below.

The annual fundraiser for the Friends of the Cracow Jewish Culture Festival will take place in Richboro, Pennsylvania on Sunday, May 6th, 2018. We are looking forward to an evening of Jewish culture and incredible musical performances by Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars, made up of the best tra...

04/27/2018

Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland will start in less than two months (June 22nd, 2018) but internet presale of tickets will start on May 7th. All details will be available on festival's website and now you can meet artist who will perform in Krakow this summer. They include: Frank London, Shulem Lemmer, Yaakov Lemmer, David Krakauer, Orkiestra Klezmerska Teatru Sejneńskiego, Mała Orkiestra Dancingowa, Leopold Kozłowski, תזמורת ירושלים מזרח ומערב Jerusalem Orchestra East West, Jerusalem Quartet and representatives of young Israeli musicians: Kutiman, Victoria Hanna, Noga Erez, Young Yosef, Yonatan Yudkovitz, Sefi Zisling and famous TEDER.FM crew.

Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow is one of the oldest and largest events in the world, presenting both traditional and modern Jewish culture.

04/19/2018

Happy Yom Ha'atzmaut!

02/27/2018

"The Poles and the Jews, despite the verdicts of history, have always cultivated unshakable Hope – Hatikva." - statement by Janusz Makuch, founder and Director of the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow.

Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow is the largest presentation of contemporary culture created by the Jews in Israel and the entire Diaspora.

09/07/2017

"Shalom on Szeroka Street" is a largest concert of Jewish music in the world: 7 hours open-air musical journey through Israel and the Diaspora for some 18,000 people from around the globe. The concert is a culmination of each edition of the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow. This year performers included: Dudu Tassa & the kuwaitis - דודו טסה והכוויתים, Paul Shapiro, Orkiestra Klezmerska Teatru Sejneńskiego, Gili Yalo, Neta Elkayam and Junun: שי בן צור - Shye Ben Tzur and The Rajasthan Express. Enjoy the music and come to Krakow for the 28th festival in 2018 (June 23rd - July 1st).

Shalom on Szeroka Street is the largest concert of the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow: every year more than 15,000 people listen to 7-hours long presentat...

09/06/2017

During the past edition of the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, the youngest participants learned some legends related to Polish-Jewish heritage of Kazimierz. Three of them inspired them to make short films - have a look at the results of "Discovering Kazimierz' workshops!

Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow is one of the oldest and largest events in the world, presenting both traditional and modern Jewish culture.

08/23/2017

27th edition of the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow was entirely dedicated to Jerusalem. Now you can listen to the recordings of the lectures on festival's website.

Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow is one of the oldest and largest events in the world, presenting both traditional and modern Jewish culture.

07/10/2017

27th Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow is over but you may still watch recordings of festival concerts on JCF's website. Enjoy!

Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow is one of the oldest and largest events in the world, presenting both traditional and modern Jewish culture.

06/19/2017

Jerusalem in Krakow!

Jerusalem in Krakow fot. Weronika Suchodolska