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JUDAICA
FOUNDATION PROGRAM REPORT 2000
On May 13th, the two thousandth event took place at the Center for Jewish Culture. It was a presentation of the second edition of the Rafael F. Scharf's book "Poland, What Have I To Do With Thee… Essays Without Prejudice…" and concert of the Jewish music by Lepold Kozłowski, Jacek Cygan, Renata Świerczyńska, Katarzyna Zielińska and Andrzej Róg. Between August 2nd and August 15th, 2000, the second edition of the German-language version of the Summer Program Retracing Jewish Heritage in Galicia was organized by the Judaica Foundation - Center for Jewish Culture. In December 2000, the Israeli Embassy in Warsaw organized at the Center for Jewish Culture the ceremony of conferring the medals Righteous Among the Nations to the Poles, who helped to rescue Jews during the WWII.
1/ Meeting with Dr. Edwin OPOCZYŃSKI, an Auschwitz - Birkenau survivor, on the occasion of the anniversary of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation 2/ 6804 - Personal Story by August KOWALCZYK, an Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor - a presentation by August Kowalczyk, on the occasion of the anniversary of KL Auschwitz - Birkenau liberation 3/ Prof. Jan WOLEŃSKI, Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University, Jews in Polish Philosophy as a part of the series of lectures The Jewish Philosophy 4/ Father Stanisław MUSIAŁ SJ, The Ritual Murder - Eight Hundred Years of the Lie Against Jews, as a part of a series of lectures Encounters of Christianity with Judaism 5/ Adolf JUZWENKO, How To Overcome Historical Prejudice, as a part of a program Everyday Minorities
6/ Prof. Irena BOROWIK, Orthodoxy and the Ukrainian Identity,
as a part of a program Everyday Minorities 8/ Meeting with Budy ELIAS (Holland), Ann Frank's cousin 9/ Meeting with Janina OCHOJSKA, Director of the Polish Humanitarian Organization as a part of a series of lectures Democracy and Tolerance 10/ Prof. Jerzy POMIANOWSKI, The Secret of the March 1968, a lecture on the occasion of the anniversary of the March 1968 events 11/ Prof. Tadeusz GADACZ, Judaism and Christianity in the Rosenzweig's Writings as a part of a series of lectures The Jewish Philosophy 12/ Rev. Prof. Stanisław OBIREK SJ, The Stockholm Conference on Holocaust and Its Impact, as a part of a series of lectures Democracy and Tolerance 13/ Prof. Andrzej FLIS, Institute of Sociology of the Jagiellonian University, Christian Communities in the Middle East 14/ Antoni KROH, Relationships Between National Minorities in Slovakia in the 20th Century as a part of the program Everyday Minorities 15/ Ludomir MOLITORIS, The Slovaks in Poland Viewed from the Slovak Perspective as a part of a program Everyday Minorities 16/ Prof. Jerzy JEDLICKI, The Freedom of Expression? as a part of a series of lectures Democracy and Tolerance 17/ Jerzy Sławomir MAC, WPROST weekly, The Network of Hatred: Anti-Semitism, Nazism and Holocaust Denial in the Internet as a part of a series of lectures Democracy and Tolerance 18/ Rev. Prof. Adam ŻAK SJ, Buber And Rosenzweig - Their Philosophical Comments On The Bible as a part of a series of lectures The Jewish Philosophy 19/ Meeting with Rabbi Sacha PECARIC on the occasion of the Shavuot holiday and the presentation of the book Tarjag micwot published by the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation 20/
Rev. Stanisław MUSIAŁ SJ, Few Remarks On the Pope's Visit to the
Holy Land as a part of a series of lectures Encounters of Christianity
With Judaism 22) Prof. Tomasz GĄSOWSKI, Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University, Marshall Józef Piłsudski Vice Versa the Jews, the Jewish Issues and Anti- Semitism in Poland in the Interwar Period. 23/ Prof. Andrzej RYCHARD, Who Needs the Civil Society in Poland, as a part of a series of lectures Democracy and Tolerance 24/ Rev. Stanisław MUSIAŁ SJ, A Great Confession of the Church, as a part of a series of lectures Encounters of Christianity with Judaism 25/ Prof. Tadeusz ZIELIŃSKI, former Ombudsman, Discussions About Tolerance, as a part of a series of lectures Democracy and Tolerance 26/ Tomasz POLKOWSKI, President of the Society Our House, What Would Have Done Doctor Korczak? Consequences of the Reforms of the System of the Aid for Children and Families, as a part of a series lectures Democracy and Tolerance 27/ Meeting with Rabbi Sacha PECARIC on the occasion of Hanukkah holiday 28/ Abraham BRUMBERG (USA), BUND - Historical Achievements of the Murdered Party, as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 29/ Michał SOBELMAN, Press Secretary of the Israeli Embassy in Warsaw, Israel and the Holocaust, as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program. 30/ Marian TURSKI, journalist, POLITYKA weekly, For Whom Did Szmul Zygielbojm Sacrifice His Life? as a part the BAYIT HADASH Program 31/ Meeting with Alex DANZIG (Israel), A Man from the Nir-Oz Kibbutz, combined with a film presentation about A. Danzig, as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 32/ Prof. Israel GUTMAN, Yad Vashem Institute, Jeruslem, Reflections on the Polish - Jewish Relations in the Interwar Period, as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 33/ Antoni MARIANOWICZ, Does the Occupation Still Last? - On the Dark Side of Jewish-Polish Relations, as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 34/ Meeting with Nedo FIANO (Italy), former prisoner of the KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, with the participation of Marcello PEZZETTI from the Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation in Milano, Roberto FAENZA, a film director, Elda FERRI, a film producer and Rudi ASSUNTINO, organized jointly with the Italian Cultural Institute in Cracow as part of the series Encounters with the Italian-Jewish Culture - Incontri con la Cultura Ebraica.
1/ The Polish Church And Battling Anti-Semitism: An Exchange of American and Polish Experiences - international seminar organized by the Judaica Foundation and the Cardinal Bernardin Center, Chicago with participation of Martin BRESLER (American Jewish Committee, New York), Rev. Prof. Michał CZAJKOWSKI ( Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw), Konstanty GEBERT (Editor-in-Chief, Midrasz Monthly), Prof. Andrzej KORBOŃSKI (University of California, Los Angeles), Rev. Stanisław MUSIAŁ SJ (Center for Culture and Dialog, Cracow), Rev. Prof. Stanisław OBIREK SJ (Center for Culture and Dialog, Cracow), Prof. Bohdan OPPENHEIM (Loyola Marymont University, Los Angeles) and Rev. Prof. John PAWLIKOWSKI (Catholic Theological Union, Chicago) 2/ Perspectives for Kazimierz - What About the Gentrification? - a conference organized by the Kazimierz Local Citizens' Office
3/ The Common Fears - a conference organized by the French Cultural
Institute in Cracow 5/ Promoting Tolerance in Central and Eastern Europe - a conference for independent journalists form Central and Eastern Europe organized by the American Jewish Committee and Friedrich F. Naumann Foundation in Warsaw 6/ Jewish Identity in Poland and in Germany, a conference with the participation of Prof. Michael WOLFSSOHN (Bundeswehr University, Munich), Marian TURSKI (journalist, Polityka weekly) and Adam KRZEMIŃSKI (journalist, Polityka weekly), organized jointly with the Goethe Institute in Cracow, as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program.
1/ Readings of poetry by Stanisław WYGODZKI, with participation of Stanisław TACZANOWSKI, Wygodzki's friend, Ryszard REISNER, Wygodzki's translator and Jan GÜNTNER, an actor 2/ Meeting with Janina KATZ (Denmark), an author of Pucka and Merry Jewess. The meeting moderated by Bogusława SOCHAŃSKA, Director of the Danish Cultural Institute in Poland 3/ Presentation of the book Bełżec by Rudol Reder, the bilingual (English-Polish) edition published by the Judaica Foundation - the only oral testimony about the death camp in Bełżec, given by R. Reder in 1945 4/ The Spirit Is More Important Than the Blood - discussion on the Memoires by Victor KLEMPERER, with participation of Dr. Andrzej NOWAKOWSKI, Director of the UNIVERSITAS Publishing House and Adam KRZEMIŃSKI, POLITYKA weekly 6/ Aleksander SZUMAŃSKI, Cracow Poet, Reads His Lyrics, an event with participation of Barbara BRZEZIŃSKA and Jan GÜNTNER 7/ Presentation of the book The Gates to the Heaven. Stone Synagogues in Poland by Maria and Kazimierz PIECHOTKA 8/ Presentation of the book Still In the Same Circle. Interviews With the Fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto by Anka GRUPIŃSKA, with participation of Anka GRUPIŃSKA, Paweł SZAPIRO (Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw), moderated by Adam SZOSTKIEWICZ, POLITYKA weekly 9/ Presentation of the book Matzevas' Inscriptions In the Old Jewish Cemetery In Cracow by Dr. Leszek HOŃDO, Jagiellonian University 10/ Meeting with Anna FRAJLICH (USA) on the occasion of publishing her new collection of poems In the November's Sun. Moderated by Wojciech LIGĘZA. 11/ Presentation of the book The legend of Esther in the Polish and Yiddish Literature by Prof. Chone SHMERUK, with participation of Krystyna SCHMERUK (Heritage Foundation, publisher of the book) and Dr. Eugenia PROKOP-JANIEC (Jagiellonian University) 12/ Presentation of the album Paintings and Sculptures of the Polish Jews by Prof. Jerzy MALINOWSKI, as part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 13/ Presentation of the book The Jewish Bard. The Story of Mordechaj Gebirtig's Life and Poetry by Natan GROSS, with the participation of Rafael F. SCHARF (London), Dr. Eugenia PROKOP-JANIEC (Jagiellonian University) and Dr. Jóżef WRÓBEL (Jagiellonian University) 14/ Evening of poetry by Aleksander SZUMAŃSKI, organized by the Cracow Branch of the Society for Protecting Majdanek 15/ Tomasz KORZENIOWSKI, translator, Presentation of Poems by Israeli Poet Jehuda Amichaj
1/ Written in the Memory, photographs by Jeffrey WOLIN (USA) 2/ The Silence Upon Lutowiska, photographs by Artur RYCHLICKI (Kraków) 3/ The German Invasion on Poland, 1939-1945 - an exhibition organized by the International Youth Meeting Center in Oświęcim and Anti-War Musem - Library of the Peace in Berlin 4/ Sculptures by Hanna OREN-HUPPERT (Holland) 5/ Exhibition of book-design by students and professors of the Fine Art Academy in Cracow 6/ Icchak Rabin - photo exhibition organized by the Israeli Embassy in Poland 7/ Water-colors by Aviva BLUM (Israel) 8/ Alef - graphic art by Shalom SECHVI (Israel) 9/ Cracow in Prague - Prague in Cracow - exhibition of the photographs by students of the FAMU Film School in Prague as a part of the Cracow 2000 Festival 10/ Where
Time Stopped - Eternal Jerusalem - photographic exhibition by Erwin
SCHENKELBACH (Israel) as a part of the 10th Jewish Culture Festival 12/ Exhibitions of graphic art by Wojciech MULLER, Professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań 13/ Synagogues and Cemeteries - paintings by Shirley MOSKOWITZ (USA) 14/ Anatomy of the Labyrinth - collage and graphic art by Agnieszka NOWIŃSKA 15/ My Tadeusz Kantor - photographs by Jacek STOKŁOSA (Cracow) as a part of the Tadeusz Kantor Festiwal - Cracow 2000 16/ Gehat hob ich a hejm... Cracow's Kazimierz in the Time of Mordechaj Gebirtig, a photo exhibition, presenting archival photographs from 20-ties and 30-ties, as a part of the Bayit Hadash Program 17/ S'brennt! - computer designed graphics by Justyna CHWASTEK (Cracow), inspired by poems by Mordechaj Gebirtig - as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 18/ The Moment - photographs by Tove KURZWEIL (Denmark), organized jointly with the Danish Cultural Institute in Poznan
1/ Chamber music concert performed by Klaudia ROMEK (soprano), Jacek OZIMKOWSKI (bas), Marek WIATR (tenor) and Barbara PENDERECKA (piano), organized jointly with the Italian Cultural Institute in Cracow 2/ Concert performed by Michał NAGY (guitar) and Arkadiusz KRUPA (oboe) as a part of a series of Guitar Concerts at the Center for Jewish Culture 3/ Concert performed by the students of the Public Music School in Cracow on the occasion of the Grandmother's Day 4/ Guitar concert performed by Lorenzo MICHELI (Italy), organized jointly with the Italian Cultural Institute in Cracow
5/ Chamber music concert performed by Elżbieta TOWARNICKA (soprano)
and Janina WERNER (piano), organized jointly with the Italian Cultural
Institute in Cracow 7/ Piano concert performed by Andrea SECCHI (Italy), organized jointly with the Italian Cultural Institute in Cracow 8/ Guitar concert performed by Piotr TOMASZEWSKI (Warsaw) as a part of the series of Guitar Concerts at the Center for Jewish Culture 9/ Jewish music concert performed by THE LIVNAT BROTHERS (Israel), organized jointly with the Polish-Israeli Friendship Society in Warsaw 10/ Guitar concert performed by Adam ZALAS (Vienna), as a part of a series of Guitar Concerts at the Center for Jewish Culture 11/ Concert performed by the youth orchestra CONCERTO LAMELLI (Cracow) 12/ Concert performed by Marcin WOLAK (baritone) and Janina WERNER (piano) 13/ Ararat Mountain - concert of Jewish music performed by the JASCHA LIEBERMAN TRIO (Cracow) 14/ Guitar concert performed by David QUALEY (USA) as a part of a series of Guitar Concerts at the Center for Jewish Culture 15/ Chamber music concert performed by the COPENHAGEN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (Denmark) organized with the Danish Cultural Institute in Poznań 16/ My Own Personal Music - concert of music composed and performed by Janusz GRZYWACZ, with participation of Katarzyna STĘPNIOWSKA, Łucja CZARNECKA, Joszko BRODA and Leszek SZCZERBA 17/ Chamber music concert performed by Paweł PAWLIKOWSKI (viola) and Joanna KWINTA-ŚLAZYK (cemballo) 18/ Guitar concert performed by Augustin MARURI (Spain), organized jointly with the Cervantes Institute in Warsaw
20/ Chamber music concert performed by Emanuele SEGRE (Italy), organized jointly with the Italian Cultural Institute in Cracow 21/ Jazz concert performed by Brad TERRY (clarinet, whistle) and Joachim MENCEL (piano) 22/ Chamber music concert performed by DUO PEPICELLI (Italy), organized jointly with the Italian Cultural Institute in Cracow 23/ Concert performed by students of the Public Music School in Cracow on the occasion of the Children's Day 24/ Concert performed by Dagmara SIUTY (soprano), Anna IR (mezzosoprano) Dorota BOCZKOWSKA (alt) and Anna GŁOWA (piano) 25/ Millenovecentovoci - music performance by Daria DEFLORIAN (Italy) and Prof. Józef OPALSKI (Cracow), organized jointly with the Italian Cultural Institute in Cracow 26/ Concert performed by the youth orchestra CONCERTO LAMELLI (Cracow). 27/
Concert of Jewish music performed by the JASCHA LIEBERMAN TRIO
(Cracow) as a part of the Cracow Composers Festival 29/ Concert by the JAROSŁAW ŚMIETANA TRIO as a part of the series of Guitar Concerts at the Center for Jewish Culture 30/ Modern-Etno - concert performed by Mariusz KOLUCH (voice), Anna ŚLIWA (violin/viola), Joanna STRÓŻ (drums) and Krzysztof SZWAJGIER (voice) 31/ Concert performed by guitar duo Krzysztof PEŁECH - Jarema KLICH, as a part of the series of Guitar Concerts at the Center for Jewish Culture 32/
Concert performed by the youth orchestra CONCERTO LAMELLI (Cracow) 35/ Guitar Concert by Alex GARROBE (Spain), organized jointly with the Cervantes Institute in Warsaw 36/ Clarinet concert by Philippe CUPER (France) as a part of the International Clarinet Festival in Cracow 37/ Chamber music concert performed by the Pecs Orchestra from Hungary 38/ Guitar concert performed by Rafel SERRALET (Spain) organized jointly with the Cervantes Institute in Warsaw 39/ Klezmer music concert performed by the KROKE trio (Cracow) on the occasion of the 7th anniversary of the opening of the Center for Jewish Culture 40/ Classical Spain, Romantic Spain - a concert performed by Małgorzata HENNIG (soprano) and Krzysztof CYRAN (guitar) as a part of the series of Guitar Concerts 41/ Chamber music concert performed by the REINER TRIO (Cracow) 42/ Guitar concert performed by Filomena MORETTI (Italy), organized jointly with the Italian Cultural Centre in Cracow. 43/ Concert of the Jewish music performed by the JASCHA LIEBERMAN TRIO 44/ Concert of the Jewish music performed by the JASCHA LIEBERMAN TRIO in the Castle in Przemyśl, as a part of the Festival Musical Autumn in Przemyśl 45/ Concert performed by Manfred LEMM (Germany), organized by the Rev. Siemaszko Foundation in Cracow
47/ Concert of songs and poetry in Yiddish performed by Abraham BRUMBERG (USA), as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 48/ Guitar concert performed by Michał NAGY and Marcin SIATKOWSKI, as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 49/ Remembrance of Kazimierz - concert of the Jewish music performed by the JASCHA LIEBERMAN TRIO, as part of BAYIT HADASH Program 50/ Concert of songs by Mordechaj Gebirtig performed by Tova BEN-ZVI (Israel), as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 51/ Chamber music concert dedicated to Rachel KNOBLER (Jewish composer born in Cracow, now living in Munich, Germany), performed by Bogusława HUBISZ- SIELSKA, Mariusz SIELSKI and Agnieszka MONASTERSKA, as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program. 52/ Dray Techterlekh - musical performance dedicated to Mordechaj Gebirtig, performed by the SHIR-AM Trio (Italy), directed by Rudi ASSUNTINO, as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 53/ Concert of a string quartet SOLISTI DI PERUGIA (Italy), as a part of the BAYIT HADASH Program 54/ New Year's Eve concert performed by the youth orchestra CONCERTO LAMELLI 55/ Concert performed by the String Quartet of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
1/ Dibbuk, performed by the German, Ukrainian and Polish youth, directed by Peter KRÜGER (Germany) 2/ Dibbuk, based on the play by An-ski, directed by Zofia KALIŃSKA, performed by the Academy of Theater in Remscheid (Germany)
1/ Auschwitz: History - Present - Future (in English) and Eyes from the Ashes - showings of documentaries on the occasion of the anniversary of the KL Auschwitz - Birkenau liberation 2/ The Last Stage by Wanda JAKUBOWSKA on the occasion of the anniversary of the KL Auschwitz - Birkenau liberation 3/ Auschwitz: History - Present - Future (in Polish) on the occasion of the anniversary of the KL Auschwitz - Birkenau liberation 4/ So Far, So Close by Tadeusz KONWICKI as a part of a series of film showings Jewish Motifs in the Polish Cinematography with introduction by Prof. Tadeusz LUBELSKI (Film Institute of the Jagiellonian University) 5/ Indeks by Janusz KIJOWSKI as a part of a series of film showings Jewish Motifs in the Polish Cinematography with introduction by Prof. Tadeusz LUBELSKI (Film Institute of the Jagiellonian University) 6/ The Border Street by Aleksander FORD as a part of a series of film showings Jewish Motifs in the Polish Cinematography with introduction by Prof. Tadeusz LUBELSKI (Film Institute of the Jagiellonian University) 7/ The White Bear by Jerzy ZARZYCKI as a part of a series of film showings Jewish Motifs in the Polish Cinematography with introduction by Prof. Tadeusz LUBELSKI (Film Institute of the Jagiellonian University) 8/ The Sand-Glass, by Wojciech Jerzy HAS, as a part of series of film showings Jewish Motifs in the Polish Cinematography with an introduction by Prof. Tadeusz LUBELSKI (Film Institute of the Jagiellonian University)
9/ Return of Odysseus, 10/ Rehearsals, Only Rehearsals….. by Andrzej SAPIJA, film showings in the framework of the Tadeusz Kantor Festival, organized by the Cracow Festival 2000 11/
History of Art According to Jacek Malczewski, 13/ The Long night by Janusz NASFETER, as part of a series of film showings Jewish Motifs in the Polish Cinematography, with an introduction by Bartosz KWIECIŃSKI from the Film Institute of the Jagiellonian University 14/ Jonah, Who Lived in a Whale, by Roberto FAENZA in the framework of BAYIT HADASH- Icontri co la Cultura Eberica 15/ La Tregua by Francesco ROSSI, in the framework of BAYIT HADASH - Incontri con la Cultura Eberica 16/ Garden Fizzi Continich by Vittorio de SICA, in the framework of BAYIT HADASH - Incontri con la Cultura Eberica 17/ L'amante perduto by Roberto FAENZA in the framework of BAYIT HADASH- Incontri con la Cultura Eberica
1/ Book auction organized by the Antiquarian Bookstore RARA AVIS 2/ Memorial ceremony on the occasion of the anniversary of the Cracow ghetto liquidation organized by the Society for Protection Majdanek 3/ Post cards auction organized by the Antiquarian Bookstore RARA AVIS 4/ Book auction organized by the Antiquarian Bookstore RARA AVIS 5/ Workshops for the second generation of the Children of the Holocaust with Prof. Maria ORWID 6/ Post cards auction organized by the Antiquarian Bookstore RARA AVIS. 7/ Holocaust - Days of the Remembrance - memorial ceremony organized by the Society for Protection in Cracow
8/ Competition about the knowledge of the contemporary Israel
organized by the High Classical School in Pułtusk Above that, the Center for Jewish Culture has become a venue for regular meetings of:
- the Society Righteous Among the Nations (10 meetings),
1. Group of Bundestag's members, Germany FOREIGN GROUPS OF VISITORS
1. Group from Düsseldorf POLISH GROUPS OF VISITORS
1. Students of the Gymnasium in Tychy COMMERCIAL EVENTS
1. Conference of the HESTIA Insurance Company in Cracow JUDAICA
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