The Center

Summer program

          

Concert of synagogal music and Yiddish songs performed by the LEIPZIG SYNAGOGAL CHOIR, conducted by Maestro Helmut KLOTZ, with soloists Ji-Yeon JEONG (soprano), Helmut KLOTZ (tenor), Jürgen KURTH (baritone) and Iva DOLIZALEK (piano). Organized jointly with the Office of the Mayor of Cracow, as part of Cracow's Leipzig Days events.
The concert will take place in the Formal Hall (Aula) of Collegium Novum, 24 Gołębia Street, Cracow.

Jewish Life in Leipzig and Cracow - meeting (conducted in German) of representatives of Jewish and cultural organizations from Leipzig and Cracow. Organized jointly with the Office of the Mayor of Cracow, as part of Cracow's Leipzig Days events.

Jewish Life in Contemporary Leipzig - opening of an exhibition of photographs by Sylvia HAUPTMANN (Germany). During the opening, the documentary film Das leere Haus (The Empty House) by Miriam PFEIFFER will be shown (30 min., in German). Exhibition organized jointly with the Office of the Mayor of Cracow, as part of Cracow's Leipzig Days events.

KAZIMIERZ B 670 YEARS
Jewish Kazimierz and Christian Kazimierz - lecture (in Polish) by Prof. Michał ROŻEK

Jews in Prewar Cracow - opening of an exhibition of photographs by Zeev ALEKSANDROWICZ.
Organized jointly with the Cracow Photographic Society.

Human Endurance - film showing (English subtitles). Organized jointly with the Slovak Consulate General in Cracow.

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature . - meeting (conducted in English) with Prof. Steven PINKER (Harvard University, U.S.A.), and presentation of the Polish translation of his book.Organized jointly with Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne publishing house, under the patronage of the Consulate General of the United States of America in Cracow.

Rodzinna historia lęku ("A Family History of Fear") - book presentation and meeting (conducted in Polish) with author Agata TUSZYŃSKA, moderated by Prof. Jerzy JARZĘBSKI and Piotr BRATKOWSKI.
Organized jointly with Wydawnictwo Literackie publishing house in Cracow.
This meeting will take place in Mehoffer Hall at the Wydawnictwo Literackie offices, 1 Długa Street, Cracow.

Moje powroty ("My Returnings") - meeting (conducted in Polish) with the Cracow-born Israeli writer Miriam AKAVIA, and presentation of her book, published by the Wydawnictwo Literackie publishing house.

Po-Lan-Yah
Part I: From East to West and Part II: Council of Four Lands - film showing (100 min., in Polish)

Book auction.
Organized by the Rara Avis Antiquarian Bookstore in Cracow.Information: tel. (12) 422 03 90 or www.raraavis.krakow.pl

Justice Illuminated. The Art of Artur Szyk - opening of this exhibition, and lecture (in English) by Rabbi Irvin D. UNGAR of the Artur Szyk Society (U.S.A.). Organized jointly with the Artur Szyk Society, with the kind support of the Robbins Family Philanthropic Fund and the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture.

The Cracow I Remember - meeting (conducted in Polish) with the Cracow-born Israeli writer Alona FRANKEL, awarded the Edward Sapiro Prize by the University of California at Berkeley.

Jerzy Boniecki, Creator and Founder of the POLCUL Independent Foundation for Support of Culture - meeting (conducted in Polish) with Grażyna RASZKOWSKA and presentation of a film about Jerzy Boniecki.