The Center

Summer program

          

Rudolf Maria Holzapfel (1874-1930), a Jew from Krakow, an outstanding poet and thinker -Between Judaism and Universal Culture - lecture by Zbigniew Baran.

LITERARY PROGRAM
Jews in Krakow's Elites: 1850-1918 - meeting with Dr. Łukasz Sroka and presentation of his book under the same title.

Bronisław Kamiński -Durocher, a Cracovian from Paris, Poet and Publisher - meeting with Jerzy Tuszewski and Professor Stanisław Jaworski; screening of the film under the same title.

Kristallnacht (1938) - lecture by Dr Juergen HENSEL.

Concert celebrating the 90th Anniversary of Regaining the Independence by Poland performed by soloists of the Beethoven Academy Orchestra; in the program works by Frédéric Chopin.

Emigrants - with Uri Huppert as a narrator, screening of a film about emigration waves of Polish Jews to Israel, dir. Agnieszka Trojak (2007, 90 min.)

ALEKSANDER AND ALICJA HERTZ ANNUAL MEMORIAL LECTURE History & Remembrance - lecture by Professor Norman Davies (Great Britain).

Krakow?s Kazimierz - accomplishments and obligations, on the 30th anniversary of including Kazimierz in the UNESCO World Heritage List, and 30 years of the Civic Committee for Restoration of Krakow Heritage activities - panel discussion with the participation of Prof. Franciszek Ziejka, Prof Bogusław Krasnowolski and Dr. Monika Murzyn

LITERARY PROGRAM
Jews in the Medieval Central Europe - lecture by Professor Hanna Zaremska and promotion of the book under the same title.

Piłsudski and Jews - lecture by Professor Daniel Grinberg.

LITERARY PROGRAM
The Little Town of Poznań - a publication on little homelands and cultural borderlands - meeting with editors Zbigniew Pakuła and Marią Świątkowska-Pakuła, and promotion of the publication.

LITERARY PROGRAM
We Exist. Separation ?68 - meeting with Teresa Torańska and promotion of the book under the same title, published by the Świat Książki Publishing House.

Religious service devoted to Irena Sendlerowa, St. Ann's Church, the University Church in Krakow.

CONCERTS WITH THE MENORAH IN THE BACKGROUND
15th anniversary of the Center for Jewish Culture Chamber Music Concert, performed by Kaja Danczowska (violin) and Justyna Danczowska (piano). In the program works of H. Wieniawski, F. Schubert, M. Górecki, and K. Penderecki.

LITERARY PROGRAM
Hanna Krall reads her new unpublished texts - sister Monika Cecot, SAC and Tadeusz Nyczek will take part in the meeting; promotion of the books by H. Krall. The Author will be awarded the Felek Statuette at the meeting.

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Center for Jewish Culture, the Polish Postal Service is issuing a special date stamp, which will be available on November 24th at the Center for Jewish Culture as well as at the Main Post Office in Cracow.

Irena Sendlerowa in memoriam - meeting with Bieta Ficowska, Lili Pohlmann, and Professor Michał Głowiński, and screening of the film Sendlerowa's List, dir. by M. Dudziewicz (2002, 45 min.).

LITERARY PROGRAM
Daniel in a Lion?s Den. The Life of Oswald Rufeisen by Nechama Tec - promotion of the book published by the Nowy Świat Publishing House, with the participation of Rev. Romuald Weksler-Waszkinel, Magdalena Cudrzydło, and Joanna Briańska..

LITERARY PROGRAM
Legends on the Blood. The Anthropology of a Superstition - meeting with Professor Joanna Tokarska-Bakir and promotion of her book under the same title, published by W.A.B. Publishing House. Professor Feliks Tych, Jarosław Makowski, and Father Paweł Kozacki will participate in the meeting. Screening of the film A Pole in a Wardrobe, dir. by Artur Żmijewski (2007, 38 min.), will follow.