Yesterday, that is, on 15 October 2024, on the walls of the Collegium Broscianum of the Jagiellonian University, on Grodzka street in Krakow such words were found: Jews to the Gas, which is an open incitement to the crime of genocide, reminiscenf of the worst events of the crime of the Holocaust After the attack, on 7 October 2023, by the terrorist organisation Hamas on Israel, which resulted in the brutal murder of 1200 people and the kidnapping of 251, acts of antisemitism have been increasing, like during the notorious campaign of March 1968, under the pretence of “Anti-sionism” First, there appeared slogans against Israel’s right to existence. Now we are witnesses to direct hate against all Jews. We therefore ask: what will the next the next…

A meeting with Lili Haber, Chairwoman of the Association of the People of Krakow in Israel (Związek Krakowian w Izraelu) took place yesterday, on 18th March 2024 at 6 p.m. at the Kupa Synagogue. The event was combined with the promotion of a book written by prof. dr hab. Łukasz Tomasz Sroka (UKEN), Lili Haber . The second generation after the Holocaust in Israel. The birth of a new nation, preface by Marian Turski. Published by AUSTERIA, Krakow-Budapest-Syracuse 2024. (Drugie pokolenie po Holokauście w Izraelu. Narodziny nowego narodu, przedmowa Marian Turski. Wydawnictwo AUSTERIA, Kraków-Budapeszt-Syrakuzy 2024. The meeting was hosted by Michał Zajda (Jewish Religious Community in Krakow). We wish to thank Lili Haber and prof. Łukasz Tomasz Sroka for an engaging discussion and all the guests for coming.

A march of remembrance took place today, 17th March. The walk began at noon from Plac Bohaterów Getta and continued to the area of the former KL Plaszow. The annual march of remembrance is organised on the anniversary of the Krakow ghetto liquidation in Podgorze. Local residents, tourists and numerous invited guests participated in the march. The Jewish Religious Community in Krakow was represented by Helena Jakubowicz, Chairwoman of the Board, Tadeusz Jakubowicz, Vice-Chairman of the Board and Boaz Gadka, rabbi of the Jewish Religious Community as well as by other members of the Community. We would like to thank everyone who was with us on that special day.

The KL Plaszow Museum opening ceremony and its outdoor exhibition called KL Plaszow. Miejsce po, miejsce bez took place today, 15th March 2024 at 11:00 a.m. The following representatives took part in the ceremony: Yacov Livne, Ambassador of Israel in Poland, prof. dr hab. Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Krakow, Mateusz Szpytma Phd, Deputy President of The Institute of National Remembrance, Michał Niezabitowski PhD, Director of the Historical Museum of Krakow, Lili Haber, Chairwoman of the Association of the People of Krakow in Israel, Roman Kwiatkowski, President of the Board of the Roma Association in Poland as well as many other guests. The Jewish Religious Community in Krakow was represented by Helena Jakubowicz, Chairwoman of the Board. During the speech she said: ”It is a great honour to be able to…

The Jewish Religious Community in Krakow holds regular classes for children. Another meeting took place yesterday and it was run by Kuba Lewinger.

Memorial activities which mark the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto will take place on 12th March 2023 (Sunday) at 12:00 p.m. at Plac Bohaterów Getta. The official part will include the following events:  reading the survivors’ memoirs, a walk to Lwowska street – Kaddish and laying flowers at the remains of the ghetto wall, a march through the following streets: Lwowska, Limanowskiego, Wielicka, Jerozolimska and Heltmana up to the  monument of murdered Jews at  the former KL Plaszow  camp, a ceremony at the monument: prayers, reading the survivors’ memoirs, laying flowers and stones. Helena Jakubowicz, Chairwoman of the Board of the Jewish Religious Community in Krakow, prof. Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Krakow, Janusz Makuch, Director of the Jewish Cultures Festival invite all to…

Douglas Emhoff, husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as well as to promote the Holocaust awareness, visited the Remuh Synagogue on 29th January 2023. During the visit, Douglas Emhoff  met with the President and Vice President of the Jewish Religious Community in Krakow.  . During the meeting were also present the United States Ambassador to Poland, Mark Brzezinski as well as Consul General, Erin Nickerson. Douglas Emhoff was impressed by his visit to Poland. Photo owned by the American Center Krakow, U.S. Consulate General Krakow

At the beginning of September 2022, Erin Nickerson, the US Consul General in Krakow, paid a visit at the headquarters of the Jewish Religious Community in Krakow. Nickerson, who has been holding her position since August 2022, had a long conversation with the Community Vice-Chairman, Tadeusz Jakubowicz and Adam Klimek,  the representative of the Krakow branch of Social and Cultural Association of Jews in Poland. Mrs Nickerson also vitisted Krakow’s most important synagogues. We are pleased to announce that the US Consul General accepted our invitation for a New Year’s festive dinner at the Kupa synagogue and was our guest of honour. On behalf of the Board and the members of the Jewish Religious Community, we would like to thank Mrs Nickerson for her time and wish…

President of the Bundesrat, Bodo Ramelow and German Consulate General, Dr Michael Gross accompanied by a delegation, visited the Remuh Synagogue on 9th September 2022. The members were greeted by Helena Jakubowicz, Chairwoman of the Jewish Religious Community and Vice-Chairman Tadeusz Jakubowicz.    Pictures by Grzegorz Kozakiewicz

The Holocaust Victims Memorial Square located at the corner of Tymowskiego, Kazimierza Wielkiego and Berka Joselwicza streets, was opened on 28th August 2022 in Nowy Sącz. It commemorates approximately 12,000 Jews from Nowy Sącz who were murdered by the Germans. The victims’ names have been engraved on the walls of the monumental building which resembles the museum in Bełżec. Sara Weinfeld Melzer, one of very few people who managed to survive the ghetto liquidation, as well as numerous descendants of the Nowy Sącz Jews, were present at the ceremony. Also in attendance were the Mayor of Nowy Sącz, Ludomir Handzel, the United States Consul General in Krakow, Erin Nickerson, Ursula Maier who represented  the Federal Republic of Germany, Elena Lagutin, representing the  Ambassador of Israel to Poland as…