Due to the celebration of Passover, the office of the Board of the Jewish Religious Community of Krakow will be closed from April 14 to 18, 2025.
Soon, the Passover holiday, which begins on the 14th day of the month of Nissan (Evening of Passover on the 14th of Nissan) and lasts seven days in Eretz Israel. In the diaspora, for example in Poland, it lasts eight days. In the current year, i.e. 5785 of the Jewish calendar, which falls in the years 2024/2025 of the Gregorian calendar, the beginning of the holiday will fall on April 12 (Evening of Passover on April 12). In our Community, this holiday is celebrated very solemnly. Seder dinners are held in the communal Kupa synagogue, while prayers are also held in the communal Remuh synagogue. A few days before the start of the holiday, members of the Community receive matzo and wine, of course after paying the…
Concert commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. Artists: ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐’ International women’s choir under the direction of Catherine Bolzinger. At the heart of the Voix de Stras’ project is the voice – a capella or in instrumental combinations. ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ American gospel and blues singer, songwriter and pianist, granddaughter of African slaves. Honoured with the Order of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Ministry of Culture. ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น French artist, internationally acclaimed singer and actor. In his thirty-year career, he has sold more than 15 million albums, appeared in more than fifty films and hundreds of theatrical productions. ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ Virtuoso violinist, born in 2003 into a family of classical musicians. He has performed as soloist…
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the death of Tadeusz Jakubowicz, long-time chairman of the Jewish Religious Community of Krakow. We mourn the loss of this very exceptional figure, who will forever remain in the hearts of theJewish community in Poland and around the world. A survivor of the Holocaust, completely devoted to the Jewish community in Krakow.A friend of Israel, a Great Man! In private, a lover of nature, motoring, a fan of Cracovia soccer club. He was famous for his sharp tongue and blunt retorts. The funeral will take place at noon (12:00) on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at the Jewish Cemetery in Krakow at 55 Miodowa Street.
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 (Zwiฤ zek 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. ลukasz 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 Holokauลcie w Izraelu. Narodziny nowego narodu, przedmowa Marian Turski. Wydawnictwo AUSTERIA, Krakรณw-Budapeszt-Syrakuzy 2024. The meeting was hosted by Michaล Zajda (Jewish Religious Community in Krakow). We wish to thank Lili Haber and prof. ลukasz Tomasz Sroka for an engaging discussion and all the guests for coming.