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BAJIT CHADASZ
ENCOUNTERS WITH JEWISH CULTURE
September - November 2006

PROGRAM


Sunday, September 24 th , 7 p.m. *
NEW YEAR'S CONCERT – ROSH HA-SHANA 5767
Concert
of the KROKE ensemble: Tomasz KUKURBA (viola, violin), Jerzy BAWÓŁ (accordion), Tomasz LATO (double base), Tomasz GROCHOT (drums).

Tuesday, September 26 th , 6 p.m.
Opening
of an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Tithy ALEKSANDROWICZ (Israel). The exhibition is organized by the Krakow friends of Tithy a year after her death.

Wednesday, September 27 th , 6 p.m.
On Bar Mitzvah but Not Only
– a lecture by Michael SCHUDRICH, Poland 's Chief Rabbi.

Thursday, September 28 th , 6 p.m.
On the Mechanisms of Collective Remembrance or How Human Societies Remember
– a lecture by Dr. Sławomir KAPRALSKI from the Centre for Social Studies in Warsaw . The lecture is part of the European Program Monument Nomination and Pilot Implementation as an Alternative Form of Architecture and Religious Tourism (MoNoPi).

Tuesday, October 3 rd , 6 p.m.
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
Galician Jews –
opening of an exhibition of photographs by Andrzej POLEC and a promotion of the pictorial album Forgotten. We, Jews of the Borderland published by BOSZ Publishing House.

Wednesday, October 4 th , 6 p.m.
Professor Józef A. Gierowski in Memoriam
a meeting dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Gierowski, the co-founder of the Judaica Foundation and its Board Chairman for a number of years.

Thursday, October 5 th , 6 p.m.
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
Die Namem der Nummern
– a lecture by Hans Joachim LANG, author of the book bearing the above title, organized jointly with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Krakow .
In the book, H.J. Lang describes many years of his research in tracking down the identity of 86 Jews murdered in the concentration camp of Natzweiler-Struthof. All first and last names of the victims have been returned to them through the efforts of the German journalist (the lecture in German) .

Monday, October 9 th , 6 p.m.
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
Grymek's Adventures in the
Holy Land – promotion of a book by Natan GROSS, published by the Rabid Publishing House; selected and edited by Roman WŁODEK.

Tuesday, October 10 th , 6 p.m.
The Benedictine Tradition in the United Europe
– a meeting with Father Bernard, Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey at Tyniec, as a part of the European Program Monument Nomination and Pilot Implementation as an Alternative Form of Architecture and Religious Tourism (MoNoPi).

Thursday, October 12 th , 6 p.m.
Jewishness in the Contemporary Urban Space – on the Example of Warsaw
– a lecture by Dr. Jacek LEOCIAK as a part of the European Program Monument Nomination and Pilot Implementation as an Alternative Form of Architecture and Religious Tourism (MoNoPi).

Monday, October 16 th , 6 p.m.
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
From Krakow to Krakow
– a meeting with Ryszard LÖW (Loew), Israeli writer born in Krakow; moderated by Andrzej KOZIOŁ, author of the book Krakowianie [ Cracovians ] on the Israelis born in Krakow .

Wednesday, October 18 th , 6 p.m.
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
Der Judenstaat – The Jewish State
– a promotion of the Polish translation of the book by Theodor Herzl, with the participation of David PELEG, Israeli Ambassador in Poland, Dr. Erik PETRY, Professor Jan WOLEŃSKI and Jacek SURZYN, translator of the book published by Austeria Publishing House.

Thursday, October 19 th , 6 p.m.*
From Baroque to Broadway
– a concert by KEN SHIFRIN'S POSAUNE VOCE TRIO ( Great Britain ): Ken SHIFRIN (trombone), Claire Angela HOLLOCKS (soprano) and Robert CHALLINOR (piano).

Friday, October 20 th , 6 p.m.
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
Where Are You from, Sir? –
a meeting with Professor Władysław BARTOSZEWSKI and a promotion of the interview with Professor W. Bartoszewski published by ¦wiat Ksi±żki Publishing House; moderated by Michał KOMAR.

Saturday, October 21 st ,
11 a .m.
Book Auction
organized by the Antiquarian Bookshop RARA AVIS in Krakow .
Exhibits to be auctioned may be viewed at the library of the Center for Jewish Culture starting at 8 a.m. Detailed information can be obtained at www.raraavis.krakow.pl


Tuesday, October 24 th , 6 p.m.
THE ALEKSANDER AND ALICJA HERTZ ANNUAL MEMORIAL LECTURE
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
Jewish Messianism and the Liberal Spirit
– a lecture by Leon WIESELTIER, American writer and essayist, head of the literary section of The New Republic ; organized jointly with the Embassy of the United States in Warsaw and the Consulate General of the United States in Krakow . (the lecture in English with a simultaneous translation into Polish)

Thursday, October 26 th , 6 p.m.
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
Blowup
– opening of an exhibition of photographs by Andrzej NOWAKOWSKI and a promotion of his pictorial album about the new Jewish cemetery on Miodowa Street in Krakow .

Friday, October 27 th , 6 p.m.
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
The Road to
Corinth . From Today to 1956. – a meeting with Ewa KURYLUK, a writer and painter, and promotion of her latest book published by Twój Styl Publishing House.

Sunday, October 29 th , 6 p.m.*
Chamber music concert
– Józef Koffler (1896 – 1944), Jewish composer of Lvov ; Danuta BYRCZEK (piano) and the students of the Academy of Music in Krakow : Alicja MACIEJOWSKA (violin), Urszula KOPYTKO (viola), Paulina DRUCH (cello), Hanna SWARYCZEWSKA (mezzo-soprano) and Jan SIA¦KIEWICZ (clarinet); introduction by Ewelina CZARNIK.

Monday, November 6 th , 6 p.m.
JEWISH FATES
Film screenings: Julian Stryjkowski: And You Will Say: I Am
by Andrzej TITKOW and Julian Stryjkowski – An Attempt at a Portrait by Nina TERENTIEW.

Tuesday, November 7 th , 6 p.m.
JEWISH FATES
Film screening: Hiding and Seeking
by Menachem DAUM and Oren RUDAVSKY (in English with Polish subtitles)

Wednesday, November 8 th , 6 p.m.
JEWISH FATES
Film screening: Coffee Beans for Life
by Helga HIRSCH ( Germany ) with the director in person. Organized jointly with KinoWelt.

Thursday, November 9 th , 6 p.m.
Anti-Semitism in
Poland : An Attempt at a Diagnosis – a panel discussion with Dr. Alina CAŁA, Professor Jan WOLEŃSKI and the journalist Adam SZOSTKIEWICZ.

Monday, November 13 th , 6 p.m.
Opening
of an exhibition of prints from the collection of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw .

Tuesday, November 14 th , 6 p.m.
80 th Anniversary of the Polish Radio: Radio as a
School of Civic Culture – a lecture by Dr. Krzysztof GÓRSKI, Director of the Center of History of Polish Radio Broadcasting.

Wednesday, November 15 th , 6 p.m.
Monotheism or a Pagan Cult? Levinas' Discussion with Freud.
– a lecture by Professor Andrzej LEDER of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Monday, November 20 th , 6 p.m.
October '56 Events in Poland – From a Perspective of Half a Century
– a meeting with Lechosław GO¬DZIK, workers' leader from the Żerań Car Factory, Professor Tadeusz KOWALIK, Professor Andrzej WALICKI, Professor Marek WALDENBERG.
Tuesday, November 21 st , 6 p.m.
Krakow's Podgórze – The Mysteries of the Right Bank of the
Vistula River – a presentation of the Association Podgórze.pl

Wednesday, November 22 nd , 6 p.m.
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
The Jewish ABC in Our Literature, and Not Only
– a lecture and meeting with the writer Robert Reuven STILLER.

Thursday, November 23 rd , 6 p.m.
BAYIT HADASH LITERARY PROGRAM
Israel – Dreams and Reality – a meeting with Paweł SMOLEŃSKI, author of the book Israel Is Flying No More.

Sunday, November 26 th , 6 p.m. *
13 th ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE
Concert of Jewish songs
featuring Maestro Leopold KOZŁOWSKI, Marta BIZOŃ, Jacek CYGAN, Katarzyna JAMRÓZ, Halina JARCZYK, Renata ¦WIERCZYŃSKA and Katarzyna ZIELIŃSKA.
The Annual Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award will be presented to Joachim S. Russek by Prof. Feliks Tych of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw and Marek Web of the YIVO Institute in New York during the concert.

Tuesday, November 28 th , 6 p.m.
THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN POLAND
History of Jews in
Gliwice – a lecture by Bożena KUBIT, Head of the Ethnography Section of the Museum in Gliwice .



* tickets or invitations required

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