Auschwitz Jewish Center

10th Anniversary of the Auschwitz Jewish Center (#2)

AJC — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:45:18 +0000

September 12, 2010 (Sunday)

11 am – Workshop for kids led by Maciek Zabierowski

12 pm – Synagogue without Secrets led by Dr. Artur Szyndler.

2 pm – What Was Oshpitsin? led by Dr. Artur Szyndler.

simultaneously: Workshop for kids led by Maciek Zabierowski

4 pm – Israeli Dance Workshop led by Awa Cybulska*

7 pm – DJ Jungle Feelings (Warsaw Balkan Madness)*

8 pm – Concert: Kroke*

9-10 pm – DJ Jungle Feelings (Warsaw Balkan Madness)*

Location: Auschwitz Jewish Center. The events at marked with * will take place at Jan Skarbek Square, Oświęcim

Free admission. All are welcome!

All events are organized as a part of the Days of Oświęcim 2010

The full program of the 10th Anniversary of the AJC is available below:

The events of the 10th Anniversary of the Auschwitz Jewish Center are made possible through the generous support of:

Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kraków, US Consulate General in Kraków, Embassy of the State of Israel, Jewish Community in Bielsko-Biała, Nicromet Polska, OMAG Oświęcim, Plantpol Zaborze, Oświęcim County, Town Council of Oświęcim.

10th Anniversary of the Auschwitz Jewish Center (#1)

AJC — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:24:36 +0000

September 5, 2010 (Sunday)

12 pm – Performance by young Israeli and Polish artists (Tal Alperstein, Raz Gomeh, Adam Gruba, Jakub Falkowski)

Cooperation: Adina Bar On (Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerozolima),
prof. Artur Tajber (Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków)

5 pm – Disposition – performance by Adina Bar On (Israel)

Free admission – all are welcome!

Location: 5 Jan Skarbek Square, Oświęcim

Event organized as part of the European Day of Jewish Culture 2010

The full program of the 10th Anniversary of the AJC is available below:

AJC Fellows: Bridge to History 2010

AJC — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:24:45 +0000

Five graduate students from various universities across the US and one from the UK took part in 2010 edition of the Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows program. The Fellows arrived to Poland after a brief orientation at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York.

Students stayed in Krakow, Warsaw and Oswiecim where they explored and discussed Polish-Jewish history. This year’s itinerary also included numerous field trips to Lodz, Kielce, Bedzin, Bielsko-Biala, Pszczyna and former Jewish towns of south-eastern Poland such as Bobowa, Lezajsk, Lancut, Nowy Sacz, Pinczow and Szydlow.

Please click below to see pictures from 2010 edition of the program:

This program has been supported by The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

American Services Academies Program 2010

AJC — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:15:48 +0000

14 cadets and midshipmen from US military academies took part in 2010 edition of AJC’s American Service Academies Program.

After preparation at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York and US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC the participants traveled to Poland for the on-site study of the Holocaust history. This year’s program included study visits to Warsaw, Krakow, Oświęcim (Auschwitz) and small towns of south-eastern area of Poland, formerly known as Galicia.

This program has been supported by The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Hatikvah 6 at AJC

Krzysztof — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:23:59 +0000

June 17th, 2010

Famous Israeli reggae band Hatikvah 6 visited the AJC prior to their
evening performance in the townâs market square at Life Festival (website in Polish).

Musicians visited AJCâs exhibits: Jews in OĹwiÄcim and New Life, as well as the Chevra Lomdei Mishnayot synagogue.

Photos from the visit and the concert are available below thanks to the courtesy of Danny Ghitis and Celia T. Tobin.

Mazel Tov! Cocktail Hour – concert

Piotr — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:45:04 +0000

Jul 4th, 2010 at 7 p.m.

Klezmer music concert with Mazel Tov! Cocktail Hour

Free admission!

Due to space limitations RSVP is required via:

- phone: +48 844 70 02

- email: info@ajcf.pl

More information on the group is available on their MySpace profile

http://www.myspace.com/mazeltovkocktailhour

The event is organized in cooperation with MOKSiR Chełmek

100 questions to Rabbi: meeting with Boaz Pash

Piotr — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:00:36 +0000

30th June 2010 (Mon) at 5 p.m.

Meeting with the Chief Rabbi of Kraków Mr. Boaz Pash
In Polish, moderated by Artur Szyndler, PhD (AJC)

Boaz Pash serves as the Chief Rabbi in Kraków. He has also been an emissary and teacher in Sao Paolo, Brazil, at the Shavei Israel Center in Aizawl, Mizoram, northeast India and an emissary of Shavei Israel in Lisbon, Portugal.

He specializes in kabbalah and published a book on the teachings of Rabbi Ashlag TZ”L. Rabbi Pash was born and grew up in the Old City of Jerusalem.

He received his rabbinical ordination at âHeichal HaTorahâ yeshiva and participated in the founding of the yeshiva at Maaleh Amos.

Soon after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Rabbi Pash went to Kiev, Ukraine, where he inaugurated and taught at the local yeshiva.

From: http://www.shavei.org//en/Pages.aspx?Name=Our+Emissaries

Meeting with Irek Grin

Piotr — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:00:50 +0000

May 17th (Mo) at 5 p.m.

Jewish themes in the writings of Irek Grin will be explored in discussion with the author and Lech Chodacki

In Polish, free entry.

Pensjonat (Guesthouse): book promotion

Piotr — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:30:25 +0000

Apr 21st (Wed) at 5 p.m.

PENSJONAT (Guesthouse)

Book promotion and discussion with author Piotr Pazinski

Guesthouse, a fiction book, has been called âthe first voice of the third generation of Holocaust survivors in Polandâ by Polish weekly âPolitykaâ.

In Polish, free entrance.

Lighting the night

Piotr — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:08:40 +0000

25 Apr 2010, 9.30 pm

Agnes Janich

A performative installation by the SoĹa river near the KL Auschwitz

The descent to the river SoĹa at the corner ofÂ LegionĂłw Street and LeszczyĹskiej Street

Time of departure: A free round-trip bus will depart at 7.45 pm from Plac Wolnica, Krakow

This one-off event will take place by the river SoĹa, close to the former KL Auschwitz a site â symbol of mass, industrialized genocide. An ephemeral memorial of the living will be created with the help of the audience. Similar events have taken place in the public space in Winterthur and Barcelona, where they were described as creating an incomparable moment and a space for true human contact.

Organizers: Auschwitz Jewish Center, MOCAK Contemporary Art Museum in Krakow