The establishment of the Kraków Jewish Cultural Festival in 1988
The Kraków Jewish Cultural Festival was established in 1988 as a way to celebrate and honor the Jewish culture that has been a part of the city of Kraków for centuries. The festival features a variety of activities, including concerts, lectures, workshops, and art exhibitions. It
The Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków is an annual cultural event organized since 1988 in the once Jewish district of Kazimierz by the Jewish Culture Festival Society headed by Janusz Makuch, a self-described meshugeneh, fascinated with all things Jewish. The main goal of the festival is to educate people about Jewish culture, history, and faith (Judaism), which flourished in Poland before the Holocaust, as well as to familiarize them with modern Jewish culture, developing mostly in the United States and Israel, and finally, to provide entertainment.