Managing Jewish Built Heritage Conference in Krakow—Opening will be live-streamed

By Ruth Ellen Gruber
Published on April 22, 2013

March recalls liquidation of Krakow ghetto

Published on March 18, 2013

Some 400 people made a remembrance march in Krakow to mark the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Polish city's Jewish ghetto.

Israeli tourist suffers ‘anti-Semitic abuse’ in Polish taxi

Published on October 26, 2012

An Israeli tourist visiting Poland reportedly filed a complaint with police against a taxi driver for making anti-Semitic remarks.

Letter from Krakow: When is anti-Semitism not anti-Semitism?

Published on July 18, 2012

A troubling recent incident in the heart of Krakow’s old Jewish quarter, Kazimierz, has raised questions anew about the scope and impact of anti-Semitism in the age of instant response and interactive social media.

Krakow waiters made anti-Semitic remarks, Jewish patrons allege

Published on July 9, 2012

A group of Jews patronizing a restaurant in Krakow said they were verbally and physically attacked by waiters.

Krakow JCC head says BBC misrepresented him in anti-Semitism report

Published on June 7, 2012

The “furious” director of the JCC in Krakow says the BBC manipulated his comments in order to bolster a “sensationalist” report on anti-Semitism and racism in Poland and Ukraine.

Article Highlights Jewish Culture Festivals in Europe

By Ruth Ellen Gruber
Published on May 27, 2012

Seven Krakow synagogues to open—for one night

Published on May 15, 2012

Seven historic synagogues in Krakow that are closed for most of the year will open for one night.

Jewish Life—Life!—in Krakow.

By Ruth Ellen Gruber
Published on April 18, 2012

Krakow’s Jewish community celebrates, mourns

Published on March 8, 2012

For Krakow’s Jews, this past week has truly been “a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.”

Young Jewish activist killed in Poland train crash

Published on March 5, 2012

Maja Brand, a Jewish activist from Krakow, was among the 16 people killed when two trains collided in southern Poland.

Janusz Korczak Sukkot Workshops for kids in Cafe Cheder- Krakow Poland

By Klaudia Klimek
Published on November 3, 2011

Kristin Scott Thomas on “Sarah’s Key:” “I Don’t See It As a ‘Holocaust’ Film” [VIDEO]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on July 18, 2011

Timeline: Jewish life in Poland from 1098

By Jane Ulman
Published on June 7, 2007

Letters

Published on May 18, 2006

Letters to the Editor.

The Shadows of Another Time

By Rachel Kadish
Published on April 20, 2006

Anti-Semitism is thick here, and largely unexamined. Yes it's true that there's also been a recent surge of philo-Semitism, exemplified by the huge non-Jewish crowds at Krakow's annual Jewish Cultural Festival and a palpable interest in Judaism within Polish intellectual circles. Still, in Poland it can still be physically hazardous to declare oneself Jewish.

Power of the Past

By Jane Ulman
Published on August 9, 2001

My son Zack, 17, is celebrating Shabbat dinner tonight at the Bohema Restaurant in Krakow, Poland.

In fact, not only is he celebrating Shabbat, but he and his group -- 15 students from Milken Community High School in Los Angeles and 140 students from Tichon Chadash High School in Tel Aviv, plus teachers and parent chaperones (including my husband, Larry) -- are practically doubling Krakow's Jewish population, estimated at 200. It is a population that, at its height in the late 1930s, numbered more than 60,000.

From Krakow to Pico

By Mike Levy
Published on November 29, 1999

When Pavel Vogler left Krakow for Southern California in 1992, he brought almost 100 of his favorite paintings. The darkly shaded oil works in blue, black and purple show Vogler's vision of his hometown and its medieval Jewish quarter, Kazimierz, filled with empty synagogues. Moonlight, twilight and the glow of streetlamps illuminate Vogler's Polish works, where ghosts of a Jewish history haunt cobblestone streets.

‘Three Stories’: From Krakow to L.A.

By Michael Aushenker
Published on February 11, 1999

The world was a different place for writer-director Pavel Vogler when he arrived here from Poland six years ago.