Founded in 1911 by the teacher and folklore enthusiast Seweryn Udziela (1857-1937) and located inside Kazimierz’s former Town Hall, this cultural highlight usually gets overlooked by tourists - wrongfully so. There’s not enough space here to wax lyrical about the delights insi [...]

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Isaac's Synagogue, built in the early Judaic-Baroque style, was opened in 1644, and was a gift to the city from a wealthy Jew, Izaak Jakubowicz. It is perhaps the most strikingly beautiful of the Kazimierz synagogues, all arabesques and squiggles yet rataining a sober linearity, especially [...]

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Built on the cusp of the 15th and 16th centuries, the Old Synagogue serves as the oldest surviving example of Jewish religious architecture in Poland and is home to a fine series of exhibits that showcase the history and traditions of Polish Judaism. It is no longer a working synagogue. The English explanations assume no great depth of knowledge on the reader's part and are therefore a perfect primer on the subject. In the midst of all the glass cases stands the bimah enclosed in an elaborate, wrought iron balustrade. Upstairs, a rather shoddy room displays the irrevocable tragedy of this district. Posters and signs advertise the restoration of the old German town of Krakau and the segregation of city trams, followed by deportation instructions and posters with names of excecuted civilians. The bookshop sells a fine selection of works realted to Jewish Krakow, in a number of languages. [...]

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Gorgeous synagogue with a beautifully renovated interior. The gold-trimmed woodwork within plays host to many concerts. [...]

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