Where to stay in Krakow for 3 days If you have a limited time in Krakow, I recommend staying somewhere near Market Square.

Krakow, Poland – About 13,000 people crowded the main square in the cobblestone-paved former Jewish quarter of Krakow last week for the finale of this year’s Jewish Culture Festival. The event ...

Krakow: Jewish growth amid the grandeur For those interested in Jewish and Israeli culture, the summer Jewish Cultural Festival is the jewel in Krakow’s crown. KRAKOW’S FAMOUS market square.

Krakow approaches his role as leading the new “Jewish town square” and sees this as an opportunity to move the Jewish community forward, while providing members with chances to learn to love ...

The Old Synagogue at the end of the Dzielnica Zydowska (Jewish Square) dates from 1407 and now houses a Jewish museum.

Krakow’s old Jewish quarter, Kazimierz, is famous (or notorious, depending on how you look at it) for its Jewish-themed tourist infrastructure. Its “Jewish” cafes present a nostalgic ...

Since the fall of communism, Krakow's Kazimierz neighborhood has undergone a remarkable transformation into a district that prides itself — and sells itself — on its Jewish history.

Krakow had 260,000 residents at the time of the Nazi invasion, including 70,000 Jews. Most of the Jewish population perished in the Nazi death camps, along with Jews from all over German-occupied ...

Though the largest by far, the festival in Krakow is not the only Jewish festival in Poland. Warsaw, with the largest Jewish population in Poland, has a festival in the square near the synagogue ...

Interest in Jewish culture is growing in Poland, and this revival is nowhere clearer than in Kazimierz, the former Jewish quarter of Krakow. Many of the visitors here are foreigners who come to see… ...