Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw
Grzybowski Square
during 15th Singer Warsaw Festival (2018)Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw – "Singer's Warsaw" is an annual celebration of Jewish culture that has been held in Warsaw since 2004.[1]
The Festival includes Jewish (both
kosher food (along with instructions as to how to prepare it in one's own kitchen), dancing, songs, crafts, ceramics and posters. Numerous workshops, discussion groups and seminars are also held on topics related to Yiddish culture
.
The festival is organized by the
Jewish Theatre in Warsaw. The purpose of the foundation is the popularization of Jewish culture in Poland
, and the remembrance of its Jewish communities.
The first annual festival was held in 2004 on the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Isaac Bashevis Singer (note that Singer's actual birth date is uncertain).
The logo of the festival consists of a combination of a fiddler on a rooftop (to symbolize Polish Jewish culture) and that of the Warsaw
Syrenka (to symbolize Warsaw). It was designed by Lech Majewski
.
The 2009 festival was held from the 29 August until 6 September. Guests and participants included:
Gorale folk band Zakopower, Benzion Miller, Kroke, the author Hanna Krall, Michał Piróg, Trombenik, Janusz Tylman, Israel's ambassador to Poland Zvi Rav-Ner and many others.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Fundacja Shalom » Festiwal Kultury Żydowskiej Warszawa Singera" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ "Strona tytułowa". Festiwalsingera.pl. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
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