The 9th Jewish Culture Festival in the city of Ben-Gurion is approaching! We recommend all the festival events and remind you that at 2 Warszawska Street, you can participate in, among others, the premiere of the”Memorial Album of Jews from Płońsk” by Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska, workshops led by us and educators from the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, a lecture by Adi Zohar, and two temporary exhibitions!
You can find the detailed program below. Feel invited to join us!
➡️ Saturday, October 18
🔹 11:00 AM, Municipal Cultural Centre, Auditorium and Cinema
Open lecture for students of the Płońsk University of the Third Age, “Icek – a boy from the Warsaw Ghetto” – Dr. Jacek Rewerski and Christoph Mahieu
🔹 12:00 PM, Municipal Cultural Centre, Exhibition Hall
Opening of the exhibition “Icek – a boy from the Warsaw Ghetto”
🔹 6:00 PM, Municipal Cultural Centre, Auditorium and Cinema
Inauguration of the 9th Jewish Culture Festival in the city of Ben-Gurion
“The Last Sunday – the most beautiful tangos and pre-war songs” Concert by Ola Bugaj Band
/ admission by invitation /
➡️ Sunday, October 19
🔹 3:00 PM, Płońsk Memorial House, 2 Warszawska Street
Premiere of the “Memorial Album of Jews from Płońsk” by Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska, published by the Nobiscum Foundation thanks to co-funding of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship
🔹 5:00 PM, Municipal Cultural Centre, Auditorium and Cinema
Screening of the film “Potop Postscriptum” by Łukasz Czajka
Following the screening, a Q&A with the director led by Ignacy Strączek
/ Free admission /
Screening partners: Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, Kamera Dawida Foundation/ WFF.pl
➡️ Monday, October 20
🔹 12:00 PM / March of Silence / 15 Sierpnia Street /
18th March of Silence – commemorating the liquidation of the Ghetto in Płońsk, in tribute to the Jewish community of Płońsk deported and murdered by the Germans
🔹 3:00 PM, Płońsk Memorial House, 2 Warszawska Street
“David Ben-Gurion: Vision and Practical Steps” – lecture by Adi Zohar from the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute
🔹 6:00 PM, Municipal Cultural Centre, Auditorium and Cinema
“Desert Fusion” – concert by the Balagan band
/admission with free tickets/
➡️ Tuesday, October 21st, Festival Closing
🔹 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM, Płońsk Memorial House, 2 Warszawska Street
Workshops “Don’t Be Indifferent” and “Museum in a Box. The Town of Malka” for school groups led by educators from the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
🔹 6:00 PM, Municipal Cultural Centre, Auditorium and Cinema,
“Is Janina Andzia off today, and tomorrow…?” – a musical and spoken word performance
/ admission with free tickets /
Additionally, as part of the Festival:
🔸 temporary exhibition “Jewish Photographic Studios of Płońsk” at the Płońsk Memorial House, 2 Warszawska Street
/as part of a project co-financed by the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland/
🔸 ceremonial welcoming of the Shabbat – Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday, October 17, at 3:00 PM with guests from Sderot at the Płońsk Memorial House, 2 Warszawska Street
🔸 board exhibition “Płońsk in the Memories of Yitzhak Grünbaum” at the Płońsk Memorial House, 2 Warszawska Street
🔸 architectural and art workshops “Płońsk 100 Years Ago” for preschool and school groups at the Płońsk Memorial House, 2 Warszawska Street
🔸 historical and art workshops related to the holiday of Sukkot for preschool and school groups at the Płońsk Memorial House, 2 Warszawska Street
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Organizers: Municipality of Płońsk, Płońsk Municipal Cultural Center.
Partners: Kamera Dawida, Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, Nobiscum Foundation, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw Public Library.