Kazimierz: Jewish Kraków

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Centrum Kultury Żydowskiej

   ~3 min here

   At 17 Meiselsa Street, Centrum Kultury Żydowskiej operates in the restored Bne Emuna synagogue.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Synagoga Tempel w Krakowie

   ~15 min here

   Tempel Synagogue on Miodowa Street is Kraków’s Reform synagogue, built for a community that chose a modern form of Jewish worship.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Synagoga Kupa

   ~15 min here

   Synagoga Kupa, the former synagogue on Warszauera Street in Kazimierz, is the last synagogue built during the lifetime of Kazimierz as a Jewish town.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Synagoga Izaaka Jakubowicza

   ~15 min here

   Synagoga Izaaka Jakubowicza is the historic synagogue on the corner of Kupa and Izaaka streets in Kazimierz.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Synagoga Wysoka

   ~3 min here

   Synagoga Wysoka is the former Orthodox synagogue at Józefa 38 in Kazimierz, now used as a Jewish museum.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Synagoga Remuh

   ~15 min here

   Synagoga Remuh, inside the walled courtyard at forty Szeroka Street, is Kraków’s Orthodox synagogue, named for Rabbi Moses Isserles.

7. 7

   

   Stop 7: Synagoga Wolfa Poppera

   ~15 min here

   Beyond the openwork three-bay gate and its small courtyard is the Wolf Popper Synagogue, a former house of Jewish worship at 16 Szeroka Street in Kazimierz.

8. 8

   

   Stop 8: Stara Synagoga

   ~1 hr here

   Stara Synagoga at 24 Szeroka Street is the former Orthodox synagogue of Kazimierz.

9. 9

   

   Stop 9: Żydowskie Muzeum Galicja

   ~1 hr here

   Żydowskie Muzeum Galicja occupies a restored former Jewish furniture factory on Dajwór Street in Kazimierz, Kraków’s historic Jewish quarter.

10. 10

    

    Stop 10: Plac Wolnica

    ~3 min here

    Plac Wolnica is the open square that formed part of medieval Kazimierz’s original market place.

11. 11

    

    Stop 11: Muzeum Etnograficzne

    ~1 hr here

    The former Kazimierz Town Hall on Wolnica Square is now the Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum, a museum devoted to the material life, art, and traditions of Poland and cultures beyond it.

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