WELCOME TO JEWISH WARSAW

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1 WELCOME TO JEWISH WARSAW Information for the weekend of May 8-10, 2015 If you are interested in exploring or participating in Jewish life in Warsaw, Taube Jewish Heritage Tours suggests the following options: Tours of Jewish Warsaw by Taube Jewish Heritage Tours (TJHT) Taube Jewish Heritage Tours offers custom-designed tours, which begin with Warsaw s 15 th century Jewish roots, and take you through to contemporary Jewish life in Poland s capital. The tours include Jewish heritage sites and visits to Jewish institutions, as well as meetings with leaders and members of Warsaw s growing Jewish community. To arrange a walking tour of Warsaw on Saturday, May 9 or Sunday, May 10, please contact: Joanna Andrysiak, jandrysiak@polin.pl, phone: TJHT can also arrange tours in Krakow and other major cities and heritage sites, and visits to family towns. For more information about cultural venues in Warsaw and other tours, please contact TJHT: or travel@thjt.pl We invite you to visit our website: Spending the Sabbath in Warsaw The conference hotels IBIS, Westin and Radisson Blu, are all at walking distance from POLIN. The Westin and Radisson Blu hotels are both five-minute walks from the Nozyk Synagogue. Cejtel s Kosher Kitchen, Galil Restaurant and Kosher Delight are situated within a five-minute walk of the synagogue.

2 Synagogues Nozyk Synagogue (Traditional/Orthodox) 6 Twarda Street Phone: warszawa@jewish.org.pl Office of the Chief Rabbi: Friday, May 8 Candle Lighting: 7:53 PM followed by Sabbath Evening Service Shabbat dinner at Cejtel s Kosher Kitchen (in the building next to the Synagogue) 9:00 PM Reservations should be made advance: Price: 30 PLN/person Saturday, May 9 Morning Sabbath service: 9:00 AM-11: 30 AM Community Kiddush: 11:45 AM Sabbath Lunch at Cejtel s Kosher Kitchen 12:00 PM Afternoon/Evening Service (announced) Havdalah (9:26 PM) You can also the visit the Synagogue during the week: Monday thru Friday: 9:00 AM 7:00 PM Sundays: 11:00 AM 7:00 PM Admission: 10 PLN/person Ec Chaim (Progressive) 53 Aleje Jerozolimskie, 4 th floor chawura@jewish.org.pl Friday, May 8 Ec Chaim is organizing a special Shabbat dinner and performance (in Polish) at the Jewish Theater (Grzybowski Square 12/16). For more information, please contact Ec Chaim. Reservations can be made until May 4 Saturday, May 9 Sabbath Morning Service in the Ec Chaim Center (Aleje Jerozolimskie 53, 4th floor): 10:00 AM -12:00 PM followed by study session (in Polish) Sabbath Lunch: 1:00 PM 10 PLN/person

3 Chabad-Lubavitch 19 Slonimskiego Street, Apt. 508A (Ground floor) Phone: Monday to Friday 8:30 AM; Sunday: 9:00 AM Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00 PM followed by Friday night dinner Sabbath Morning: 10:00 AM followed by Shabbat lunch Sundays: 9:00 AM Shabbat dinner and lunch are free of charge Kosher Restaurants and Kosher Food Purveyors Bekef 40 Hoza Street Phone: A meat restaurant service located in the center of Warsaw Sunday-Thursday: 12:00 PM 8:00 PM Friday: 12:00 3:00 PM Saturday: Closed Cejtel's Kosher Kitchen 6 Twarda Street Phone: koszernakuchniacejtel@gmail.com The kitchen offers a mix of Polish and Jewish cuisines Catering available Galil 37 Zielna Street Phone: misedet.galil@gmail.com The kitchen offers various Mediterranean-style dishes Sunday: 2:00 PM-11:00 PM Monday-Thursday: 11 AM-10:00 PM

4 Friday: Closed Saturday: Closed Kosher Delight 2 Grzybowska Street Phone: / info@kosherdelightpoland.com Kosher Store 6 Twarda Street (located in the Nozyk Synagogue, side entrance) Phone: Internet Kosher Shop Phone: A list of kosher products available in stores can be down loaded from the Jewish community s website: There are also a several vegetarian and vegan options in Warsaw, including the Tel Aviv Café (Poznanska 11): Judaica and Books POLIN Museum Store Museum of the History of Polish Jews 6 Mordechaja Anielewicza Street Phone: jms@museumstore.pl Monday, Thursday, Friday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Wednesday Saturday Sunday 10:00 AM to 800 PM Tuesday: Museum is closed for visitors Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute Bookstore on Tlomackie 3/5 Tlomackie Street Phone: ext ksiegarnia@jhi.pl Monday-Friday: 10:00 AM - 6:00PM

5 Sunday: 10:00 AM 6:00 PM Publications of interest are also available at Empik Stores and various bookstores throughout the city JCC Warsaw 9A Chmielna Street Phone: Weekly Sunday morning BOKER TOV brunch: 11:00-3:00 PM 25 pln/person Culture National Museum in Warsaw 3 Aleje Jerozolimskie Phone: int edukacja@mnw.art.pl Exhibit: Cijurim mi Polin. Polish-Jewish artistic meetings. A special tour presenting the XIX and XX century masterpieces by Polish Jewish artists like Maurycy Gottlieb, Mojzesz Kisling, Eugeniusz Zak or Henryk Berlew can be organized on request Tuesday-Sunday: 10:00 AM-6:00 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM-9:00 PM Monday: Closed Jewish Theatre 12/16 Plac Grzybowski Phone: / sekretariat@teatr-zydowski.art.pl Performances in Polish: Dybbukh by Maja Kleczewska Friday, May 8 at 7:00 PM Saturday, May 9 at 7:00 PM Sunday, May 10 at 6:00 PM