The annual event, which takes its name from Nobel Prize-winning Polish-Jewish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer, sees a more than weeklong feast of music concerts, film screenings, exhibitions, culinary workshops and more.
A host of international performers are expected to entertain audiences, among them the multicultural folk ensemble Light in Babylon, consisting of singer Michal Elia Kamal, guitarist Julien Demarque, santurist Metehan Çiftçi, bassist Priam Arnoux, and drummer Stuart Dickson.
Among the highlights of the festival this year is a cantorial concert at Warsaw’s Nożyk Synagogue, featuring performers including Israel Nachman and Chaim Stern.
Other attractions also include debates, activities for children, meetings with writers, artists and historians, and plays performed by actors from Warsaw’s Jewish Theatre.
20th Jewish Culture Festival in Warsaw: This year's "Singer's Warsaw" festival began on August 26 and runs until September 3. Image: Press kit
Gołda Tencer, the founder and artistic director of the festival, has said the event is “a bridge connecting tradition and modernity.”
The festival is held in various venues around the Polish capital every year, but primarily in a part of the city that was once the hub of Warsaw's Jewish community.
![A previous Jewish culture festival in Warsaw. Photo: Radeksz [Public domain]](//static.prsa.pl/images/1081938a-0eab-417d-86ed-937f13b29189.jpg)
A previous Jewish culture festival in Warsaw. Photo: Radeksz [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons
This year's event opened on August 26 and runs until September 3 to offer a wealth of opportunities to explore and celebrate Jewish culture and tradition.
Public broadcaster Polish Radio is a media partner of the event.
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Source: IAR, polskieradio.pl, shalom.org.pl
Click on the audio player above to listen to a report by Radio Poland's Agnieszka Bielawska.