Krakow's Alive

Krakow My day in Krakow so far has been very pleasant. The city is quite beautiful, much prettier then Soviet rebuilt Warsaw. The day so far has been much more leisurely. The Matisyahu concert last night in the old synagogue was magical. It was amazing to see so many people there interested in Jewish culture. The concert was part of Krackows Jewish Heritage Festival, which gets more and more popular each year. Today we visited the Old Jewish Quarter which has attracted Jewish style restaurants and shops, synagogue and cemetery and the Krackow JCC. The JCC was filled with Polish Jews and non Jew interested in Judaism. We met half a dozen young Poles who are very involved in Jewish life and some which will be going to yeshiva in Israel. We also met a recently married young Jewish couple, the first Jewish wedding in Krakow in years. The JCC was like the Eastern European version of an Israeli Absorption Center for Ethiopian Jews. Iras a wonderful feeling to be there. The picture below is me in front of the old synagogue which Matisyahu performed in last night. The JCC is next door. Today was a wonderful respite from yesterday at Majdanek.