My dream for KRAKOW.

[@karins2200]

Awesome dream ! Go for it !!

[@andrzejpienczykowski9086]

An awesome idea. I think it would fill a part of void that exists today in Polish culture.

[@margaretsalmieri4341]

Great idea. I believe you may be able to get some funding in the US . Follow benefactors from Polin in Warsaw. Yes , I agree that such a center would be great not only for tourists but for the city and our shared Polish/Jewish culture. I believe you can do it. Good luck

[@barbararadon4796]

@@margaretsalmieri4341 Jews from Krakow were killed by Germans during the WWII. Their culture is gone with them. New Jews in Krakow have different culture and never asked Poles to agree to that. Krakow is Polish city and very rich Polish culture why we have to share it with completely different culture.

[@velRic]

@@barbararadon4796 You're mixing up Polish culture with polakokatolicyzm. No, Polish culture isn’t just about catholicism. A lot of young Polish people are fed up with always associating Poland with pretentious catholicism. I want to see more diversity in Poland-more Jews, Tatars, Buddhists, you name it! Polakokatolicyzm is a result of policies of Zygmunt III Waza

[@maganzo]

well yeah Kraków might have the richest Jewish heritage, but there are other cities where you can feel it too like Wrocław, Łódź or Warszawa, any big city really, Jews were kinda big-city dwellers in the past

[@barbararadon4796]

Jest duże muzeum w Warszawie. Zostawcie jedno miasto, które jest całkowicie polskie. Żydzi, ktorzy mieszkali w Krakowie zginęli, bądź wyjechali i już nie wrócą. Budujcie swoją kulturę w krajach, w których mieszkacie. Róbcie swoje muzea w swoich domach. Ukraińcy też uważają Kraków za swój, bo panoszą się jak u siebie. W większości nie chcieliście asymilować się z Polakami. Tworzyliście swoje enklawy więc teraz nie narzucajcie nam swojej kultury, my chcemy mieć swoją.

[@CodRouqe]

Iloczyn inteligencji. Jeśli Polska przyjęła chrzest 1000 lat temu, a Żydzi żyli w Polsce od 1000 lat to chyba jednak ta kultura jest częścią naszego kraju, co nie???

[@bonanzaboomer]

It’s a great idea.

[@evka_esgie]

You are right, Cracow deserves such place. Something interactive, not just museum

[@BarBara81010]

Kraków zasługuje na takie miejsce? Ktoś ty, że oceniasz na co zasługuje Kraków? To ma być nagrodą czy karą ?

[@evka_esgie]

@@BarBara81010 Krakowski Kazimierz np. Przecież promuje się na napisach żydowskich, "żydowskich restauracjach", także właśnie coś takiego jak najbardziej pasuje

[@jacekjastrzebski8668]

Great idea, funding needed however

[@pawelzielinski1398]

I visited Kraków many times. I love the city. I have never been to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

[@CodRouqe]

Do that and I will bring funds!

[@rufsven8312]

Thaks for your interesting and impotrant thoughts.

[@mirthy8219]

Myśle ze pomysl nie tyle co dobry co potrzebny. Jesli chodzi o finansowanie to mysle ze potrzebne sa zbiorki nie tylko w kraju ale co wsrod zagranicznej zydowskiej spolecznosci. Moze sa jakies mozliwosci dofiansowania z Unii?🤔 jednak mysle ze to co jest potrzebne to poprostu Zydzi ktorzy wrociliby do Krakowa. Moznaby wybudowac wiele centrow tego typu ale dalej beda one tylko muzeum bez zywej spolecznosci.

[@szyszka8303]

Good idea!

[@mayaniebieska8425]

Perfect, that's exactly what is needed to bridge the gap! If you can imagine it, you can create it 🎉

[@SuperElborbah]

👍

[@Rubiagirl86]

Great idea :) you could also create something for children like cooking workshops, krav maga, watching films. It could something like Polish-Jewish community center - żydowski dom kultury.

[@maganzo]

I gotta say I love how industrious you are

[@sSomeawesomeneSs]

good idea

[@solaris2015]

Great speech and brilliant plan! 2 persons can help you: That big Polish company and Elon Musk, who is "aspirationally J****h. After November 1 st they will be back from vacation :)

[@lerubenfeld]

I am still waiting for a connection to this big company. Elon Musk also

[@solaris2015]

@@lerubenfeld Elon is just 200 km east of me with his Berlin Megafactory :) And the other company I will push in November. Try google serach "Elon Musk , Poland" result"Elon Musk is aspirationally J*****h"

[@NobelMicha]

have you made a business plan for it? how many visitors could you expect per year? how much could you charge for admission? can i participate financially in the project? if yes, send a private message.

[@lerubenfeld]

Can you please write me at [e-mail]

[@lerubenfeld]

I would like to write you privately, however I don't know your contact information. Can you share it with me, or email me?

[@Slavic_Fury]

Let’s do it! 👍

[@velRic]

Please, don't forget about Gdańsk and 3city. There are also many Jews here who have contributed to creating a rich cultural heritage.

[@lerubenfeld]

I love Gdańsk!

[@Pavel_81]

Krakau? As far as I know, it's not a German city.

[@negationf6973]

He's speaking English and using the typical English pronunciation. Go whine about something else.

[@Pavel_81]

In English it is Cracow

[@pawelzielinski1398]

@@Pavel_81 Yes, and? Michael uses standard (North American) pronunciation of that name. Yes, it sounds very similar to German. So what? They are both Germanic languages.

[@negationf6973]

@@Pavel_81 What is the Polish pronunciation? Though I just realized he might've been using a Yiddish pronunciation?

[@pawelzielinski1398]

@@negationf6973 Krakuf. ó has the same sound as u. Consonants at the end of a word become voiceless. Thus, w which is normally pronounced as v becomes f. That's all. Pretty simple. I have no clue how is that city called in Yiddish.

[@janekmazur5985]

I think it is cool dream, maybe eu-mommy could spare a coin. There is always a lack of third places, not just exhibition but place to interact with jewish culture. It could have value even for poles, sometimes for the giggles, but fun is better than ignorance. US is a bit pro isreael, so maybe they could spare you an apache helicopter, at least.

[@solaris2015]

BTW maybe talking to Elon might be done by this American in Poland, of yours?

[@jonathanornstein3672]

I’m confused, Michael. You just partnered with the JCC in Krakow on a cultural event. You say essentially that there are no non orthodox Jews in Krakow yet the JCC has, including kids, 1,000 Jewish members only a handful of whom are orthodox. The Jewish and non Jewish tourists that you wish had a place to visit and interact with living Jews? Every year, over 120,000 of them visit the JCC which is indeed a permanent Jewish institution putting on hundreds of Jewish events a year, cultural, social and educational. While not strictly a cultural center, since it has a Jewish preschool, thriving teen and student programs, and dedicated space for over 50 local polish Jewish Holocaust survivors as well as weekly Shabbat dinners and a myriad of other offerings, it is in fact Poland’s largest Jewish institution and a quite visible sign of Poland’s Jewish revival, something you didn’t mention in your 8 minutes about Krakow. Happy to give you a personal tour when I get back to krakow. I do like your idea of a new Jewish cultural institution in Krakow and would support it but please don’t mislead by omission good things that are happening in krakow because they might not fit the narrative.

[@lerubenfeld]

Fair enough. Point taken. No offense meant. I meant something that was more of a public Jewish art centre where people can walk in and engage with ongoing public facing professional Jewish art and culture. I don’t know what you mean about the orthodox/non-orthodox Jewish bit.

[@jonathanornstein3672]

You say in your video that if you’re religious you can connect to the religious community implying that there are some observant Jews in Krakow but not much else. As an example, Hillel, the international Jewish student organization has 160 members in Krakow, 5 of whom are religious. If you are presenting Jewish Krakow to an audience not familiar with the dynamics, please present it faithfully. The wasteland you portray is fictitious. Far over a million visiting Jews have meaningfully interacted with local Krakowian Jews at the JCC. They know what the current jewish situation in town is. So should you, a Jew living in krakow for 10 years or so if I’m not mistaken.

[@jadwigapomaska3158]

Makes sense, it would be good to partner with some Jewish NGOs, Israel and with the city of Krk.

[@solaris2015]

i yeshiva by sie przydała, polskojęzyczna z młodymi Polakami studiującymi Torę po polsku

[@Mark-o2e]

Go to israel

[@watupppl3]

@@negationf6973 @user-xr1de2dm9i both of your comments are disgusting and against what this channel represents. look inward and analyze where this hate comes from

[@dupajasio4801]

Go to Moscow. Oh wait, you're already there.

[@katarzyna4667]

Go to Moscow, Ivan.