The District Museum in Leszno invites you to the Pardes Festival | 2025 | Encounters with Jewish Culture
We are happy to announce that the District Museum in Leszno – a long-term partner of the Pardes Festival – is also actively participating in the program of this unique event this year.
This year's edition of the Pardes Festival - Encounters with Jewish Culture will take place from 10 to 14 September in several unique locations in the Lublin region: Puławy, Kazimierz Dolny, Celejów, Podgórze and Wojciechów.
Pardes Festival is a traveling festival that takes participants on an extraordinary journey through the history, traditions and customs of Polish Jews. Festival meetings also bring closer other ethnic and religious minorities who have co-created and still co-create the cultural heritage of Poland for centuries. Festival meetings become a space for reflection on history and memory, while celebrating cultural richness and diversity.
This year's edition of the Pardes Festival - Encounters with Jewish Culture will take place from 10 to 14 September in several unique locations in the Lublin region: Puławy, Kazimierz Dolny, Celejów, Podgórze and Wojciechów.
Pardes Festival is a traveling festival that takes participants on an extraordinary journey through the history, traditions and customs of Polish Jews. Festival meetings also bring closer other ethnic and religious minorities who have co-created and still co-create the cultural heritage of Poland for centuries. Festival meetings become a space for reflection on history and memory, while celebrating cultural richness and diversity.
Our voice in the festival program
On September 12 in Kazimierz Dolny, a presentation by Marta Małkus from the District Museum in Leszno will take place, entitled: "Monument of funeral culture – the Evangelical cemetery in Wschów". An expert in the history of Wschowa will talk about one of the most important Protestant necropolises in Poland, the origins of which date back to the seventeenth century.
Marta Małkus's speech will be preceded by a short presentation by Dr. Kamila Szymańska, director of the District Museum in Leszno, who will present the activities of our Museum and the history of our seat - the Leszno synagogue.
Marta Makus's presentation is part of the festival cycle devoted to the rituals around death in the Jewish, Old Believer and Lutheran traditions.
We invite you to travel with us. In short – what else is in the program?
Marta Małkus's speech will be preceded by a short presentation by Dr. Kamila Szymańska, director of the District Museum in Leszno, who will present the activities of our Museum and the history of our seat - the Leszno synagogue.
Marta Makus's presentation is part of the festival cycle devoted to the rituals around death in the Jewish, Old Believer and Lutheran traditions.
We invite you to travel with us. In short – what else is in the program?
- 10 September, Puławy – opening of the festival and opening of the exhibition of the Holocaust Museum in Washington
- 11 September, Kazimierz Dolny – lectures and a walk to the Jewish cemetery, meeting with the Old Believer Katarzyna Roman-Rawska
- 13 September, Celejów – outdoor picnic "Pardes means Garden", stories about Jewish cuisine, workshops, dances and music
- 14 September, Puławy and Wojciechów – presentation of the fate of Judaica from the Czartoryski collection and the final concert in the historic Arian Tower in Wojciechów
We invite you to participate
The festival is not only about history and reflection, but also about taste, sound and experience – from lectures and cultural walks, through concerts and presentations, to tasting Jewish dishes. It is an encounter with heritage that connects people and places.
We encourage you to participate in the festival events. The full program is available here
We encourage you to participate in the festival events. The full program is available here