Jewish Culture Festival Association in Krakow was established in March 1995 in order to organise annual Jewish Culture Festival and to stimulate other activities related to the Jewish heritage and culture. The festival is one of the oldest and the biggest such events in the world and, definitely, the one most recognized in Poland. Every year, over 200 festival events organized in just ten days, present contemporary Israeli and Diaspora Jewish culture and enable their international audience a personal contact with Jewish culture and experience via abounding workshops programme. The Festival aims at building understanding, tolerance and respect for other cultures, religions and opinions.