century and which owns the pre-war buildings) is a secular cultural and educational centre that opened in 2008 as the result of an initiative by the Prince of Wales.

The center also works to change the world’s perception of Poland and provides a forum for Poles, both Jewish and non-Jewish, to engage with one another.

More than 20 children attend JCC Krakow's FRAJDA Early Childhood Center, which opened in September 2017 and whose name means "joy" in both Yiddish and Polish.

Many of the JCC's young members discovered their Jewish roots only recently, having come from families that concealed their religious identities under communism.

JCC Krakow is the primary agency caring for nearly 60 Holocaust survivors in Kraków, providing transportation, rehabilitation, meals, and welfare services, as well as social and educational programming.

Main article: Ride For The LivingRide For The Living (RFTL) is a four-day annual event, typically in late June, that began in 2014.

Ride For The Living was inspired by Robert Desmond, who rode his bicycle 1,350 miles from London to Auschwitz, visiting WWII sites of liberation along his journey.

Professors and scholars from Kraków’s Jagiellonian University come to the JCC to lecture on the history of Krakówian Jews and topics related to Jewish culture, customs, and tradition.