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(JTA) — For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish worship service. Kol Nidre, the introductory service of Yom Kippur, took place in the ...
Prague has at least five synagogues, including two small non-Orthodox congregations, Bejt Simcha and Bejt Praha, that accept members whose mothers aren’t Jewish. It is also home to several other ...
The return to one of Prague’s most prominent synagogues also speaks to the resilience of Maxa’s own community, Ec Chajim. Maxa, 38, the son of a Holocaust survivor who fathered him late in ...
Known as the “Golden City of 100 Spires,” Prague boasts a fairytale medieval Old Town, historic churches and synagogues, and perhaps Europe’s largest castle. A good way to introduce yourself ...
The Jewish quarter – dating back 1,000 years – has long been one of Prague’s most popular destinations, with historic synagogues and one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe drawing ...
Prague’s Jewish Liberal Union warmly welcomes strangers as honored guests without reservation, not a common phenomenon in the Czech capital, still hampered by an inwardness long fostered by the ...
Known as the "Golden City of 100 Spires," Prague boasts a fairytale medieval Old Town, historic churches and synagogues, and perhaps Europe's largest castle. A good way to introduce yourself to ...
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Rick Steves’ Europe: Walking through Prague
K nown as the “Golden City of 100 Spires,” Prague boasts a fairy-tale medieval Old Town, historic churches and synagogues, ...
Prague is a bustling 21st-century capital with ... short by the Nazi occupation during World War II. The five surviving synagogues and Old Jewish Cemetery, however, are less a Holocaust site ...