The Klausen Synagogue had not held a Jewish worship service since the Nazis shuttered it and murdered most Czech Jews. For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic ...

(RNS) — The sounds of Jewish prayer rang out in Prague’s Klausen Synagogue on Saturday (Oct. 12) for the first time in more than 80 years as the city’s progressive Jewish community ...

the Spanish Synagogue holds the distinction of being the most recently built synagogue in Prague's Jewish Quarter. While the Spanish Synagogue may be new by Prague's standards, the opulent place ...

Adjoining Old Town is this old Jewish enclave, with several historic and new synagogues, which showcase both the triumphs and hardships of Prague's Jewish population across the centuries.

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the region in which Prague lays. After the war, fewer than 10,000 remained. Dating back over 900 years, the Jewish Quarter is now preserved as a museum with five synagogues, a cemetery ...

Sixty historic Torahs were featured in a procession at an Upper East Side synagogue Sunday to celebrate the salvaging of more than 1,500 of the religious artifacts from Nazi-occupied Prague.

(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 ...

JTA — For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish prayer service. Kol Nidre, the introductory service of Yom Kippur, took place in the ...