Ec Chajim Rabbi David Maxa and Student Rabbi Klára Kopytková lead the ancient prayer of Kol Nidrei during Yom Kippur services at the Klausen Synagogue in Prague, Oct. 11, 2024.

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 Klausen ...

Ec Chajim’s Rabbi David Maxa and student Rabbi Klára Kopytkoyá lead the ancient prayer of Kol Nidre during Yom Kippur services Oct. 12, 2024, at the Klausen Synagogue in Prague.

Ec Chajim Rabbi David Maxa and Student Rabbi Klára Kopytková lead the ancient prayer of Kol Nidrei during Yom Kippur services at the Klausen Synagogue in Prague, Oct. 11, 2024.

While the Spanish Synagogue may be new by Prague's standards, the opulent place of worship actually completed construction in 1868, on the site of a 12th-century synagogue.

(Reuters) – Prague’s medieval Old-New Synagogue received two new Torah scrolls on Sunday, the first ones since World War II shattered the country’s once-thriving Jewish community.

When on April 5th, First Lady Michelle Obama visited Prague's Pinkas Synagogue with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and David Axelrod, a senior White House advisor, she expressed particular i ...

Prague's medieval Old-New Synagogue received two new Torah scrolls on Sunday, the first ones since World War Two shattered the country's once-thriving Jewish community. The Torahs, funded by donations ...

(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, Ec ...

Historic Prague synagogue used on Yom Kippur for the first time since the Holocaust 'I felt like the synagogue started breathing again,' Jewish Museum director Pavla Niklová says.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Reuters) - The Old-New Synagogue is over 700 years old, one of the oldest existing synagogues in Europe. Skip to content Mastodon Covering the world of religion.

Prague's medieval Old-New Synagogue received two new Torah scrolls on Sunday, the first ones since World War Two shattered the country's once-thriving Jewish community.