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With a new score and new ideas, ‘The Golem’ is a must for your Jewish Halloween
A century after the lights first dimmed on Wegener’s spectacle, its story, like the much older one on which it’s based, still resonates.
The Warrior Skeleton Claimed By Nazis — And Then By Soviets
The skeleton of the unknown warrior lay beneath the courtyard of a ninth-century Czech castle, one hand on the pommel of an iron sword.
Q & A: Norm Eisen Is Leading The Legal Charge Against Trump —And Bringing Prague’s 20th-Century To Life
“You had this flourishing of democracy [in] 1918, 1945 and 1989, three great births of democracy and three powerful illiberal counterattacks.”
Michael Cohen Drops Suit Over Russia Dossier Amid Prague Trip Reports
Michael Cohen angrily filed a defamation lawsuit against Buzzfeed when the web site published details of the so-called Steele dossier.
Mueller Has Evidence Michael Cohen Went To Prague In 2016 — Despite Denials
The special counsel in the Russia probe has evidence that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen traveled to Prague
Czech Children Saved By ‘British Schindler’ Dedicate Prague Memorial
The monument is comprised of a replica of a train door from 1939, with the imprints of hands of children on one side, and of parents on the other.
Prague’s Old-New Synagogue Gets First New Torahs Since World War II
Prague’s Old-New Synagogue received the fresh batch of Torah scrolls - a first since World War II – from Israel.
Czech Subway Worker Threatened To ‘Cut Off’ Kippah-Wearing Rider’s Head
(JTA) — The company operating Prague’s subway is investigating a complaint alleging one of its employees threatened to “cut off the head” of a Jewish passenger wearing a kippah. The incident was reported last week by a member of Prague’s Bejt Simcha Reform Community, Petr Papousek, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic, told…
Ambassador’s Son Has Bar Mitzvah at Ancestors’ Prague Synagogue
PRAGUE (JTA) — The U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Andrew H. Schapiro, celebrated his son’s bar mitzvah in the same synagogue that his ancestors attended before the Holocaust. The service for 13-year-old Alex Schapiro took place last Saturday in Prague’s Spanish Synagogue, which was built for a Reform congregation and is now part of…
Czech Museum Launches Exhibit at Prague Synagogue
The Jewish Museum in Prague launched a new permanent exhibition in the historic Maisel Synagogue in the Czech capital.