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Jewish Town Hall Clock
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Jewish Town Hall
Old Jewish Cemetery
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Franz Kafka Statue
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HISTORY
Prague is one of the oldest and most prominent Jewish centres in Central Europe. Despite natural disasters, pogroms and expulsion, the continuity of the local Jewish settlement and religious life has never been disrupted throughout the 1000 year history of the Prague Jewish community. The "Golden Age" of the Jewish Town in Prague occurred at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. Prague became one of the largest Jewish communities in Europe. A great number of outstanding rabbis, scholars and philosophers lived in the city. The last peak of Jewish culture in Prague dates to the turn of the 19th and 20th century. Many writers, poets and artists enriched Czech, German and Hebrew literature and culture.
PRAGUE JEWISH TOURS
Jewish Museum Walk - Half day tour We will start our tour in the Maisel Synagogue and here you will get acquainted with the history of Czech Jews which began in the 10th century. We will walk through the unique Old Jewish cemetery and the Ceremonial Hall, visit the Pinkas Synagogue which was turned into the Holocaust Memorial and find out customs and traditions of local Ashkenazi Jews in the Klaus Synagogue. Then we take a look at the historical Jewish Town Hall and admire the beautiful Spanish synagogue built in the Moorish style. These sights form the Jewish Museum. Apart from the museum you can also visit the oldest active synagogue in Europe called Old-New Synagogue built 700 years ago and currently used by the local orthodox community. Duration 3-4 hours.
Prague Walk + Jewish Museum - Full day tour will introduce you Prague
(see Introduction
Tour) and emphasize the Jewish historical aspects.
Then we will visit the Jewish Museum featuring the sights above
including the
Old-New Synagogue. Duration 7-8 hours. Our team are authorized Prague guides fully licensed by the Jewish Museum. They all passed the exam at the Jewish Museum from the Jewish history, customs and traditions as required in order to guide you through the Jewish Museum.
Guide Cost The rate starts at 1090 CZK/$48 per hour . See more details.
Admission to
the Jewish Museum and the Old-New Synagogue is 600 CZK/$26 per adult,
400
CZK/$18 for student, 200 CZK/$9 per child 6-15. Children under 6 free
of charge.
Jewish Museum Opening Hours Open daily except Saturdays and Jewish Holidays Winter Time : 9am - 5pm Summer Time: 9am - 6pm - 7pm (May-Aug)
Kosher food is available in several kosher restaurants in Prague: Shalom (also kosher store and coffee spot located at the Jewish Town Hall)
Schedule of Services*: Old New Synagogue - Kabbalat Shabbat starts on Fridays one hour before sunset. Shacharit takes place every Saturday morning at 9 am. On weekdays Maariv starts at 7:30pm.
High Synagogue - the services are held daily. Shacharit starts at 8:30 am., Mincha at 2 pm. Access only through the Jewish Town Hall.
Jerusalem (Jubilee) Synagogue - On Saturdays and holidays Shacharit is held from 8:50 am.
Spanish Synagogue every Friday at 7pm (summer)
*The schedule is changing throughout the year. For exact schedule please check kehilaprag.cz
More Jewish heritage in Prague: The Jewish Cemetery in Zizkov was founded in the 17th century. The most visited grave is that of the Chief Rabbi of Prague Ezekiel Landau the author of Noda bi-Jehuda.
The New Jewish Cemetery dates to 1890 and is the only functioning Jewish cemetery in Prague
The Jerusalem (Jubilee) Synagogue is an interesting example of Art Nouveau stylisation of Moorish Style morphology.
More info on official website of the Prague Jewish community kehilaprag.
In 2016 with Leora R. -
descendant of Rabbi Loew - Maharal of Prague |
