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The Old Jewish Cemetery (Czech: Starý židovský hřbitov) is a Jewish cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic, which is one of the largest of its kind in Europe and one of the most important Jewish historical monuments in Prague. It served its purpose from the first half of the 15th century until 1786.
Mordecai Marcus Meisel (Czech: Miška Marek Majzel; 1528, Prague – 13 March 1601, Prague) was a philanthropist and communal leader in Prague. Grave of Mordechai Meisel at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague (1601)
One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Europe, the Old Jewish Cemetery was in operation from at least 1439 and was closed in 1787. The Cemetery is located in the Jewish Quarter on a small plot of land between the Pinkas Synagogue and the Klausen Synagogue. During the four hundred plus years that the Cemetery was active, about 200,000 Jewish ...
Jews are believed to have settled in Prague as early as the 10th century. The 16th century was a "golden age" for Jewry in Prague.One of the famous Jewish scholars of the time was Judah Loew ben Bezalel, known as the Maharal, who served as a leading rabbi in Prague for most of his life.
Prague, Czech Republic There are at least 12,000 headstones and 100,000 bodies buried in this overcrowded Jewish cemetery in Prague, where the soil beneath the overlapping graves contains up to 12 ...
Ceremonial Hall of the Prague chevra kadisha. The Ceremonial hall of the Prague Jewish Burial Society was built for the last service to the deceased members of the Prague Jewish Community. It is used as an exhibition space administered by the Jewish Museum in Prague. The building is an excellent example of Romanesque Revival architecture.
Pages in category "Jewish cemeteries in the Czech Republic" ... Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 08:08 (UTC). ...
Young men celebrate in Prague after fall of the Czech government, 1989 (Photos by Brian Harris/The Independent) This week, 35 years ago, the Czech government buckled under the mounting pressure of ...
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