2017-09-04 Getting Started

The day started with a tour from a British expat named Jason.  The tour was called “Hidden Mysteries.  It gave the group a good understanding of the last 100 years of political history and change in Prague.  The tour circled old town and led the group through the Jewish Quarter.  After a couple of hours, Jason told the group good-bye and left them on their own.  (He left because the tour was over not because they were difficult).  Immediately, the group headed for lunch because walking can make you hungry.  At the restaurant,  Joyce got her long awaited pig knuckle.  (Debbie continued her quest to find the best wiener schnitzel in Europe.)

In the afternoon, the Jewish Museum in Prague was visited.  History Moment:  The Jewish Museum in Prague is a museum of Jewish heritage in the Czech Republic and one of the most visited museums in Prague.  It includes six Jewish monuments:

• Maisel Synagogue – Synagogue from the 10th to 18th century.  During the Nazi occupation of the Czech lands, properties of the Czech Jewish communities were stored in Maisel Synagogue
• Pinkas Synagogue – The Pinkas Synagogue is the second oldest preserved synagogue in Prague built in 1530. In 1955-60, the Pinkas Synagogue was turned into a memorial to the nearly 80,000 Jewish victims of the Shoah from Bohemia and Moravia.
• Spanish Synagogue – The newest of the six historic Prague synagogues was built in the Spanish Moorish style in the second half of the 19th century. It has colorful stained glass, stylized Oriental motifs.  Often called the most beautiful synagogue in the Prague Jewish town.  (It is pretty nice!)
• Klaus Synagogue – The largest synagogue in the former Prague Jewish ghetto and also a single example of an early Baroque synagogue in the area.
• Ceremonial Hall – Located next to the Old Jewish Cemetery on the site of an old mortuary used by the Prague Burial Society (Hevrah Kaddisha). The first floor once housed a room for the ritual washing of the dead; on the second floor was the burial society’s club room.
• Old Jewish Cemetery – During the more than three centuries in which it was in active use, the cemetery continually struggled with the lack of space. Piety and respect for the deceased ancestors does not allow the abolish of old graves. Only occasionally the Jewish Community was allowed to purchase grounds to expand the cemetery and so many times it had to gain space in other ways; if necessary, a new layer of soil was heaped up on the available area. For this reason, there are places where as many as twelve layers now exist.
• Old-New Synagogue – The synagogue was originally called the New or Great Synagogue and later, when newer synagogues were built in the 16th century, it became known as the Old-New Synagogue

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It was an interesting afternoon but a bit overwhelming.  (Debbie says that she could not match the places to the names.)  After all that history, some shopping was done in the afternoon as a reward.