One of the oldest and most sacred of European synagogues, the famous “Remo” synagogue in Cracow, founded by Rabbi Moses Isserles in 1553, is to be closed as a house of worship and will be converted into a museum, according to reports from Poland received here today.
Energetic protests have been lodged with the Polish authorities by Jews in that country, the reports here state. But the authorities have over-ruled the objections.
The “Remo” synagogue had been destroyed by the Nazis during their occupation of Cracow, and was restored to its original beauty by the Polish Government shortly after the liberation of Poland. The grave of the founder, the famous Rabbi Isserles, had, for some reason, been left intact by the Nazis in the cemetery behind the old synagogue.
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