The long-heralded exhibition of Jewish cultural and religious treasures from Czechoslovakia opened at the Israel Museum last week and will continue until August.
It is a direct consequence of the November 1989 bloodless revolution that ended 40 years of Communist rule in Prague and led to the reestablishment of full diplomatic relations with Israel.
“For many years, we tried to bring an exhibition to Israel, but our government always stopped us,” Dr. Vladimir Sadek, head of the Czech State Jewish Museum of Prague, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency at the gala opening.
He said he hoped for closer cooperation between his 40-member staff and the Israel Museum, “especially now, when Stalinism is gone from Czechoslovakia and the authorities are interested in showing the richness of the Jewish culture to the West.”
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