nazi occupation in Czechoslovakia

Synagogues become nightclubs in Eastern Europe

The new establishments reference their past function in a development that some find touching and others condemn as disrespectful.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 1, 2018 2:19 pm

Alex Schapiro studying for his Bar Mitzva at the Spanish Synagogue of PRague in 2016. (Photo courtesy of Andrew H. Schapiro.

US envoy’s son has bar mitzvah at his ancestors’ shul in Prague

Ambassador Andrew H. Schapiro, whose mother fled Europe in 1939, returned to her family's synagogue with his 13-year-old son for a joyful service full of symbolic significance.

August 26, 2016 10:51 am

At 105, ‘British Schindler’ celebrated in Prague

Czech President Miloš Zeman presented Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of Jewish children in the 1930s, with the country’s highest honor.

October 28, 2014 5:34 pm

Czech justice minister: Nothing much happened during Nazi occupation

March 30, 2014 5:42 am

Synagogues become nightclubs in Eastern Europe

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 1, 2018 2:19 pm

US envoy’s son has bar mitzvah at his ancestors’ shul in Prague

August 26, 2016 10:51 am

At 105, ‘British Schindler’ celebrated in Prague

By Jan Richter October 28, 2014 5:34 pm

Czech justice minister: Nothing much happened during Nazi occupation

March 30, 2014 5:42 am

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nazi occupation in Czechoslovakia

Synagogues become nightclubs in Eastern Europe

US envoy’s son has bar mitzvah at his ancestors’ shul in Prague

At 105, ‘British Schindler’ celebrated in Prague

Czech justice minister: Nothing much happened during Nazi occupation

Synagogues become nightclubs in Eastern Europe

US envoy’s son has bar mitzvah at his ancestors’ shul in Prague

At 105, ‘British Schindler’ celebrated in Prague

Czech justice minister: Nothing much happened during Nazi occupation

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