Ec Chajim Rabbi David Maxa and Student Rabbi Klára Kopytková lead the ancient prayer of Kol Nidrei during Yom Kippur services ...
Until recently home to a Jewish Museum exhibit, 17th-century Klausen hosted a local progressive congregation whose regular ...
“It’s quite remarkable that there is a Yom Kippur service in five historic synagogues in Prague,” Maxa told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Under German occupation in World War II, the ...
Shortly after the fire, the queen delivered a speech to mark the 40th anniversary of her accession to the throne. Noting her ...
(JTA) — For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish worship service. Kol Nidre, the introductory service of Yom Kippur, took place in the ...
One of the obstacles to Jewish self-determination seems to have been a tradition deeply embedded in the people's self-consciousness: Jews are responsible for each other; a Jew who does a good deed ...
During the year, the Rosh Hashanah-Yom Kippur machzor stays ... and finally to Germany. It was smuggled out of Europe during World War II [and] sold in a public auction in 1984.” ...
Rabbi David Maxa, who organized the observance in one of Prague’s 17th-century synagogues, said the moment ‘is not just a ...
Munich curator returns sterling silver heirloom to Houston Holocaust survivor descendant at Holocaust Museum Houston during ...