TORAH SHIELD THAT WAS TO HAVE BEEN SOLD AT SOTHEBY´S IS RETURNED TO THE JEWISH MUSEUM IN PRAGUE
The shield was made as part of a pair of very similar items commissioned by Leopold and Rosalie Schmolka in 1886. It was
donated to the synagogue in the small town of Dolní Kralovice in Central Bohemia, which was probably built on the site of
an earlier building dating from 1717.
The donors of the shield came from the nearby village of Zahrádka, where a Jewish settlement was established in the 17th
century. Zahrádka had fewer than a thousand inhabitants, but had an interesting history. The parish priest Josef Toufar was
active there in the 1940s. The local Jewish inhabitants were members of the Jewish religious community of Dolní Kralovice.
More about torah shield at our press release.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: THE BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL ANNUAL LECTURE ON THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF JEWS IN THE CZECH AND SLOVAK LANDS
The Jewish Museum in Prague – in co-operation with the Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews (www.shcsj.org) and
the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York – invites applicants to submit their topic proposals for the Bohemian
National Hall Annual Lecture on the History and Culture of Jews in the Czech and Slovak Lands. This call is open to scholars
from different disciplines working on a variety of topics centred around Jewish history and culture in the Czech lands, Slovakia
and in the other regions of the former Habsburg Monarchy from the Middle Ages to the present.
The lecture will be given in English and will be connected with a stay in New York between November 18–24, 2024. Depending
on the lecturer’s area of expertise, the organizers may also arrange additional presentations at one of New York’s universities.
Please send your application with CV, including a list of your publications or research activities, and a 500-600 word summary
of the proposed lecture (attached in two separate files) by email to annuallecture.ny@jewishmuseum.cz
The deadline for applications is May 31, 2024. The winning proposal will be selected by the Board of Directors of the Society
for the History of Czechoslovak Jews in collaboration with the Jewish Museum in Prague. The result will be announced by August
15, 2024.
THE JEWISH MUSEUM IN PRAGUE CALLS ON THE PUBLIC TO HELP IN THE SEARCH FOR LOST BOOKS
The Jewish Museum in Prague has recently launched the Czech part of the Library of Lost Books project, which aims to find
lost books from the Library of the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin. The Jewish Museum and the Leo Baeck
Institutes in Jerusalem and London, together with other institutions from throughout the world, are seeking to virtually reconstruct
this library, which was destroyed by the Nazis during the Second World War. After Berlin, Prague is the second city to present
this project – to be followed by London and San Diego.
Provenance research conducted by the Jewish Museum in Prague has identified more than 4,000 books that were originally from
the Berlin library. These books will now be virtually reunited with others that are identified throughout the world. Far from
all the books have been located so far. Anyone can now participate in this project by becoming a detective in the search for
these long-lost books.
STAY IN TOUCH THROUGH OUR DIGITAL CHANNELS
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have a look around our venues and permanent exhibitions:
Klausen Synagogue - Ceremonial Hall - Maisel Synagogue - Pinkas Synagogue - Spanish Synagogue - Old Jewish Cemetery -
check out our on-line exhibitions
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watch a documentary about the Jewish Museum in Prague
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browse our on-line collections catalogue
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take a journey behind the scenes - visit our restoration workshops and library
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read a flipbook about our planned new permanent exhibition Friedl's Cabinet: Children's drawings from Ghetto Theresienstadt
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