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Sunday, Tishrei 21, 5779. September 30, 2018. Shalom! World. Bona Books, Café is Closed!!!! Address: Ulica. Kanonicza 11. Krakow/Poland Bona is located near Wawel, on ul. Kanonicza 11. It is a  place that combines a fully-fiedged bookstore and a genuine café. It is situated in a period tenement building,  with a historic cellar and a stunning view. As a bookstore, Bona offers a careful selection of fiction, non-fiction (biographies, reportage), and albums from various fields (from painting and photography, through architecture to design  and cartoons).  The bookstore's pride remains the section with children's books and titles for teenagers. The Bona bookstore informs its customers about the latest publications every week. The newsletters in whiich Bona includes subjective book reviews have already become a tradition. The Café, the second and inherent part  of Bona, provides excelente brewed coffee and offers a rich  selection...

Wednesday, Tishrei 17, 5779. September 26, 2018. Shalom! World. Lednice Castle. Lednice/Czech Republic Lednice is a village in South Moravia inn the Czech Republic. In 1996 it  was  inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List (together with the twin manor of Valtice) as "an exceptional example of  the designed landscape that envolved inn the Enlightenment and afterwards under the  care of a single family." It contains a palace and the largest park  in the country, which covers 200 km². Since Lednice first passed into the hands of the House of  Liechtenstein in the mid-13th century, its fortunes had been tied inseparablly to those of that noble family. The palace of Lidnice began its life as a Renaissance villa; in the 17th century it became a summer residence of  the ruling Princes of Liechtenstein. The estate house - designed and furbished by baroque architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Domenico Martine...

KAROLINA LÖBL - BAMBERG/GERMANY Sunday, Tishrei 14, 5779. September 23,  2018. Shalom! World. They're not very large, about 15cm square. But there are tens of thousands of them all over Germany and Europe, in cities, towns and villages large and small. What are they? Stolpersteine - literally "stumbling stones" - are bronze plaques cemented into the sidewalk outside the homes of Jews deported during the Third Reich. Each tells the simple story of what happened to a single individual - like this one in Bamberg a memorial to a German Jew born in 1861, Karolina Lobl, who was deported in 1942 first to Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt (Czech Republic) and then to Treblinka where was killed in 1942.      EUGENIO COEN SACERDOTI AND AMALIA DINA COEN SACERDOTI -  PADOVA/ITALY RUZENA BERGMANNOVÁ, BEILA BERGMANNOVÁ AND ALOIS BERGMANN. PRAHA/CZECH REPUBLIC EDUARD BÖHN AND HERMÍNA BÖHMOVÁ. PRAHA/CZECH REPUBLIC HERM...

Thursday, Tishrei 11, 5779. September 20, 2018. Shalom! World. Cerná Madona Restaurant. Celetna 34, Old Town. Praha - Czech Republic. This establishment is located in the fabulous Cubist building "House of  the Black Madonna", designed in 1911, by the most destinguished  architect in Czech history: Josef Gocar. Cubist architecture is unique to the Czech Republic and this is one of it's finest examples. The bright, ground floor, interior benefits from huges large windows on two sides, offering views  to the surrounding Baroque architecture and passers by.  There is also, a more intimate, cellar dining área adjacent to the open walled kitchen, where guests can see the chef at work. All the fixtures and furnishings are Cubist-inspired-chandeliers, wooden panneling, floor, stairs, tables, chairs, plates and  cups. The menu features excellent contemporary, Continental, fare as well as classic Czech favourites. After the meal visit Museum...

Sunday, Tishrei 7, 5779. September 16, 2018. Shalom! World. Address: Ulica Dajwor 18. Kraków. The Galicia Jewish Museum's Café, is a perfect place for individual visitors and groups. Its modern and spacious interior can accomodate up to  40 people. The Café is located next  to the Museum bookshop. Patrons can familiarize themselves with the holdings of one of the largest Jewish bookshops in Poland over a cup oof coffee or hot chocolate.  In addition to hot and cold beverages,  sweets, snacks and alcoholic beverages (especially the regional beers), also offer full catering services. With advance bookings, the Café offer catering tailored to individual needs, from evening banquets with professional waitstaff service to Jewish-Polish or international-style buffets fro groups participating in activities organised by the Museum, to morning coffee breaks for groups exploring the nooks and crannies of  Kazimierz and Podgorze.  The ...

Wednesday, Tishrei 3, 5779. September 12, 2018. Shalom! World. Address: Ulica W Orkana 1F. Zakopane, Poland. A marvelous place to spend your time with a fantastic Café by an italian machine, and the staff are friendly. Offering artisan espresso, chemex, drip and aeropress coffee, as well as selection of teas, accompanied with choice of sweets and snacks. Cozy environment together with friendly barista provide a relaxing atmosphere. It is also possible  to shop  for  high quality coffee, tea and related utensils. Shalom! Aleichem. Cultural Support:  Jacob Jr. B.A.C.E., avec L'Integration d'Association avec Israel et dans le Monde/Cz .

Sunday, Elul 29, 5778. September 9, 2018. Shalom! World. Mikulov, Czech Republic. Though it is nuclear when the cemetery was established, it must have been soon after the Jewish settlement began, meaning in the middle of the  15th century at the latest. It was expanded several times for lack of space and it is likely that there are layers of gaves. Several importante Moravian provincial rabbis are buried on the Rabbi's Mound, like Menachem Mendl Krochmal, Shmuel Shmelke Horovitz and Mordechai Benet.  Covering an área of almost two hectares, Mikulov Jewish cemetery is full of Renaissance, Baroque and Classicist tombstones whose design and ornamentation became the model for other South Moravian Jewish cemeteries. There are roughly 4,000 headstones, with the  oldest dating from 1605. The cemetery fell into disrepair after WWII but underwent na extensive renovation as a historical landmark between 2000 and 2006. In 2009 a plaque was unveiled in...