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Tuesday, Adar 11, 5781. February 23, 2021. Shalom! World. Kolinska Synagogue. Na Hradbách 125. Kolín - Czech Republic.  The second Oldest Synagogue in the Czech Republic. Jews resided in Kolín as early as the 14th century. The Synagogue, constructed in 1642, is the second oldest in the Czech Republic. By 1854 Kolín's Jewish community numbered 1,700. More than 2,202 Jews were deported from Kolín to Terezin by the nazis in 1942. About 105 survived the Shoah. The city of Kolín, one of the most important places of Jewish remembrance in the Czech lands, is worth a trip to see the small streets of the Jewish quarter and the magnificent cemetery.  How lovely are the Tourism Office staff. You are unforgettable, thank you so much. Cultural Support: Jacob Jr. Benleumi, Advisor, Consulting and Education. International Relations Analyst.

Tuesday, Adar 4, 5781. February 16, 2021. Shalom! World. Brno - Czech Republic. Brno offers many faces during day or night and you will feel confortable to stroll arround by feet or by excellent public transports services. A traveller needs to be surprised on each corner off-side the touristcs highlights. The city center gets the perfect size which is full of amazing buildings with historical architectures and the small Cafés hided just for your pleasure. Cultural Support: Jacob Jr. Benleumi. Advisor, Consulting and Education; International Relations Analyst. 

  Thursday, Shvat 29, 5781. February 11, 2021.  Shalom! World. Zidovsky Hribitov Kolín. Kmochova 14 - 15. Kolín - Czech Republic.  More than 2,600 gravestones have been preserved at the Old Jewish Cemetery in the Central Bohemian town of Kolín. This makes it the second most important Jewish Cemetery in the Czech Republic, right after the Old Jewish Cemetery in Praha.  The cemetery was used from the fifteenth century up until 1887, when a new graveyard was opened in the neighbourhood of Zálabi. Passing throuth a pseudo-Baroque style gate, the visitor enters into a large 1,128 hectare cemetery that conteins 2,693 gravestones. The oldest, gravestones are bear no decorations and have a right-angle shape. They are believed to date all the way back to 1492. More noticeable are the Renaissance and Baroque era gravestones, which are made of sandstone and red marble. The more recent eighteenth and nineteenth century gravestones are simpler in terms of decorations, but they in...

  Wednesday, Shvat 21, 5781. February 3, 2021. Shalom! World.  Academia Bookstore and Kavárna. Namesty Svobody 13. Brno - Czech Republic.   Every special city must to have a special Bookstore, and Academia will surprise you, 'cause 2 floors of books in czech language and english and much more than this is a unique pearl, The Café. Ok, do you prefer Tea? Try, Anastasia. Cultural Support: Jacob Jr. Benleumi. Advisor, Consulting and Education. International Relations Analyst.