SPONSORED: Jewish Heritage in the Czech Republic

By | Nov 22, 2016
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History and Legends of Jews from Prague and the Czech Lands

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Produced by Moment Magazine with the support of Czech Tourism Authority—CzechTourism

Every stone in Old Prague speaks three languages: Czech, German and Hebrew, the languages of the three nations who have lived there together for more than 1,000 years. According to one legend, the first Jews arrived after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. One of the first written mentions of Jews in Prague is a 965 CE report by Jewish merchant and traveler Ibrahim Ibn Ya`qub… READ MORE

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