Prague Jewish Quarter

Lea, Glynn and Bill headed out today to visit the Prague Jewish Quarter, while CJ and Daisy worked in JJVA recruiting and the NYB!
Dinner with Cj’s former assistant Oldo and his son Kuba - a great authentic meal + a lot of catching up to do!!!
We toured 7 different synagogues (older Jewish population) and temples (newer, modern Jews) which provided different timelines of Jews in Czech and Bohemia and the challenges they faced. Jews were treated as a separate community from the various cities and depended on the kings to either grant or deny benefits. For a while, Christians believed lending money was a sin, so they assigned it to the Jews. When they discovered Jews were making huge profits and gaining assets, they started demeaning and treating them badly, making them wear various symbols or colors to call them out.
Of course all of this escalated horribly during WW2, which then led to more persecution post war as the German speaking Jews tried to return to Czech and other areas, but were mistreated as being German! Can’t win a break anywhere!Read more