Friday, June 27, Prague
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Torah Ark inside the synagogue, covered by a red textile curtain known as a Parochet.
The Pinkas Synagogue is the second oldest surviving synagogue in Prague. Its origins are connected with the Horowitz family, a renowned Jewish family in Prague. Today, the synagogue is administered by the Jewish Museum in Prague and commemorates about 78,000 Czech Jewish victims of the Shoah (The Holocaust).
Aron haKodesh (Holy Ark) inside the synagogue, surrounded by walls inscribed with the names of nearly 80,000 Jewish victims of the Holocaust from Bohemia and Moravia.
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