Tag: Prague
Zot Chanukah on Mount Meron: Farewell Dance to Festival of Lights
Zot Chanukah is a reference in Torah literature to the eighth day of Chanukah, since on that day the Torah reading includes the verse Zot Chanukat Ha'Mizbe'ach (this is the inauguration of the altar).
Israeli Knesset Member Hospitalized in Prague
The Knesset member is being flown back to Israel for further treatment as soon as possible.
Czech Parliament Recommends Stopping Payments to UNESCO
The Czech parliament also passed a resolution this week condemning UNESCO’s decisions against Israel as well.
Two Torah Scrolls Added to Prague’s Old-New Synagogue
The Old New Synagogue or Altneuschul, located in Josefov, Prague, is Europe's oldest active synagogue and the oldest surviving medieval synagogue of twin-nave design.
Holocaust Banknote Forger Adolf Burger Dead at 99
He visited the Bank of England and met the Chief Cashier, who presented him with one of the notes which he had forged in the concentration camp more than sixty years earlier.
Update 10:16 AM: Damaged El Al Plane Makes Safe Emergency Landing
A plane is returning after its landing gear was found on the runway.
Old Plastic Explosives Killed PA Official in Prague Explosion
No one has addressed question, “Why were plastic explosives laying around the PA office?”
Prague Police Rule Out Presumed Accidental Cause of PA Bomb Blast
The world so much wanted to believe that the fatal bomb blast at the PA office in Prague was accidental. Not so fast.
PA Won’t Explain Why Machine Guns Were in Embassy in Prague
The Palestinian Authority has not explained to the Czech Republic why 12 firearms, including submachine guns, were stored at its embassy in Prague where...
Czech Police Find Weapons at PA Home where Blast Killed Official
Czech police found weapons at the Palestinian Authority mission in Prague where the PA ambassador was killed Wednesday after a safe he was handling...
Update: Palestinian Diplomat Killed in Prague Explosion
The blast happened when the diplomat was opening a safe.
Hundreds of Jewish Gravestones Found in Vienna
Headstones of hundreds of Jewish graves, which were buried to hide them from the Nazis, have been unearthed in Vienna, a discovery of “high...
‘Death to Jews’ Tattoo Bars Hungarian Martial Arts Fighter
A Hungarian martial arts fighter was disinvited from an event in Prague because of his Nazi tattoos, including one reading “death to the Jews.”
Some...