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Meeting in Lostice Synagogue, Congregation Hakafa |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 20 July 2009 06:59 |
METTING IN LOSTICE SYNAGOGUE Congregation Hakafa Glencoe, Illinois, USA Lostice June 17 - 18, 2005 MEETING INCLUDED: Religious service - first since WWII. Concert of Jewish songs - by a local children's choir Vetrnik. Art exhibition There Once Was a World – artwork by local high school students and professional artists inspired by Jewish history and culture.. CHILDREN'S CHOIR VETRNIK FROM LOSTICE PRAYERS IN LOSTICE SYNAGOGUE Photo Jiri Osanec READING FROM THE LOSTICE TORAH From right: Rabbi Bruce Elder – congregation Hakafa Glencoe, Illinois, USA. Founding member of congregation Hakafa, Glencoe, Illinois, USA. Viktor Schwarcz – Singer, soldier and holocaust survivor from Prague. Benjamin Kuras – Cantor of JLU in Prague, foremost Czech-British writer. Michael Hahn – Counselor for Cultural Affairs, US Embassy in Prague. Ludek Stipl – Respect and Tolerance EVENT WAS WELL COVERED BY REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA Photo Jiri Osanec RECENTLY DISCOVERED BENCHES Benches were made in 1897 for the Olomouc synagogue, which was destroyed by Naziz in 1939. EXHIBITION Photo M. Zimova WORKS OF ART BY CHILDREN ON EXHIBITION Hands Raised in Blessing, Synagogue in Usov. VISITORS Photo M. Zimova, Jiri Osanec
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During 2007 the Foundation Respect and Tolerance created a new website and put together education programs on DVD and CD titled „Remembering Jewish Families from Lostice, Mohelnice and Usov”. Programs were produced tanks to the financial assistance from the Foundation for Holocaust Victims in Prague and are available to students free of charge.
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