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Paul Zakrzewski2023-07-26T13:58:59-07:00

July 26, 2023 – Building Dreams Campus Renewal Update

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Photos by Jon Greenleaf and Jen Lewis

Paul Zakrzewski2023-06-13T15:20:27-07:00

June 11, 2023 – Pony Up for Jewish Education

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Paul Zakrzewski2023-04-19T14:54:06-07:00

April 16 – Yom HaShoah at the SB Unitarian Society

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Paul Zakrzewski2023-03-14T13:30:01-07:00

March 12, 2023 – Purim Shpiel & Carnival

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Paul Zakrzewski2023-01-25T16:44:35-08:00

Building Dreams Groundbreaking, January 22, 2023

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Paul Zakrzewski2020-04-02T14:51:33-07:00

Purim After Dark: Vegas Edition! 2020

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Paul Zakrzewski2019-05-30T11:02:36-07:00

Gratitude in the Garden 2019

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Paul Zakrzewski2019-05-03T12:53:21-07:00

Children of the Covenant Thank You Brunch – April 28, 2019

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Paul Zakrzewski2019-07-10T12:57:42-07:00

Roots2wings Gala 2019

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Paul Zakrzewski2019-01-23T17:41:47-08:00
full view of the gospel band that performed during CBB MLK concert

MLK Shabbat, Jan 18, 2019

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Paul Zakrzewski2018-11-26T15:57:08-08:00

Mitzvah Day 2018

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Paul Zakrzewski2018-04-27T09:33:55-07:00

Yom Ha’aztmaut 2018

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Monica Steiner2018-04-27T09:30:35-07:00

Purim Carnival 2018

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Monica Steiner2018-04-27T09:31:25-07:00

Purim After Dark 2018

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Monica Steiner2017-10-24T14:16:35-07:00

Mitzvah Day 2017

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Paul Zakrzewski2017-01-23T12:28:35-08:00

Art With Linda Stein – 2016

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Paul Zakrzewski2016-12-05T17:24:42-08:00

Simchat Torah – October 24, 2016

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History of Pribram Jews

 

  • First mentioned in 1238, one of the oldest Jewish settlements in the Czech lands.
  • In 1568 the Jews were expelled from the town. Historical sources refer to their number at the time as “sizeable.”
  • In 1853 the first Jewish family moved back, in 1880 there were 332 Jewish citizens, in 1900 there were 415 and in 1930, 215 people claimed their Jewish heritage.
  • The Jews in Pribram enjoyed a rich social life; there was a chevra kadisha, a Sisterhood, and charity and youth organizations. Before WWI there was even a kosher restaurant.
  • During the Nazi occupation, 171 Pribram Jews were killed in the camps, including 18 children under 15. The youngest was Pavel Schling, he was four years old.
  • In 1873 the building of the synagogue (in the then-popular Moorish style) began and in 1875 it was finished and the first Torah scroll was placed in the synagogue.
  • In the 1960s many Torah scrolls were sold to Western Jewish organizations all over the world.
  • The last Pribram rabbi, Dr. Emil Friedman, was killed in Auschwitz in 1943, along with 543 Jewish people from Pribram and the surrounding area.
  • During WWII, the synagogue was used as a warehouse and from 1946 to 1957 it housed collections of the town museum.
  • In 1966, due to only a very small number of Jewish people in Pribram, the congregation donated the synagogue to the town of Pribram.
  • The magistrate accepted the donation, only to tear the synagogue down in 1969.
  • The location of the medieval Jewish cemetery in unknown.
  • The new Jewish cemetery was founded in 1879. There are currently 150 beautifully preserved grave stones and a monument to the 543 Nazi victims, unveiled in 1954. The last Jewish burial took place in 1958. The cemetery is very well preserved and taken care of.

 

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