Jewish Quarter

We went to the Jewish Quarter this week. It was very sobering to go into the Pinkas Synagogue which was turned into a memorial to the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia murdered by the Nazis. The 80,000 names and personal information of the Jewish victims are printed on all the walls. The Jewish Cemetary was amazing. The first tombstone dates to 1439 and the last burial took place in 1787. The cemetary contains 12,000 tombstones but there are many more people buried there. The area is not that big so more dirt was brought in to add further layers. It is assumed that the cemetary contains several burial layers superimposed one on top of the other. Since Ali was being a little rambuctious by the time we got to the old-new synagogue I didn't get a change to go in so I will let Jason post more about that. The Spanish Synagogue was beautiful and done in the Moorish style. It is not an actively used Synagogue so even though Ali was making noise I was able to go in and take a look.