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RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL
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| The links for Jewish synagogues and temples below represent
those recipients of sacred Torah scrolls from Czechoslovakia,
on "permanent loan" from The Czech Memorial Scroll
Centre of London, England. If your temple or synagogue has a
Czech Torah and would like your Web site listed on The Czech
Torah Network, please fill in the link submission form at the
bottom of this page. Thank you. |
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Jewish Virtual
Library
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| Encyclopedia of Jewish history
and culture covering everything from
anti-Semitism to Zionism. Includes a glossary, bibliography,
biographies, articles, virtual Israel
tour, original documents and more! |
| Mitchell Bard, AICE, mgbard@aol.com |
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The Holocaust
Chronicle
http://www.holocaustchronicle.org |
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| The Holocaust Chronicle
is a remembrance designed to be held in one’s hands. It is a portable archive that demands to be looked
at and read. Although its weight and heft cannot capture the immensity of its subject, the volume's size does suggest that this is a topic that must be openly confronted. |
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What Was The
Holocaust?
http://www.czechtorah.org/holocaust50.htm |
| We've compiled 50 highly
selective links to help you learn about the Holocaust and what
it means to Jewish heritage. |
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The Sedlcany,
Czechoslovakia Scroll
http://www.mcjc.org/MJOLDART/WOODACRE/MJASS000.htm |
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| Suzanne Sadowsky of the Jewish Congregation of the San
Geronimo Valley in Western Marin has posted the story of her
community's Torah Scroll, which in many ways is the sister of
the MCJC Torah Scroll. Both scrolls are survivors of the Shoah
and coincidentally both came to Northern California from the
Czech town of Sedlcany by way of London. Suzanne wrote the
story of the Woodacre Torah as a way of sharing a sense of the
preciousness of the Woodacre Torah scroll with the younger
members of her community, but I am certain that readers of all
ages will enjoy her blend of history and imagination. (rge) |
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Secrets of the Svihov
Torah, Congregation Albert
http://www.CongregationAlbert.org/svihov.htm |
| The Svihov Torah was rescued from Czechoslovakia after World
War II. Learn more about the Jewish community in the town of
Svihov, the original town of this Torah. |
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| Hitachdut
Yotsey, Czechoslovakia Jewish
Communities of Czechia, Moravia and Slezia, Podkarpatska Rus
and Slovakia |
| Gabi Lana, csjews@zahav.net.ik |
| If you would like to be a volunteer "connection person" for
the Jewish Communities of Czechia, Moravia & Slezia, Podkarpatska Rus and Slovakia,
kindly contact Gabi Lana at: Hitachdut Yotsey Czechoslovakia. |
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The
Forum of the Jewish Communities
of the Former State of Czechoslovakia
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/ |
| http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/CZECH.HTM |
| http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/CZEDATA.HTM |
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| The forum database contains the
names of 544 previous Jewish communities in the former State
of Czechoslovakia, and a census of survivors. To post
to the Bohemia-Moravia SIG discussion group, send your message
to: bohmor@lyris.jewishgen.org |
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The Story Of The Jewish
Torahs Of Czechoslovakia
http://www.czechtorah.org/thestory.htm |
| Read the
inspirational and spiritual story of the Czech Torahs
confiscated by the Nazis and rescued by The Czech Memorial
Scrolls Centre of London, England. |
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The Czech Torah Network
Library
http://www.czechtorah.org/library.htm |
| Learn more about Jewish culture, tradition and heritage. |
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Czech Torah Reunions
http://www.czechtorah.org/reunion.htm |
| The Reunions
page of The Czech Torah Network
Web site is where survivors are asked to make contact to be
put in touch with congregations who have been entrusted with a
Scroll from their old pre-war congregation. The Reunions page
is currently under construction. Please check back
shortly for an update to this page. Thank you. |
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Czechoslovakia Cemetery Restoration
http://www.czechtorah.org/cemetery.htm |
| There are numerous Czechoslovakian cemeteries in desperate
need of restoration. The work to restore these cemeteries has
already begun, however there is much work to be done. Let us
preserve the memory of the Czech Jews that lost their innocent
lives during the war. You can read about a recent cemetery
restoration project organized by members of The Czech Torah
Network in The
Quest For Kolin. |
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The Herta and
Justin H. Adler Judaica Collection,
Temple Israel Memphis
http://www.rj.org/uahc/congs/tn/tn002/Judaica_Exhibit/Museum.html |
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| In 1968, Scroll No. 162 (pictured above) found
a new home at Temple Israel, where it is on permanent loan
from The Trust. For many years, it has had a place in the holy
Ark.
Now it is a central part of our Judaica
exhibit, a reminder of the tragedy of the twentieth
century and a symbol of hope as we enter the twenty-first
century. |
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The New Jewish
Renewal Communities
http://www.jewishrenewal.org/podivin.htm |
| It arrived in a plain brown wrapper. It had not
been used in over 50 years, since the Czech Jews of the
village Podivin were forced onto a train bound for Terezin
Concentration Camp, leaving it behind. The Torah had survived
the destruction of the Podivin synagogue, the deaths of those
who had cherished it the Nazi Holocaust. If this Podivin Torah
Scroll could speak, it would tell us that it was scribed at
the turn of the century in a small town on the Austrian-Czech
border. It would tell tales of a synagogue, built in 1630
which was its home, of the 143 Jews who lived in the town when
World War II began in 1938, and of the six who survived. The
Torah. would describe how most of them were deported by train
from Podivin to Terezin with other Jews from that region. The
names of the Jews of Podivin who were sent off to Terezin are
chronicled on the deportation list that traveled with the
paper-wrapped Torah to Chicago. It lists the names and ages of
those who boarded the train, along with many others from that
region, to travel on a journey to destruction. |
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Congregation
Beth Israel
http://www.avenue.org/cbi/torah.html |
| Photos of the Torah from Frydek-Mistek, along
with story of its acquisition by Congregation Beth Israel,
Charlottesville, Virginia. |
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Jewish
Gen
http://www.jewishgen.org |
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| JewishGen is The Home of
Jewish Genealogy. This is the premiere site for tracing
your Jewish past. JewishGen boast a database of 150,000
surnames and towns.the comprehensive directory of InfoFiles, ShtetLinks
for over 200 communities, and a variety of databases such as
the ShtetlSeeker and Jewish Records Indexing-Poland.
JewishGen's online Family Tree of the Jewish People
contains data on over one million people. |
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Bohemia-Moravia
SIG
http://www.jewishgen.org/bohmor |
| The Bohemia-Moravia Special Interest Group serves as a
clearinghouse for Jewish genealogical and historical
information relating to Jewish communities in the areas
formerly known as Bohemia and Moravia. |
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The International
Association of Jewish Genealogical
Society Cemetery Project for the Czech Republic
http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/czechrep.htm |
| The IAJGS lists and
describes Jewish cemeteries in the Czech Republic as well as
other countries around the world. The project collects data on
Jewish cemeteries, where Jews are buried, and important Jewish
genealogical information, then distributes the data through
mediums like the Internet. |
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