My first reaction was dismay. But then I sat down, had a lemonade and began to argue with myself.

The dismay I experience is not really with the proprietors who have turned this beautiful building into a beautiful, pleasant, spacious coffee house. It is the decline and destruction of Jewish life in Slovakia and the rest of Central and Eastern Europe that disconcerts me. But what would the alternative be? To let these fabulous buildings fall into disrepair?! Hardly better!
By the way, the home made lemonade is excellent and not too sweet.

The Bima 

The Aron Kodesh 
Ezrat haNashim 





