Near the banks of the river Danube in Bratislava there is a streetcar station (tram stop for our friends from the UK) named for non other than the Chatam Sofer who is buried here. Moshe Schreiber, better known as the Chatam Sofer was one of the greatest rabbis of his generation and served for some […]
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The Trenčín Jewish Cemetery
The Cemetery is on Partizánska road, perhaps 1km from the town center. It is on a slope and enclosed by a wall approximately 2m high. The gates are safely locked and it is difficult to get a glimps inside. We did our best, however, and managed to take some photographs from over the wall or […]
Synagóga Café, Trnava
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 […]