
Mazel tov! After nearly four years of work, the ambitious 10 Stars project in the Czech Republic is being inaugurated this month. (See schedule below)
A nationwide project linking 10 synagogues/sites of Jewish heritage around the Czech Republic, 10 Stars is the most ambitious single Jewish heritage project in the Czech Republic, and was financed by an approximately €11 million grant from the EU, with further funding from the Czech Culture Ministry.
The project includes former synagogues in the towns of Úštěk, Jičín, and Brandýs nad Labem to the north; Plzeň and Březnice to the west; Nová Cerekev and Polná in the south-central part of the country; Boskovice, Mikulov and Krnov to the east.
These sites have been restored (or previous restorations have been modified or renovated), with a themed exhibition installed in each place, forming a sort of nationwide Jewish museum. Exhibits that already existed in the synagogues at Boskovice, Mikulov, Ustek and Polna have been revamped or expanded.
“The exhibition in each site will be linked to one certain phenomenon in Jewish history, culture, religion, traditions,” Tomas Kraus, the executive director of the Federation of Jewish Communities, which owns the buildings, told JHE in 2012. “The idea is that if you visit one of the sites, even by chance, you will realize that there are nine other parts of the exhibition, so you will want to visit them, too.”
See our previous posts on the progress of the 10 Stars project HERE and HERE.
Here is the schedule of inaugural events (some have already taken place):
Brandýs nad Labem |
June 10 |
11.00 |
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Nová Cerekev |
June 11 |
11.00 |
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Březnice |
June 12 | 11.00 | |
Krnov |
June 13 | 11.00 | |
Jičín |
June 17 | 11.00 | |
Plzeň |
June 18 | 11.00 | |
Úštěk |
June 23 |
11.00 |
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Polná |
June 25 | 15.30 | |
Boskovice |
June 26 | 16.00 | |
Mikulov |
June 27 |
11.00 |