Jewish Heritage Europe

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Mar
1
Sun
Guided tour @ Great Synagogue Beth Yaacov, Geneva
Mar 1 @ 10:30 – 12:00

On the first Sunday of each month, there is a guided tour of the synagogue, an imposing domed building designed in predominantly Moorish style  by the Swiss architect Jean-Henri Bachofen and built in 1857-59.

 

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Jun
10
Fri
20 Years Chatam Sofer Memorial exhibition @ Jewish Community Museum Bratislava
Jun 10 – Oct 9 all-day

A special exhibit marking the 20th anniversary of the underground complex designed by the architect Martin Kvasnica containing remnants of Bratislava’s Old Jewish Cemetery, which was destroyed in 1944, — 23 graves surrounding the Chatam Sofer’s tomb.

Rabbi Moshe Schreiber, known as the Chatam Sofer (or Chasam Sofer), was a renowned rabbi and scholar who was born in Frankfurt am Main on 26 September 1762 (7 Tishrei 5523).

The Chatam Sofer mausoleum, Bratislava

 

Open

Friday 10:00 – 16:00
Sunday 10:00 – 16:00

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