Prague

Prague names street after British Holocaust hero

Prague names street after British Holocaust hero, Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued hundreds of mostly Jewish children from the Nazis.

10 killed in mass shooting in downtown Prague

10 killed, 30 hurt by lone shooter at Charles University's philosophy department.

Czech President:

Czech Republic fully supports Israel against int. community'

President Herzog welcomed at Prague Castle

'First fallen paratrooper' to be buried in Israel after 73 years

Body of Martin Davidovich found 73 years after he died during a training accident in Czechoslovakia.

Torah scroll stolen by the Nazis is returned to Prague

Torah scroll the Nazis stole for their post-Holocaust ‘Jewish museum’ returns to service in Prague.

This was the only JCC in the world to launch during the pandemic

In Prague, the world’s first virtual Jewish community center aims to revitalize a declining minority.

Prague: Headstones used as pavement identified in central square

As central Prague square receives new look, workers rip up paving stones made of Jewish desecrated Jewish headstones.

Prague returns parts of Jewish gravestones used as cobblestones

Pieces of Jewish gravestones used to pave sidewalks in Prague to be returned to 19th-century cemetery.

Holocaust memorial vandalized in Prague

Train window honoring children who escaped Nazis vandalized in attack that was '100% planned.'

The narrowest street in Prague

The narrowest street in Prague, Czech Republic, needs a traffic light.

Prague 1968-2018: Europe betrays its allies

MK falls ill abroad

Shas MK Yigal Guetta returns to Israel for treatment at Ichilov Hospital after being hospitalized in Prague.

Children saved by ‘British Schindler’ dedicate Prague memorial

Group of children saved from the Nazis by Sir Nicholas Winton unveil monument to their parents.

500-year-old 'Prague Haggadah' found

Israel's National Library receives one of two surviving copies of Prague Haggadah.

Prague synagogue gets two new Torah scrolls

Prague synagogue gets new Torah scrolls for first time since World War II.

Prague railway employee says he'll 'cut off head' of Jewish man

A Prague railway employee allegedly threatened to "cut off the head" of a Jewish passenger wearing a Kippah

US envoy's son has bar mitzvah at his ancestors' shul in Prague

U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic celebrates son’s bar mitzvah in synagogue that his ancestors attended before the Holocaust.

Prague Railway Station Could be Named After 'British Schindler'

Prague mayoral candidate suggests the city's main railway station be named after Sir Nicholas Winton.

Sick: Hitler Masks at Party Outside Prague's Jewish Quarter

Group of 25 Irish tourists cause a furor by putting on Hitler masks at pub party while harassing female waitresses and customers.

Hundreds March Against Anti-Semitism in Prague

Annual march to commemorate the Holocaust in Prague focuses on anti-Semitism amid rise in attacks.

Interview

Sir Ben Kingsley: Europe Did Not Grieve the Holocaust

Award-winning actor and storyteller says Europe is in danger of 'sliding back' unless it faces up to its dark past and achieves 'catharsis'.

Czech Jewish Community Opposes Putin Invite to Holocaust Event

Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic object to Putin attending Auschwitz liberation event over Ukraine.

An explosive read

PA's Czech Ambassador Killed By Explosives in Books

Investigation reveals PA ambassador killed January 1 in accident from 'Semtex' explosives, not from weapons safe.

Palestinian Ambassador to Prague Not Killed by Exploding Safe

Contrary to previous theory, Czech police say blast which killed Jamal al-Jamal in January not the result of explosives rigged to his safe.

Czech Police: Weapons in PA Embassy Were Decades Old

Czech police say that the weapons and explosives discovered at the PA Embassy in Prague date back to the Cold War.

PA Apologizes to Czech Republic over Weapons

PA apologizes for illegal weapons in Prague residence. Weapons were revealed when PA ambassador died in explosion.

Prague Police Find 12 Weapons Inside PA Embassy

Investigators find 12 weapons inside the PA’s mission in Prague, as PA officials try to smooth relations over last week's explosion.

Czech Officials Want PA Embassy Moved Following Blast

The Prague district hosting the embassy of the Palestinian Authority wants it moved after the ambassador was killed in a "working accident."

PA Diplomat in Prague Had Secret Arms Cache

PA ambassador killed in explosion Wednesday had illegal weapons cache in his home, enough to arm 10 fighters.

Prague Railway Station to Become Shoah Memorial

Tens of thousands of Jews were led to their death from the Prague-Bubny station, now a modern memorial to the fallen