Save the Date
Czech Republic and Israel in May 2022 - join us in person or by live stream
The Memorial Scrolls Trust is allocating on loan MST#565 Torah Scroll, once used by the Jewish community of Olomouc, to Museum Beit Theresienstadt where it will become the inspirational source of a unique Bar/Bat Mitzvah Jewish Heritage educational program.
Beit Theresienstadt, together with MST, the International March of the Living, B’nai B’rith International, the Terezin Memorial and the Jewish Museum in Prague, will rededicate the MST#565 Torah Scroll at the Czech Republic annual Commemoration of the Liberation of Theresienstadt. The final event of this Journey of Remembrance and Renewal will take place when the MST#565 Olomouc Torah Scroll will be installed to its new educational home during the annual meeting of Museum Beit Theresienstadt (Kibbutz Givat Haim Ihud, Israel).
May 13-14, 2022 Czech Republic:
• Lectures, Networking & Social Gathering
• Guided tour of the Jewish Museum Prague.
• Festive Shabbat meals with local members of the Jewish Community
• Daven with local Jewish Communities.
May 15, 2022 Czech Republic:
• The March of the Living Scroll
From the Bohusovice train station in the footsteps of those deported to Theresienstadt
• The Czech Republic National Commemoration of the Liberation of Theresienstadt
• Memorial Scrolls Trust & Beit Theresienstadt Olomouc Torah Ceremony
• Guided Tour of Terezin
May 20, 2022 Israel:
• Installation of the Olomouc Torah Scroll at the annual Beit Theresienstadt Museum meeting
For further details: info@bterezin.org.il
Tel: +972-(0)4-6369515, +972-(0)58-6369515
The ceremonies will be held as per COVID guidelines & broadcast via LIVE STREAM.
The Czech Scrolls Museum
We invite you to visit the Czech Scrolls Museum for a guided tour, however you need to book your visit in advance.
Our volunteer Guides are passionate about the scrolls and happy to spend as much time as necessary to give you a unique experience talking about our scrolls, binders and Czech Jewish history. We are Covid good practice compliant. Email us here to book your visit. We work very hard to arrange a tour for every request.
- Cheder and b'nai mitsvah group visits.
- Synagogue groups
- Individuals and families.
We do not charge for your visit - any donation offered goes to our Czech Scrolls Maintenance & Repair Fund.
I hope to meet you in UK, Czechia or Israel over the next few months.
Best wishes,
Jeffrey Ohrenstein,
Chairman
PS We publish many short articles and Czech Scroll Museum visitor pictures on our Facebook page - please click Facebook Like to keep in touch with us.
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