March Jewish Museum in Prague

The Jewish Museum in Prague is pleased to remind you of a Wednesday's press conference for the opening of a new exhibition

 
“And you shall tell your son…”
Haggadot in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague

The holiday of Pesah begins on 30 March this year on the Jewish calendar. To mark this occasion, the Jewish Museum in Prague has prepared an exhibition that features a selection of the oldest and most interesting Haggadot (the plural of Haggadah) – liturgical texts used during the Seder celebration of the Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover). As part of the Pesach festivities at home, the biblical story of the Exodus of the Jews from Egyptian slavery, which is related in the Haggadah, is commemorated along with other stories relating to the celebrations. This exhibition will show how the Haggadah has changed visually from the earliest printed copies to present-day editions from the Czech Republic, Israel and other regions of the world, which are represented in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. The show is unique not only because it focuses on a single genre of religious literature but also because it is the first of its kind to familiarize viewers in the Czech Republic with Pesach Haggadot as they have been produced through the centuries.

 The exhibition is curated by Michal Bušek and Ondřej Čihák.

The press conference with the tour of the exhibition will take place on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 at  11 a. m. at the Robert Guttmann Gallery (U Staré školy 3, Prague 1 /rear wing of the Spanish Synagogue/)

 
From 25 March until 27 June 2010
The exhibition is open every day except for Saturdays aand Jewish holidays
from 25 until 26 March 9 a.m. – 4.30 p.m., from 28 March until 27 June 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

We look forward to your coming.
With kind regards, 

--  Noemi Holekova Head of PR and Development  ZIDOVSKE MUZEUM V PRAZE JEWISH MUSEUM IN PRAGUE U Stare skoly 1,3, 110 00 Praha 1 Tel.: +420 221 711 581 Fax: +420 222 749 300 GSM: +420 603 867 285 www.jewishmuseum.cz