Chanting the haftorah at Prague’s synagogue ‘built by angels’

Myths and facts mix amid unrivaled Jewish culture in the City of a Hundred Spires.

Showing tourists Prague’s Jewish sites requires Aharon Ivo Hribek to police adoration.

At the Altneuschul (Old-New Synagogue), partly dated to 1270, the guide and former assistant to Prague’s chief rabbi, indicates a seat beside the ark, which is larger than the others and adorned with a star of David. Tradition holds it to be Judah Loew’s.

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