Project Judaica Foundation has been working with the Jewish Museum in
Prague since 1979. With the fall of Communism and the official return of
the ownership of an extraordinary collection of Judaica to the Czech Jewish
Community, our ties have grown more extensive and cooperative. From this
collection of Judaica, the Foundation created the Precious
Legacy Exhibition, which was co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution
in Washington, and toured ten cities in the U.S. and Canada over three years.
The exhibition book and Seder
plate reproductions remain for sale by the Foundation.
Project Judaica remains committed to continuation of a high level of support
for the Jewish Museum in Prague. The challenges continue to assist in upgrading
the museums' capabilities to maintain vast collections with the most modern
techniques available. Creating and maintaining a modern museum computer
network to track each important part of its collections is also a vital
goal.
The names of the victims of the Holocaust from the Czech Lands are being
placed on the walls of the restored Pinkus Synagogue
in Prague. Helping to raise the necessary funds is also a central goal.
Periodic carefully planned educational tours
of Jewish Prague are organized by this Foundation with a few personally
lead by the President of the foundation, Mark Talisman,
who with his wife, organized the Precious Legacy
exhibition over 12 years ago. Inquire for further information about the
next tour, should you
be interested.
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