Jews not permitted entry to Jewish holy sites in Czech Republic by local entities receiving public funds? an Outrage!
At the request of the
Karlin-Stolin & Bostoner Rebbes
on January 29, 2024 Israel’s Minister of Jerusalem and Jewish Tradition, Rabbi Meir Porush invited the Czech ambassador from Tel Aviv to his Jerusalem ministry office to share complaints and a corrective plan of action to grant Jewish pilgrims unconditional, 24 hour, all-year access to the Czech state and government subsidized:
Jewish Cemetery Ceremonial Hall
the Main Synagogue
Both are located in the beautiful and historic town of Nikolsburg or Mikulov in the South Moravian region of Czech Republic, less than 90 minutes from Vienna International Airport.
Currently, it is impossible to host visiting Jewish groups with their ritual, ceremonial and kosher needs.
Read the full text of the letter issued by the Minister to fzo.cz here
The Czech ambassador advised us to bring our visitors’ complaints to an in-person meeting in Jerusalem with Mr. Peter Papoušek, chairman of the FŽO that redistributes Czech state and other foreign government funding to Mr. Jáchym Kanárek’s community ŽOB in Brno, who are legally responsible for both historic Jewish properties in Nikolsburg/Mikulov. The Jewish Cemetery is now rented to SpolekPŽKM and the Main Synagogue is now rented to RMM
It is our hope that Mr. Peter Papoušek will eventually reply to Israel’s Minister of Jerusalem and Jewish Tradition and bring Mr. Jáchym Kanárek to arrive at an agreement guaranteeing visiting Jewish pilgrims unconditional, 24 hour, all-year access to the Cemetery and Synagogue buildings.
The House of the Righteous will Stand! proclaims The Horowitz family on the front page of Chassidic World Magazine in 2009 describing their mistreatment by denial of their civil religious rights by locking them out of the publicly funded, religious facilities in Mikulov, Czechia
With G-d’s help, the Horowitz Nikolsburg Family Trust will have the opportunity to invest its resources alongside local rabbinate and Jewish communities, to rescue and redeem this building by establishing a Jewish Educational & Kosher Visitors’ Center within its walls to accommodate, inspire and feed thousands of Jewish guests who travel great distances to visit us throughout the year, by providing them with the necessary Kosher facilities and services, currently available, free of charge, within the Jewish cemetery’s building in nearby Bratislava, Slovakia at the Pressburg Kosher Visitors Center also called “Hachnosas Orchim” in Hebrew and in Yiddish
The Chairman of the Jewish Community of Bratislava, Mr. Tomáš Stern, upon reviewing the facts presented, arrived at the same conclusion as the rabbinate in Prague did earlier and generously provided his community’s lawyer to represent us.
We are still waiting for Mr. Jáchym Kanarek from Brno to respond to this letter, dated January 31, 2023 listing the violations of religious civil rights at the hands of his entity, currently receiving local and foreign governmental funding.
Jewish Cemetery gates are opened for Czech Chief Rabbi Karol Sidon after traveling from Prague to verify in person, the numerous complaints he received with our with our emissary from New York,
Mr. Samuel Fleischman on the Jewish cemetery’s building steps
The Main Synagogue is unlocked for Brno rabbi Štěpán Kliment when he meets with the Nikolsburger Rebbe from NY, his sons and Mr. Fleischman who all appealed to him for help.
