Photo: Zygmunt Put, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The synagogue and adjoining Jewish Cemetery with the grave of Moses Isserles.
The Remah Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 40 Szeroka Street, in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland.
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Old Jewish cemetery of Kraków. Located next to Remuh Synagogue was established in 1535. It closed when the new cemetery at Miodowa was opened in year 1800. The most notable person buried at Remuh Cemetery is Rabbi Moses Isserles, others include rabbis of the Jewish communities in Vienna, in Prague and in Kraków and heads of Kraków Talmudic Academy. During Nazi occupation the place was destroyed and tombstones reused as paving stones (in Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp). After the war restoration of the cemetery was attempted, but not many tombstones could be found and today only small fraction of the monuments stands again.
Building from 1567 rebuilt at the beginning of 20th century, today Klezmer Hois restaurant and rooms. Ritual bath in the basement: around 40 steep stairs below ground level can be visited.
Also called Hospital or Poor Synagogue as these were the people it mostly served. After the war it was a warehouse and shoe factory. Today, it is one of the venues for religious ceremonies and cultural festivals, including the Jewish Culture Festival.
Was one of the most splendid buildings in Kazimierz, devastated during the Nazi occupation. Today a cultural centre with workshops on dance, art classes, lectures, film screenings, etc.
Isaak Jakubowicz Synagogue
Built in the 17th century, it was considered the most beautiful synagogue in Krakow. After the war it was a theater, warehouse and sculpture workshop. Since the 1980s, it has been renovated and serves as Jewish Education Centre. Since 2007 it has also been used for religious purposes.
Built in 1930s right next to Izaak Synagogue. Since the 80s it has served as a Jewish Culture Centre.