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Josefov (Czech Republic)
Praha-mesto okres, Prague capital
Last modified: 2002-04-20 by jarig bakker
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by Jan Krav�ik, 10 July 2000
Josefov was a Jewish ghetto, erased completely and rebuilt. It is associated
with a lot of stories, some rather gruesome, such as those dealing with
the 'Gholem'. The flag points at this past.
Jarig Bakker, 11 July 2000
Naturally, it is not a mullet but a Magen David.
It was not "completely erased" since some of the synagogues and the ancient
graveyard still exist. It should be also mentioned that Prague witnessed
the first recorded appearance of the MD as a Jewish symbol, when the Jewish
community in Prague received the right to have a flag of its own and chose
in 1354 the MD as the symbol on the flag.
BTW - the word "ghetto" means "foundry" which was the name of the Jewish
quarter in Venice.
Dov Gutterman, 11 July 2000
I guess that this is modern version of the original historical flag
of Jozefov (or better said of the Jewish Community of Prague) that is considered
to be the first Jewish flag to use Magen David.
In this manner this can be considered the predcessor of the Zionist flags
and the current flag of Israel.
Zeljko Heimer, 11 July 2000
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