The first new Torah-scroll to have been written in Slovakia since the Jewish community was decimated by the Nazis during the Holocaust is greeted by a procession through the capital city of Bratislava, past the Presidential Palace and busy urban surroundings, to a well-appointed new Chabad center established in 2017.
First New Torah in Slovakia Since Holocaust
A new Torah scroll is in place in Slovakia, the first to be inaugurated in the Central European country since the Nazis ravaged its Jewish population during World War II, while one proud Jewish boy will live to tell the tale of having celebrated his bar mitzvah amid the fanfare of a city-wide celebration.
