December 16, 2007
Czechs Turn Out for Jews and included Music
This item caught our attention. Good People supporting each other against hate and rage. And music as well as marching played a part.PRAGUE (JTA) – With several hundred neo-Nazis preparing to descend upon Prague's Jewish quarter for a brazen march on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Prague's small Jewish community found some unusual allies: anarchists, a Muslim leader and thousands of non-Jewish Czechs.
On a freezing Sabbath afternoon that marked the 69th anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass, the neo-Nazis got the boot in the Czech capital — literally, in some cases.
Thousands of Czechs filled the streets Saturday to protest the neo-Nazis in an unusually large and emotional show of solidarity with the country's Jews that in some cases turned violent. . .
Only about 1,500 Jews live in Prague, but some 3,000 to 4,000 demonstrators turned out for the day's events. They included a prayer service in front of the Old-New Synagogue, a march through the Old Town where the Jewish quarter is located, musical performances and presentations by Holocaust survivors that were projected on a large outdoor screen. Posted by jmwc at December 16, 2007 04:27 PM