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1Tempel have survived, including a money The hall used for prayer is
Synagogue box and the remains of an altar. almost bare, in accordance
Synagoga Tempel There is a fascinating bookshop with the rule of the Jewish
on the ground floor. religion. The bimah, an
ul. Miodowa 24. Map 4 D1 (6 F5). elevated platform with an
Tel 12 430 54 11. v 3, 9, 12, 22, 24,
52. @ 184. Open 10am–4pm Sun– 4Old Synagogue iron balustrade used for
Thu, 10am–dusk Fri. & readings from the Torah, is
Stara Synagoga the only piece of furnishing.
The most recent of the The east wall features the
synagogues in Kazimierz, ul. Szeroka 24. Map 4 D1. Tel 12 431 aron hakodesh, an ornamental
the Tempel was built in the 05 45. v 19, 24. Open Apr–Oct: shrine for the Torah Scrolls.
Neo-Renaissance style between 10am–2pm Mon, 9am–5pm Tue–Sat,
10am–4pm Sun; Nov–Mar: 10am– 2pm
1860 and 1862. It is used by Mon, 10am–4pm Tue, Thu, Sat & Sun,
non-Orthodox Jews. Inside 10am–5pm Fri. Closed first Sat & Sun 5Remu’h
note the stained glass and of each month; Nov–Mar: Wed. & free Synagogue
period decoration. Mon. 8 ∑ mhk.pl and Cemetery
The Old Synagogue was used Bożnica i Cmentarz Remuh
in the past as a temple and was ul. Szeroka 40. Map 4 D1. Tel 12 429
also a seat of the Kahal and 57 35. v 19, 24. Open 9am–4pm
other offices of the Jewish Sun–Fri (May–Sep: to 6pm). & ^
community. Religious and
social life was concentrated One of the two still active
here. The synagogue now synagogues, the Remu’h
houses a museum dedicated temple is used by Orthodox
to the history and culture of Jews. It was founded by Israel
Krakow’s Jews. Isserles Auerbach around 1553
The brick building dates back and named after his son, the
to the mid-15th or beginning great author and philosopher
of the 16th century. Its present Rabbi Moses Remu’h. Inside,
appearance is the result of a the bimah and an ornamental
Façade of Isaak’s Synagogue, the home of remodelling in 1557–70. The aron hakodesh are worth noting.
the Jewish Education Centre parapet, and Gothic interior Accessed via the synagogue,
with ribbed vaulting supported the Remu’h Cemetery,
2Isaak’s by slender columns, all date established in 1533, is one
Synagogue from then. of the very few Jewish
Bożnica Izaaka
ul. Kupa 18. Map 4 D1. Tel 12 430 22
22. v 6, 8, 10, 13. @ 504. Open 8am–
6pm Sun–Thu, 8:30am–4:30pm Fri. .
This synagogue was built
between 1638 and 1644 as a
foundation of Izaak Jakubowicz,
an elder of the Jewish com-
munity. Inside, the plaster work
by Giovanni Battista Falconi
has survived in a large nave
with a barrel vault. The Jewish
Education Centre is housed here.

3High Synagogue
Bożnica Wysoka
ul. Józefa 38. Map 4 D1. Tel 12 430
68 69. v 19, 24. Open 10am–
7pm daily. &
This synagogue dates from
1556 to 1563. It is a picturesque
structure supported by buttresses.
A Renaissance portal is worth
noting. Only a few furnishings Hall of Prayers in the Old Synagogue