Synagoga Remuh
In Synagoga Remuh, an Orthodox Jewish congregation gave Kraków a lasting monument to scholarship and mourning. The synagogue was designed by Stanisław Baranek and completed in 1557, with building attributed to 1556. It was named for Rabbi Moses Isserles, revered through the Hebrew acronym ReMA (רמ״א)—famed for writing commentaries and additions that complement Rabbi Yosef Karo’s Shulchan Aruch. Its origins are tied to the turbulence of 1552, when an epidemic struck Kraków and the Kazimierz Jewish community. One tradition connects the synagogue’s founding to Israel ben Josef, linking it to the loss of family members, while a foundation inscription associates the building with Israel ben Josef and his wife Malka—constructed from her bequest “to the glory of the Eternal One.” Even after its destruction, the Remuh Synagogue endures in the city’s memory as a place where learned tradition and family grief were both built into stone and text. …
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