Ceremonial Hall
The Ceremonial Hall, known in Czech as Obřadní síň and in German as Zeremoniensaal, is a Romanesque Revival building that once served the Prague Jewish Burial Society. Built between 1906 and 1908 by A. Gabriel and J. Gerstel, it replaced an earlier hall and housed a morgue in the basement, a taharah chamber on the first floor, and a meeting room on the second floor where the Society held gatherings and banquets. Since World War I, the Burial Society no longer used the space for its original function, and in 1926 the building was rented to the Jewish Museum in Prague, which has administered it ever since. In 1997, the hall underwent reconstruction, reopening as an exhibition space that ties its display to Jewish funeral and life-cycle rituals, while also presenting the Old Jewish Cemetery and other Czech cemeteries. …
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