Ancient Jewish Marble And Prayer Book From Bulgaria, From The Jewish Historical Museum At The Central

Ancient Jewish marble and prayer book from Bulgaria, from the Jewish historical museum at the Central Sofia Synagogue.

The history of Jews in Bulgarian lands dates back more than 2000 years. The largest part of the Bulgarian Jewish community before the 15th century belonged to the Hellenic (Romaniote) rite. In the center of Plovdiv, the remains of an ancient synagogue from the 3rd century, when the city was under the control of the severians, were recently found. Even the faith of the early Bulgarian Christians was a syncretistic mixture of Christian, Jewish, and pagan beliefs. The monks Cyril and Methodius consulted Jewish scholars in the preparation of their literary work. In the early 12th century Leo Mung, born a Jew and later a pupil of the 11th-century Bulgarian Talmudist Tobiah b. Eliezer, became archbishop of the diocese of Ochrida and Primate of Bulgaria. Tsar Ivan Alexander (1331-1371) married a Jewish girl named Sarah, who took the name Theodora at her baptizing.

Watercolours of Greek and Turkish Jewish dress, illustrated by Nikos Stavroulakis

Ancient brass comb with the Lion of Judah. Its inscription says, “A day of darkness, a day of mayhem comes upon us.”

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The youngest and at the same time the largest synagogue in Prague, the Jubilee Synagogue, is situated outside the Jewish Quarter, but near the Main Railway station and Jindrisska Tower in Prague. Jubilee Synagogue was built in 1905-06 in Art Nouveau and pseudo moorish styles as a compensation for demolished synagogues in the Jewish Quarter.