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Old Town in Prague, Czech Republic The world’s first online-only Jewish community centre (JCC) has opened in Prague to serve the country’s 7,000 Jews after efforts to open a bricks-and-mortar alternative were hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Driving the virtual centre into fruition was Pavlina Šulcová, who decided to act after working in Tel Aviv for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. “I don’t like waiting,” she told JTA. “Especially when I don’t know how long I’ll need to wait.” The virtual Prague JCC has launched a popular Czech-language podcast on Judai...

April 23, 2021 11:54 am Pavlina Šulcová, the founder of JCC Prague, at her apartment in the Czech capital in 2020. (Courtesy of Šulcová) Advertisement (JTA) — In early 2020, Pavlina Šulcová was on the verge of making history in her hometown: She had identified a space that could house the Czech Republic’s first modern Jewish community center. The building, nestled amid the maze of red roofs, alleyways and bridges that make the Old City of Prague an enduring tourist attraction, was charming. Constructed in the 18th century, it had both an atrium and a garde...