Planning trip to Prague in early October 2011, do key sites close for multiple days during Jewish holidays? If so, what dates would they be closed.
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Expect all of the Jewish sites to be closed on all holidays and on Saturdays (synagogues, cemetery, museums). They will have shorter hours on Fridays and holiday eves (or possibly be closed on the eves). The holidays are:
Sept. 29-30 New Year (Rosh Hashana) Oct. 8 Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) - probably closed on the day before. Succot (Tabernacles) is harder to know. The holidays are Oct. 13-14 and Oct. 20-21, but the "intermediate" days are semi-holidays, so sites may or may not be open. If any synagogues are used for prayer services for the New Year and Day of Atonement, it is possible that they will be closed to visitors for the entire period Sept 28-Oct. 8. The day after a holiday, expect the quarter to be packed with the backlog of visitors. If this is a high priority for you, I suggest you phone one or two of the sites around Sept. 20 to ask for details.