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The Roudnice Torah Project MST#747

January 2026

Elana Marcus & Jane Willoughby of Congregation Beth Am, San Diego USA (MST#747), visited the Roudnice Gymnazium school (ages 11-19) (shown below- the yellow building) and met teachers Mark Johnston, Katu Stepankova, Jana Kolkova and the school principal Zdenka Vachkova. Jane presented to the high school age students introducing them to Judaism and explaining Congregation Beth Am’s connection to Roudnice (our Torah from the Memorial Scrolls Trust and our wall depicting the wall at the ritual building in the New Jewish Cemetery in Roudnice). Following this presentation nine students from the Gymnazium signed up for an elective focused on uncovering the stories about the Jews who once lived in Roudnice before the Holocaust. These students will work collaboratively with high school students at Congregation Beth Am. Note that the Gymnazium school is right at the end of what was the Jewish Ghetto on Havlíčkova Street in Roudnice, near the river.