Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cost and Hours:
3 KM, 5-KM guidebook, Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00—or until 16:00 mid-
Oct-mid-April, Sun 10:00-15:00, closed Sat, Josipa Štadlera 32, tel. 033/475-740,
Visiting the Synagogue and Museum:
Buy your ticket and step into the central hall,
withthe
bima
(altar-likeraisedarea)inthecenterandthewoodendoorsthatholdtheTorah.
Women, who in accordance with Jewish tradition worship separately from men, stand up in
the arcades ringing the hall. Climb up the stairs to see the exhibits filling those arcades. On
thefirstfloorup,you'llseeareplica oftheimportant Sarajevo Haggadah book(seesidebar,
next page); a tombstone from a Jewish cemetery on the hill across the river, which is the
second biggest in Europe (after Prague's) and was tragically used as a sniper's nest during
the siege; and a model of the original appearance of this synagogue. The next floor shows
more Jewish religious items and illustrates how local Jews adopted local culture (for ex-
ample, you'll see Jews wearing Muslim-style fezzes). The replica of an Ottoman-era “phar-
macy” with herbal cures is a reminder that such businesses were typically run by Jewish
Sarajevans.
