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Article: Prague Jewish Quarter flooded
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- August 16, 2002
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Headline: Prague Jewish Quarter flooded
Byline: HAIM SHAPIRO
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 04
Friday, August 16, 2002 -- Residents of Prague's Old Town and Jewish
Quarter are being told they will not be allowed to return to their
homes before Monday because of the floods which continue to devastate
the Czech capital, according to the local Habad rabbi.
"The situation in the Jewish Quarter is that there is no electricity,
no water, and the telephone lines are down. No one is being allowed
to go back to their homes," Rabbi Maris Barash told The Jerusalem
Post.
About 70,000 of Prague's 1 million residents have left their homes
this week due to the ...