His uncle's old synagogue had originally been a Methodist church.

The morning service was already under way when Michael Levy reached his uncle's old synagogue.

The outline of the old synagogue melted into the murky air and changed its shape, and stood out again in other and ever-changing forms.

At Prague, that wonderful city where the barbaric East begins, he finds his deepest interest stirred by the Jewish burying-ground and the hoary old synagogue.

Nazim, whose shop is at the foot of the old synagogue, imports his Leicester shirts from Thailand and sells them at 3,200 dinars a pop.

An exhibition of Jewish artists, 1873-1939, in the Old Synagogue runs until October 31st.