The University at Albany’s Center for Jewish Studies is now the home of Torah Scroll No. 1204. The scroll, which has a fascinating history, was one of about 2,000 scrolls confiscated from Czech synagogues after the 1939 Nazi invasion. It was kept in the Jewish Museum in Prague for almost a decade, then transferred to Michle Synagogue near Prague, where it remained for another 15 years. In 1963, British philanthropist Ralph Yablon acquired Torah Scroll No. 1204 and more than 1,500 others. He later established the Memorial Scrolls Trust to catalogue, restore and distribute the religious artifacts. UAlbany alumna Hedy Bagatelle, B.A.’60, and her husband, Warren, donated the scroll to the University.