A town in the Drahanska Highlands of Moravia about 35 kms north of Brno, near Prerov and Olomouc which also have former Jewish communities. One can drive to Boskovice from Brno in about half an hour and the former Jewish ghetto is well signposted. There is a small Jewish Museum at 6 Plackova St in the middle of the fomer ghetto and many of the houses and the synagogue have been, or are being, renovated and repaired.