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which. limbs new synagogue it was once the biggest and most beautiful house of jewish worship in germany it was destroyed in the second world war. today the golden dome is once again a landmark and berlin skyline. in this edition i want to take you on a tour of berlin's jewish past and present or starting at the new synagogue in downtown berlin this district called this runoff orszag was until the holocaust the center of jewish life and berlin and today it's a once again home to a flourishing jewish community. will also visit europe's biggest jewish cemetery in berlin tysons they. will drop in that gordon a one stop shop for israelis. cuisine and music. and we'll

join our viewer davia done a tour around jerusalem. this bundle of neighborhood at the synagogue are popular destinations and berlin city center. there are plenty of restaurants and cafes some of them based on jewish culture mary traditions. you'll also find lots of stories and art galleries. on the sidewalks you'll come across. our stumbling stones the small brass plaque cern there to remind us of the people who lived here before falling victim to national socialism's reign of terror there are more than seven thousand in berlin many in the spondee well four stops before the war this neighborhood was the center

of berlin's jewish life. in this street for example there was a jewish retirement home right on the square. and nine hundred forty two it was closed by the nazis who turned it into a collection point for people who were to be deported to ghettos and extermination camps. today the spot does once again home to many jewish institutions but tourists are mainly drawn by the area's vibrant and diverse atmosphere. so for example you'll find in every berlin guidebook cafes and art galleries as far as the eye can see. this brick buildings used to be. and jewish girls school.

don't want this point for the former jewish girls school is true and perfectly sums up the character of this entire street a colorful mix of restaurants and gallery. gallery . has helped bring the jewish girls' school back to life. as soon as he saw the vacant building he immediately recognized its potential after its renovation he set up his gallery here without forgetting the building's history. the school was built in one nine hundred twenty eight in the style known as new objectivity an art movement that ended in germany when the national socialists came to power. the school was forced to close in one nine hundred forty two the adjoining courtyard served as

a collection point where berlin jews were herded together before deportation. after the war the secondary school moved in and later the building remained empty. says uncovered details of its original architecture. as if. the columns were a surprise. the laughs we found and restored were also a surprise. all of this original beauty only came to light after the walls that were built later were removed. a school building like this offers all sorts of possibilities. opened the restaurant inspired by the roaring twenty's in what had been the gymnasium. of the instance you're interested in the grand restaurants that existed in berlin before the war they had traditional lighting chandelier. traditional surface is made of

wood and stone what we've added is a little modern art so it doesn't look too stuffy it's. like this rocket the artwork in the shape of a missile has stirred some debate but it's certainly i catch. a museum called the kennedys is moved into four disused classrooms that makes the former jewish girls' school a prime location for both art lovers and maze and a place in which history is being acknowledged. my tour takes me back to the new synagogue like all jewish institutions in berlin it's under police protection many people only look at the beautiful building from the outside but visitors are very much encouraged.

director shows me around only the front was reconstructed the main part of the synagogue was never rebuilt services aren't held in these halls it's a place of encounter and a museum on the history of jewish community it's closed for renovation but that means i get an even better look at the historic rooms. their home the room gives a good impression of how splendid the building from here at the main room of the synagogue which no longer exists. the building was badly damaged during an aerial attack and nine hundred forty three later most of it had to be demolished. and. we continue our tour to the council room back in the day this was where the elected representatives of the jewish community in the city convened today it's the ideal location for. readings lectures and other

events. from upstairs we catch a glimpse of the rear courtyard the floor plan of the former synagogue is outlined with black granite as a reminder of what once was. a man does the director here at the culture of fun day she and the new synagogue formally known as the center and you die come. reemerged. we want to convey jewish life in all its facets including the debates within judaism and to engage in to dialogue with people and when new forms of anti-semitism are definitely a topic. and another possible topic is the diversity of today is about the muslim or israel and the diaspora israel and germany they're all things we might talk about here you're gonna knock my often one of them and i'd like to talk about the new anti-semitism you've just mentioned there's a lot of discussion about it these days do you notice that things are getting more

difficult are attacks on jews and germany and maybe berlin in particular on the rise. in between flights but if. i do perceive a change because i read about it not because it happened to me personally. but when you read newspapers and watch the news you see things you'd never have thought possible ten or fifteen years ago from you know i thought things had changed that we've moved past that as a society by pope and suddenly strangely it seems that things like this can indeed still happen why is that you. can you counteract that change here at the center in your diagram or and do you speak to a clientele that isn't involved in this shift. coped with and some i want to thank you so it's i believe we do have a certain clientele one time that it's not easy for us to reach the people we might

need to reach. the high. of regular events especially don't necessarily reach those people. we're trying to develop new formats for children school young people and others we want to do more of that. next stop the jewish cemetery in vice and sea and the north east of berlin. with more than one hundred thousand graves it's the largest jewish cemetery in europe. with. the grounds are large with many hidden corners during the second world war a small number of jews were able to save themselves by hiding here most of berlin's jewish community fled or perished in the holocaust with no family to tend to them

most of the graves are in the collected and overgrown. the cemetery is a testament to the city's jewish history many important figures were burrage here like hold of will launched a publishing empire in berlin which published one hundred and thirty newspapers and journals. here lies. off a local celebrity he found at the car davies still berlin's most famous department store. and this is where betty kempinski is buried his wine store and delicatessen a vault into the well known hotel chain named after him. just by looking at the short list of names you can get an impression of how influential jewish entrepreneurs were in shaping history they also played a predominant role in making the local fashion industry so famous and the second

half of the nineteenth century leading fashion houses and tailors were based on house tight square and berlin that. people coming out of the metro station don't usually notice them the names of jewish designers linden back live in baghdad. one hundred years ago they're ready to where companies were at the center of bourbons fashion industry. has been researching the history of square for more than thirty years. imagine thousands of young people pushing clothes racks back and forth starting at five every morning it was filled with life this is where berlin fashion was made for the world that. the first moved here in the early nineteenth century prices were affordable. prison was here and no one wanted to live nearby ready to wear was

a new idea back then for the first time women's garments weren't being. produced in series. a jewish entrepreneur was the first. to make five women's coats using the same pattern and the same material the magnificent building that housed his textile company still exists he laid the foundations for berlin as a fashion center. was the lagerfeld of the eight hundred thirty s. . he set the course berlin fashion would take an exported it in huge numbers. well you see here you can still see the v. for valentino and here is a rather ornate. in the one nine hundred twenty s. designs became simpler and easier to mass produce but off the rack fashion wasn't all that was made on those who are square so were costumes for cabaret and film performers. the national socialist destroyed that world be expropriated the

jewish garment makers property the fashion world says want to non jewish employee. after the war ended the squarely. is now you know go to it's a tragic legacy of the nazi users for to me jewish garment manufacturers and star designers have been completely lost to our collective memory horchata. today house folk times square is little more than a stop on the metro it's never been able to recover its glamorous past. my next stop takes me tonight because currently one of the lens most hyped districts one of the most diverse areas of the city.

gordon is a slice of tel aviv in the heart of it's a one stop shop for good israeli food music it was launched by iran eisenberg amir evan it's ski two of the roughly ten thousand israelis living in berlin the front of the restaurant caters to your palate the back to your ears. jarana near are both d.j.'s and producers they arrived in berlin in two thousand and eleven and began spending vinyl and local clubs a few years later they opened gordon which still sells record albums. so you guys were dazed and tell everyone you have your own record label your organizing parties what made. you leave all that behind and come to berlin and also why we come to believe the news is the music. because. it's more popular that these bits of opportunities in believe in the. clubs in two thousand.

so it would be possible to grow over the. place probably keeps you guys pretty busy you have your decks here but can you still be found around town playing gigs in the end of the months with. one of the main clubs and then in five to softer than budapest so. yeah it's happening but in the last six wheels to do something deep just because we have to be the place the baby. was. you know was there because of course israelis amberley you always kind of get back to the shared history and that dark chapter that kind of you know it's real in germany was that at all a topic that you had in mind or did you think it was like a little different so for me personally it's a she was even in john interest so that it's possible to get forward to show the

future to go to great if everything was the story and now we have a new generation used so yes we have we're doing this it's opening. it's not just music that draws people to court and it's also the menu traditional israeli and middle eastern dishes with a twist. how do you do it the israeli being here for a language you started a couple years ago when there was. nothing and now there's more and more places. really. really proud to be kind of. why don't you see in this topic we've been. useful to also with without a package so it's not only the fools in the basic stuff it's also the music the atmosphere the design of the day it's. all in one soul

both i'm really proud of all these it's really nice to me it's. really nice opportunity to be part of something new or money. and enough talking about food let's try some. goals that i'll be shown you this in the middle of the indoor. lentils of rice and eggplant and jerusalem artichokes with mushrooms delicious. a striking building and berlin's kreisberg district with a touching symbolism that brings to mind a broke star of david. the architect daniel levy is can place the modern construction right next to an old baroque palace the two buildings joined to form

the jewish museum. inside the architecture leaves a powerful impression the narrow halls and maze like or doors convey a sense of stark disorientation. this is shallow hit fallen leaves an installation by men. more than ten thousand iron plate faces with open mouths cover the floor visitors are allowed to walk on them but many people are reluctant to do so. i wired along with history plays an important role in the jewish museum this is a light installation by james charles an important symbol in judaism light links the beginning and the end of creation were.

the biggest attraction these days the welcome to jerusalem exhibition at the jewish museum depicts the eventful history and complex present of this multireligious city as well as the daily life of its residents. turbulent is also where our view or in doubt it lives and he invited us and our cameras to come along on a stroll through the thirty let's go to the local. saloon i mean on the beach and he's my pleasure to welcome you to day one of the most beautiful cities in the ward jerusalem i have to start my mornings with a run here on this beautiful promenade looking at three thousand years of history come join me and explore to see the.

north of iran our first stop is the old city through them is holy to the three major want to you think religions judaism christianity and islam and we're going to see some of the most sacred sites on earth follow me to. each religion has its own water and its own sacred sites in the old city it's a wonderful experience to wander around here especially in the colorful arab markets. i love this market the sights the smells the sounds. true adventure for all of your senses. this is my favorite spice that we did with olive oil the bread and i've been a cheese. we now continue on the via dolorosa way of thorough which traces the path of jesus as he carried the cross to respond of course the fiction. is the rule of

the rules and me. it's always fascinating to see these groups of christian pilgrims walking in the footsteps of jesus with such an excitement bringing in scenes in religious songs. there are fourteen stations of the cross and it ends at the impressive church of the holy sepulcher. there are many hidden corners in the old city and this is definitely one of my favorites we are facing the holiest sites in judaism temple mount and the western wall the only surviving section of the jewish temple above it lies the dome of the rock and that at some was the third all the rest was in islam. look at this so many people that come here to prayer even if you're not religious it's impossible not to be moved by what you're experiencing.

it's customary to read a small prayer on a piece of paper and place it inside a crack on the wall. course when you come to jerusalem you can miss yad vashem the biggest holocaust museum its users memorial and place of commemoration for the six million jews who were killed in the holocaust. you look at these photos regardless when you come from and they remind you of your family your friends and your neighbors the locals was carried out by human beings against other human beings and this is the story that this museum tries to tell.

jerusalem is not just a city of ancient history and stories it's a modern city with a vibrant cultural life with people leave go out and have. other than longer busy day that we have it's now time for killing one of the poor bugger we have in the city i invite you all to come here and enjoy this unforgettable thirty serious last time. behind the jewish museum you'll find this lovely garden. is this mine and yes it is we made it just for you what's in it this is a good picnic this is the not completely kosher bank basket it has two bagels one with pastrami and one with cream cheese and just a quick heads up if you have to preorder the baskets because they packed them just for you. like on the why is that not completely kosher because of acacia cooking

requires separating meat and dairy life stuff you need separate cookware and utensils so that they are kitchen can't afford that so it's not quite kosher. but probably still delicious don't you think. in berlin jewish history is all me present and with the past in mind it's all the more beautiful to see that the city is once again home to a flourishing jewish community today we all got to know it a bit better and i hope it was as interesting for you as it was for me that's it for today's edition my not completely kosher picnic basket is calling so i'm going to have to big you guys for well thanks for watching and see you next time.

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