does that mean. in daily life. and at school. i think the solution will be given a special status but be completely normal. this look of shock like wow there's a jew at our school counselor balloting 11 teenagers 11 stories. based on jewish and soviet. german and jewish starts february 22nd on. i am in the southwest of germany in spite of. the city of

50000 inhabitants is located on the rhine and especially known for this building. spire cathedral the city's main landmark 1000 years old and in this whole world heritage site. christianity has sent great monuments in the city but judaism has also left its mark here in the middle ages was one of the most important jewish settlements in central europe along with mines and warms the 3 cities were even called jerusalem on the rhine. spire warms and minds are considered the cradle of european judaism jewish life has shaped these 3 cities for more than 900 years and i want to know what remains of it so today's show is not just the city trip but also a journey through jewish history. in our pre-meal

we also jet over the ski slopes in austria. we take a tour of the port city of haifa in israel. and take a closer look at minus. the old town. in these 2 streets even you can go sit and plan a plot from gaza a jewish residual area was created 1000 years ago because jews were only allowed to settle here the houses were built particularly narrow and high in order to offer as much space as possible. which peter museum is also located here in that you wouldn't want the jewish courtyard. in the middle ages buyout was

called in hebrew which is how the museum got its many. was called miser minds. for this reason these 3 cities are called sure communities. should stand. for what miser and for against. the turks is like a law it is familiar to jews all over the world. the importance of becomes clear when you go outside the museum here you can see the remains of the mediæval synagogue it dates back to 110 for. next to it was the so-called phone sure the synagogue for the women. in general women and men set apart. synagogues well in this bench here used to be

for the women they were able to follow the service by listening slots. this mic there is particularly noteworthy a ritual bath from the 12th century. the water basin is 10 meters below the surface. let's take a look into the past the middle ages that's when the 3 cities became pretty famous . some say history begins in mines one of the oldest cities in germany the ancient romans lived here and it's likely that jews lived among them. later in the middle ages minds became a center of jewish learning and religious life. in the 10 century merchant and scholar moses clan amisse left his home city of lucca in italy and came to mind as

. he helped to usher in a new era here the city's german religious hope the jews would help to modernize minds since the jewish merchants were well connected well educated and business savvy. little one of his family produced many famous rabbis and minds developed into a center of jewish scholarship but above all it was rabbi i guess from ben yehuda who really put mines on the map. he drew students from across europe. during his tenure gash introduced modern laws forbidding bigamy and making it a sin to open and read other people's mail. he also decreed that a woman had to agree before her husband could divorce her. after minus vaughn's became another same to have 2 ish learning on the rhine. that one

synagogue this study will and share serve as we mine is a famous rabbi rushy. does this modern sculpture in the in a courtyard rushy studied here in the 11th century. in the city of speier bishop settled to use near the city's famous cathedral around the year 1048 he said he did it to increase the places standing a 1000 fold. along with mines and forms spire became the 3rd important center of jewish culture on the rhine but the jews peaceful existence here was short lived time and again there were pub grounds during the nazi era as the jewish community was completely obliterated here. spite of these atrocities jewish life has returned to spiral vaughn's and minds. in acknowledgment of their important jewish past the 3 sham cities are now seeking to be listed as

a unesco world heritage site they spend years preparing their application which was submitted in january 2020. 5 left and i'm on my way to warms you only drive 40 minutes north along the right. to. the symbol of the city is like inspire and also minds the huge imperial cathedral. it was built in the 12th century. not only known for its cathedral and its jewish past but also as the setting for the famous moon legend. in one's numerous buildings are innocent of the german heroic saga which do you. with hate power and

murder a dragon is also there. and this statue shows the village haagen from drawing you to the throne the treasure into the rock. well we'll leave warms for a moment because we've received another viewers video as you know you can send us your impressions of your troubles here on check this time the video is from braman and he went skiing in the austrian alps so that's our weekly b. mail.

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pleas for it. back in the morning at the highly doesn't always sound symmetry. is the managing director of the show. which looks after the preservation and communication of the jewish history of buying up warm spent minds men must wear headgear in the cemetery. how old is the cemetery now i cannot tell most a 1000 years old it dates from around 1030 or 1040 the same time as the jewish community settled here so it's a really old jewish cemetery so you can also see that from looking at the stones it's a sea of stones. to bow to your are of course particularly eye catching his nationally there not only right at the entrance of the cemetery but also covered with notes and with stones so that you can see this is a living memorial the reason it was

a new one tells me is that a famous rabbi from work is buried here. and what's the tradition of placing stones on tombstones in that if you look around you can see stones lying everywhere on individual graves and tombstones and the important thing is simply that you honor the memory of that person you don't have to know them this is a concert this whole area contains about 2500 visible gravestones from many many centuries if we briefly stop here and look at this small green island you will see the 2 oldest gravestones we know of. a 1000 years old hasn't there a 1000 years old innocent one as an unknown young man and the other on the left is the yakov probably atonement student we don't know for sure and all the international visitors here. they are 40 to 80000 visitors a year and very many people visit the cemetery for them this is an important place for stablish in a sensible. cation finding their own family history consulting scott is it is just

an incredible amount happening here for jews. on our way to the synagogue we passed many stumbling blocks. so if you start i have seen stones like this here in many other cities what is this all about this is close to this is the largest essential ised holocaust memorial in existence there are tens of thousands of stones all over europe and this was inspired by an artist from cologne who in the 1980 s. and ninety's asked how can you actually best memorialize someone and the best thing is actually to stop as you did and ask what is this disturbance in the ground that's something different and there are names on it and numbers and places and suddenly you realize that there are stories behind these stones. they tell of the victims of the nazi regime and are embedded in the ground in front of their former homes during this time the jews from here were harassed deported and murdered as

many parts of europe. we also find stumbling blocks in the you wouldn't. the course of history today is the same as it was in the 12th century and in the center that she sure the warm synagogue. now the borders of the building may not be large but it has an incredible history it dates back to the 11th century was burned down several times in the wars of the chris sates attacked again and again and the jews informs always said we will rebuild it we belong here and we want to stay here this is testimony to an extraordinary resilience and a desire to be respected and. 6 the building was also destroyed during the nazi era and later rebuild in 1961 services are held here again today. we continue with our immediate local slot where a local show was around their hometowns and this time we were in. to the port city

of haifa is located in israel the only country in the world where the majority of the inhabitants are jews. hi welcome to high 5 my name is through a star and i'm very happy to show you my hometown one of the most beautiful theaters in israel let's see if. i place very charming because in one hand you have a modern city right to the border it was the mediterranean sea big buildings industry but in the other hand is it true place where you find people actually enjoying the atmosphere like me. welcome to the german colony this place was stylish in 1060 night by german templars the german templars was a group of religious people they came from sort of germany and you can still find a lot of historical places of the german heritage here in haifa.

this is one of the german houses there just and i bought split church i don't know what it says but i know that it became a post office. they may call me i think it means the kingdom of the lorries called me. this is the most important religious interest place here in haifa it's called the baha'i gardens behind gardens are the center of the behind faith and it was recognised the heritage place for the unit school. look at this is not the best view. from the behavior. since you can see all the

ports of the fire you can see the ships if you look over there there are proceeding in my opinion is the best view of. this is the shrine of the bob and bob was the founder of the behind faith. my next stop in my tour through haifa 9 isn't what he needs now is what he says it's a neighborhood very colorful where jews muslims and christians live together to prove the existence exists in israel that's visited. and. this is a very typical are a place and we have here in the book the book club was based on the stash of cash

and also not that's right to. our let's talk i would like to take you through a beautiful beach in haifa come on. i called up. with this nice refreshment i want you to say goodbye it was a very nice day see you next time. and i had north again 40 minutes 2 months. there are hardly any remains of the jewish past left but there is a new synagogue architecturally exceptional building.

the jewish journalist. volunteers to guide visitors through the synagogue which was inaugurated in 2000. building has an unusual shape why is that because there this whole thing as a word sculpture and the word is care to charlotte i brought the architects draft with me stands for holiness it's the name of an important observant jews say 3 times a day and the letters that they care to show are inspired the outer silhouette. folded like that. down like that right around the corner. and here's another special thing the smaller the remains of the pillars of the old synagogue which stood here until $938.00 it was one of 3 inner city synagogues this one here was the liberal main synagogue which had close to a 1000 members it's an exciting testament to the old switch shows that mines once had a great jewish tradition. yes

there ceramic tiles are also quite interesting they changed color when exposed to lots of light to date unfortunately dollar amount then all of these tiles a light green now in winter they're more dark green nights they turn black i was very important to the architect as he wanted to use it to express the liveliness of judaism. now we go into the synagogue. these are the keepers or camps the people are always put on when they go into the synagogue while praying in everyday life. why do we where one. it is a mark of humility towards the north. one simply cannot go bareheaded. as a mark of reverence towards the lord. days of worship is impressive

the gold colored walls are decorated all over with hebrew characters they reach up to the top of the tower. even the benches form a letter that meets the hebrew out. in front are the torah scrolls with the 5 books of moses. you know when you read the torah with the ritual point to the yacht which is hebrew for hand and that's very important because he's vegetable based so in summer if you run out of sweaty finger over the torah scroll that would smudge the writing and it's also a sign of respect to god not to point a finger directly at me and instead you use the ritual pointer to travel along that line. and that.

of course there is more to discover here in the new synagogue so here's a brief overview of. mine says the capital of the state of rhineland. some 220000 people live here. the best place to start your tour of is minds cathedral also known as st martin's cathedral it's over 1000 years old but the area around it is still buzzing with life. 80 percent of the inner city was completely destroyed during world war 2 however many of the town houses built for mines as wealthy merchants were later rebuilt. mines is one of the german cities that celebrates carnival in a big way. a colorful festival is a tradition that dates back to the 16th century there's even an entire museum devoted to it large paper must say heads are affixed. sure of mine says carnival

during the rose monday parade there want to provide some comic relief. mines his most famous son is your highness gutenberg the inventor of the movable type printing press. it sparked a media revolution in the 15th century. the mind says gutenberg museum also owns 2 of the $49.00 original gutenberg bibles still in existence. in the demonstration workshop visitors can witness firsthand how gutenberg sped up the printing process through the use of movable type printing presses. so let's pull this out. if it's turned out wonderfully. to better understand the mind's way of life you need to get to know it's a wine culture which dates back to roman times. and the old town

from the region have revived the minds tradition the wine tavern. along with the wine tasting the bit near can also teach you some poll that need idioms. like a good guest should also be served at good wine. back in the new synagogue. there are many jewish traces in the cities are the tourist attractions or are they places that are filled with jewish life does is very important for the world heritage application as well it's a very important and decisive factor the jewish life has returned to these places and luckily jewish life is evident in she warms and minds thanks to immigration from the former soviet union. vom why do synagogues in germany

actually have police protection. this applies to all synagogues in germany just 100000 jews in germany are registered in jewish communities dangerous have increased due to the radicalization in the islamist scene and in the secular society think about the terror attack in berlin once in paris and. then there's also the right wing extremists say by the attack and the assassination of a christian politician in who was murdered by a right wing radical political. martyr toward if you want to extend our hostilities part of your everyday life luckily i have had a few negative experiences but i know of community members and school children who've had some not so nice ones. of course the desecration of jewish cemeteries there's also a reality for the jewish community as are the terrible threatening emails that many

communities receive but. it's a reality that people are no longer so free to openly practice their. many rabbis and the central council are jews in germany advise people not to wear in public. because of the bad experiences many jews have. but the gist of what you hope for the future also for the. i would hope that jewish life simply becomes a given becomes normal and for the cities i wish that they'd regain the significance they once had for judaism here and around the world as well as the religious and spiritual importance. of simply that they receive recognition and people see that they can be proud of this piece of german jewish history.

yes definitely these are unique 3 wonderful places with a jewish history that goes back hundreds of years and that is still visible today and see you next thought.

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