Jewish Community Kahal Adass Yisroel (Berlin)

The Jewish community "Kahal Adass Yisroel" has its founding celebration only in January 2014, but its history dates back to the 19th century. The members of the community see themselves as heirs of the "Adass Yisroel" community from before the Shoah. That congregation distinguished itself in being based on Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer's ideas of conducting Jewish tradition alongside modernity as a way of life. The newly established congregation follows the tradition of German Orthodox Judaism, but sees itself as a new, separate congregation with the name addition "Kahal Adass Yisroel" from the congregation founded in 1869, "Adass Yisroel" located at 40 Tucholsky Street. 

The "Kahal  Adass Yisroel" congregation is located in Berlin-Mitte on Brunnenstraße and has over 300 members. Rabbi Meir Roberg is the congregational rabbi. The members of the congregation are mostly young families with Eastern European backgrounds, some coming from the USA, who have a desire to live communal, Orthodox lives in Berlin-Mitte. 

The community has the synagogue "Beth Zion", which is located in the building complex of the community in Brunnen Street. Across the street is the Lauder Nitzan kindergarten, where all the congregation's children go, and where Jewish tradition and values are core to the educational program.