The Jüdische Kultusgemeinde Dresden e.V. is a liberal Hasidic-Jewish community founded in September 2021 in Dresden-Neustadt. It sees itself as a young, lively and egalitarian community in which different people can come into contact with each other.

Since September 3, 2023, it has had its own shtiebel prayer room in a historic building on the site of the old Leipzig train station. In Yiddish, shtiebel means ‚small room‘ and goes back to pre-modern Jewish community meeting places in Eastern Europe.

Albert Mayer was born on June 14, 1874 in Mainz. His parents were the son of Bernhard Albert Mayer and Henriette Mayer, née Rindskopf. Albert Mayer was married to Emma Lauinger, born on September 28, 1887 in Nuremberg. Emma Mayer's parents were Julius Lauinger from Binswangen and Jeanne Johanna Lauinger, née Worms from Strasbourg. Albert and Emma Mayer had three children - Julia Mayer, born in 1910,  Margit Marguerite, married name Weinbach, born March 23, 1913 and Bernhard Albert Mayer, born October 14, 1914.

The Great Synagogue in the Neo-Renaissance style was built between 1885 and 1887 by the Berlin architects Ende and Boeckman on the former Reitbahnstraße (today's ul. Bogusławskiego).

The Jonas department store was built in 1907 by Alfons Jonas' father in Kiel - Gaarden. After the First World War, his son Alfons took over the business. Shortly after the National Socialists seized power in 1933, there was a call for a boycott of all Jewish businesses on April 1, 1933, which of course also affected the Jonas department store. In 1934, Alfons Jonas decided to emigrate. The family emigrated to Palestine via Switzerland. There, Alfons Jonas built up a new life for himself and his family in Haifa by founding a household goods business.

Leo Neumann was born on January 7, 1895 in Mikstadt (Mixstadt, formerly Schildberg district, Posen province) in Poland; his parents were the merchant Abraham Neumann and Charlotte Neumann. On August 26, 1919, Leo Neumann married Berta  Leppek, who was born there on September 14, 1895, in Kobylin. Her parents were the teacher Isidor Leppek and Jette Leppek, née Baruch. Leo and Berta Neumann had three children - Charlotte, born on June 20, 1920 in Schwersenz, Herta, born on June 13, 1922 in Berlin and Jost Joachim, born on September 3, 1925 in Feuchtwangen.

Eduard Elbogen was born in Prague on January 25, 1857. His parents were Jakob Samuel Elbogen, born in Prague in 1820, and Marie, née Schulhof, born in Prague on May 23, 1833. Both parents died in Vienna (1920 / 1922). Eduard Elbogen was married to Jenni Melanie Elbogen, née Kadelburg, born on October 23, 1864 in Budapest. The couple had four children - Lilli Agathe Elbogen; Auguste Klarmann; Dr. Edgar Dagobert Elbogen and Dr. Lothar Stefan Elbogen. Eduard Elbogen died on August 30, 1931 in Vienna. Jenni Melanie Elbogen was deported from Vienna to Theresienstadt on June 28, 1942.