Every other Sunday, students meet at the lifroach youth club and teach younger children Jewish customs, festivals and Hebrew. The children and youth (madrichim=caregivers) begin with a prayer before the meal and end it again with a prayer. After the meal and between the lessons there are games for the little ones to loosen up. 

Also, the young people exchange ideas with communities in other countries.

The country school home of Gertrud Feiertag consisted of six houses. At times, the summer house of Albert Einstein also belonged to them. In the main house were the classrooms, dining hall, dormitories, kitchen and office. The teachers lived in the former coach house.

The Jewish cemetery Potsdam in the Puschkinallee 18 was created in 1743 on today's Pfingstberg. The oldest and at the same time only grave from the founding year of the cemetery belongs to Mrs. Edel, who died on 24.02.1743.

The University of Potsdam does not count directly as a Jewish place even for the students at the "School of Jewish Theology," but the Jewish faith is integrated.

On June 17, 1903, the former Potsdam synagogue was opened. However, already in 1938 there were the first attacks on the interior of the synagogue. On April 14, 1945, the synagogue roof was destroyed. Until the destruction in the war used as a post office hearing room.

In 1957, the GDR decided to demolish the synagogue. This was because the GDR was not willing to pay the cost of the roof renovation.

Who was Hannah Arendt?

Hannah Arendt, full name Johannah Arendt, was a Jewish German-American philosopher and publicist. She was born in Linden (modern-day Hanover) on October 14, 1906, and died in New York City on December 4, 1975. In 1933, she openly called for a fight against the National Socialists .

Residence of Hannah Arendt 1929/30