Jewish Community Oldenburg

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On 06.08.1992 the Jewish Community of Oldenburg was re-established. The community caused a sensation because gender equality was put in the foreground: During the founding meeting, 18 participants* were present, both male and female, reflecting the community's desire for gender equality.

Samuel Lazarus residence

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Samuel Lazarus was born on 13.10.1887 in Stapelmoor (East Frisia). He had two brothers, Paul and Simon Lazarus, who, like him, learned the profession of farmer in the family business and at the same time were active in the Oldenburg livestock trade. In May 1922 he married Gerta Jakobs from Oldenburg. They had three children: Jan, Ilse and the early deceased Klaus.

Jewish School (Oldenburg)

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In 1935, the state rabbi Leo Trepp decided for various reasons that a Jewish school had to be established for all Jews*Jewesses from Oldenburg and the surrounding area.

It finally opened in October 1937 with 50 pupils* and two teachers, Moses Katzenberg and Alexander Freund, in the Jewish community center, right next to the synagogue at Peterstraße 6.

Jewish Gallery Berlin

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The Jewish Gallery Berlin was founded by the Central Welfare Office of the Jews in 1993 to provide a platform for Jewish artists from Eastern Europe who emigrated to Germany. Among the emigrants were many artists, they met, organized exhibitions and events, which eventually led to the opening of the gallery in Oranienburger Straße in Berlin-Mitte.
The gallery moved to Chodowieckistraße in Prenzlauer Berg and since 2016 it has provided a forum for meeting and exchange for the art studio "Omanut" with Dependance in Berlin-Tempelhof.

Odeum cinema (Spandau)

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The "Odeum Lichtspiele"  in Spandau was founded and operated by Jewish owners around 1920. The cinema was housed in a building of the hotel "Roter Adler" in the style of the post-founder period. The building had two dance halls, one of which was used for theater performances as early as 1888, hence the name "Neues Stadttheater". The cinema performances took place in the other hall. In the twenties the cinema was called "Ufa-Lichtspiele" and towards the end "Odeum-Lichtspiele" until the fifties. In 1952 the name was changed again to "Odeon-Filmtheater".

Spitz Magazine (Berlin)

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The Spitz Magazine was founded by Tal Alon, Israeli journalist living in Berlin, in 2012.

The magazine is mainly aimed at Israelis living in Berlin and tries to build a bridge to Germany. The magazine is not only, but in the first place practical guide to the German language, culture, social codes as well as political contexts.

Salon of Rahel Varnhagen (Berlin)

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Rahel Varnhagen, born Levin, was a German-Jüdish writer and salonnière. She was committed to Jüdian emancipation and to the emancipation of women. In Berlin in the years 1790-1806 she ran a salon under the name „Salon of Rahel Levin“. Later, after her marriage she called it „Salon of Rahel Varnhagen“. The salon evenings took place in her apartment in Berlin's Maurerstra;e, where she invited poets, naturalists, politicians, socialites, and aristocrats from the elite of society to join her.