School for poor Jewish boys (Hamburg)
In 1783, the first school for poor Jewish boys was established.
Hebrew Library Berlin (הספרייה העברית בברלין)
The Hebrew Library in Berlin is an independent project to promote the Hebrew language and culture in Berlin. The library has a collection of about ten thousand books and gladly accepts donated books.
The Hebrew Library hosts cultural events in Hebrew, Hebrew and Arabic language courses are offered, as well as readings and meetings with poets, various workshops for adults and children, and film and theater performances. The library is open to all interested parties.
Court banker Ballin
Carl Ballin was an important court banker in Oldenburg. His brother Dr. Georg Ballin was a pharmacist and also well known in the city.
Ladies fashion store H. Wallheimer
The business was one of the economically important trades in Oldenburg.
W. Michael Blumenthal
As varied as his professional career was, so were the stations in his life: Forced by the National Socialists to leave Germany at a young age, Werner Michael Blumenthal grew up in Shanghai. He studied and worked in the USA, later serving the country under various presidents. In 1997, he accepted a call to Berlin and founded the Jewish Museum Berlin. Today, he still assists the museum in an advisory capacity.
Joseph Carlebach Square (Hamburg)
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the November pogroms of 1938 the Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg inaugurated the "Synagogue Monument" by Margrit Kahl (1942-2009), which was designed as a walk-in square, on November 09, 1988.
Neo-Orthodoxy
For most German Jews, the first decades of the nineteenth century were a period of relentless change. In large parts of western Germany, they had been emancipated and granted civil rights thanks to the Enlightenment and the Napoleonic occupation, only to swiftly become second-class citizens all over again when the French troops retreated in 1814. Among Jews, however, the winds of change kept blowing.
Feinberg's (Berlin)
The Schöneberg restaurant Feinberg's offers delicacies from the Sepharadic-Israeli cuisine.