Johanna Jeanne Lauinger was born in Strasbourg on April 2, 1863. Her parents were Arthur Worms, born in Karlsruhe on February 21, 1834, and Babette Hesslein, born on December 18, 1837. Johanna Jeanne Lauinger was married to Julius Lauinger, born on March 3, 1852 in Binswangen. The couple had three children - Emma, married name Mayer, born on September 28, 1887, Karl, born on August 12, 1889 and Charlotte, married name Mayer/Aal, born on February 5, 1894. Julius Lauinger died on May 25, 1901 at the age of 49 in Nürnberg. Johanna Jeanne Lauinger died on March 19, 1937 in Mainz.

With the consecration of the new synagogue and the opening of the modern community center, a new stage of development began in the history of the community, which played and continues to play a decisive role in the lengthy integration process of the many new members from the countries of the former Soviet Union.

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).