Jewish Community

Hirsch Oppenheimer was active as teacher, cantor as well as shochet.

Since May 2000, the small Jewish community in Oranienburg exists, which counted about 80 members in 2005; the "community rebirth" belongs to the state association of Jewish communities in Brandenburg.

Elena Miropolskaya is the chairwoman of the community. The congregation has 128 members (as of 2018/ZWST).

The congregation has one rabbi.

When the Empire was founded in 1871, 255 Jewish citizens lived in Brandenburg/Havel. Their number increased to 469 by 1925. In 1877, the Jewish community built a new community center with rabbi's and cantor's apartment on the street side in Große Münzenstr. 15.

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.