Music

Bobby Rootveld (guitar, vocals, percussion) and Sanna van Elst (vocals, recorder, melodica, glockenspiel) play together since 2001 (sometimes with son Levi) under the name „DUO NIHZ“. The name is derived from Dutch and is an abbreviation for „Niet In Het Zwart“ (= Not In Black Clothes). Both performers studied at the Artez Conservatory in Enschede/NL. Originally based in the Netherlands, since 2010 they own a permanent home with concert hall, gallery and course center.

After a mineral spring was discovered in Hanau in 1709, Wilhelm IX of Hanau had the Wilhelmsbad spa built in the 1760s and 1770s  The aim was to open the spa to all subjects - including Jewish bathers . Therefore, a separate pavilion was built for them. Offered were, in addition to their own rooms and bathing facilities, their own kosher kitchen.

Erich Liebermann-Roßwiese was deported to the Riga ghetto on  January 21, 1942, and murdered there that same year.

Joseph Joachim was a violinist, composer as well as a conductor.

The Yiddish Summer Weimar takes place once a year (July/August).
The multi-week, large festival revolves around Jewish culture and music (klezmer, Yiddish song, Yiddish language, dance and song, and much more) and inspires visitors* from around the world with diverse workshops and concerts.

The synagogue choir was under the direction of its conductor Karl Sturm.