What is Tsom Tamuz?
This year, 23 July is Zom Tammus, which is also known as שבעה עשר בתמוז (Shiva Assar beTammus). What is it all about?
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Akiva Weingarten
- May 15
- 2 min
Community and renewal
Celebrations such as Passover, Sefira and Lag Ba'Omer strengthen our community and spiritual journey, promoting unity and renewal.
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Akiva Weingarten
- Apr 17
- 2 min
Drashah for Passover
Passover is the festival that connects us to our roots and conveys the founding myth of our community.
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Kulturkommission
- Apr 10
- 2 min
There were many before us
On 8 March 2024, we celebrated Shabbat and International Women's Day in the community. The theme of the Jewish celebration was the ...
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Dr. Herbert Lappe
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Our Purim
Haman was a nasty bloke: as the Persian king's highest government official, he wanted to murder all the Jews in his kingdom. Through the ...
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Akiva Weingarten
- Mar 20
- 2 min
Purim
Mit dem Beginn des Monats März befinden wir uns inmitten der jubelnden Feierlichkeiten von Purim, einem altehrwürdigen [...]
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Hava Fleming
- Oct 8, 2023
- 5 min
Report: The Neo-Hassidic Week 2023 in Dresden
It was probably no coincidence that the first Neo-Hasidic Festival in Dresden in this month of Elul was a six-day affair.
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Akiva Weingarten
- Oct 5, 2023
- 2 min
Nature and Humility
As the leaves begin to change colors and the air carries a hint of autumn's arrival, we find ourselves on the edge of one of the most vibran
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Akiva Weingarten
- Sep 15, 2023
- 2 min
Short long story of our community
The History of our community from the very beginnings to the inauguration of the Synagogue.
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Akiva Weingarten
- Aug 31, 2023
- 4 min
Warum eigentlich chassidisch?
The last article on "Liberal Hasidism" emphasized the liberal part of our community. Now more of the Hasidic part follows.
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Akiva Weingarten
- Jul 31, 2023
- 3 min
Anticipation
We have just concluded the solemn period of the Three Weeks, a time of introspection and mourning, and now stand at the gateway of the month
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Akiva Weingarten
- Jul 1, 2023
- 2 min
Embracing Reflection and Renewal
The "three weeks" offer us an opportunity to remember tragedies and renew our commitment, personal growth and tikun olam.
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Gemeindevorstand
- Jun 2, 2023
- 1 min
Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Report of the shavuot celebration in our community
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Akiva Weingarten
- May 5, 2023
- 2 min
We are all connected
In many ways, Shavuot is a celebration of the power of community.
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Akiva Weingarten
- Feb 4, 2023
- 2 min
Birth of a holiday
How a technical date became a holiday and what it can mean for us today.
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Martin Polenz
- Jan 23, 2023
- 2 min
Community of the unequal
In our portrait series of community members, Annette Büchner-Reiche appears here.
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Kai Lautenschläger
- Jan 6, 2023
- 4 min
Thoughts on Vayechi
Der Unterschied zwischen Ja'akob und seinem Sohn Josef ist groß und klein zugleich. Liegen darin Lehren für heute?
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Martin Polenz
- Jan 4, 2023
- 3 min
Genetics instead of Talmud study
This was not the path Nachshon (Shon) Kindi wanted to take. After elementary school in Israel, he was supposed to transfer to a yeshiva. So
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Akiva Weingarten
- Oct 28, 2022
- 3 min
Learning from Rachel
After a month that was very busy with all the high holidays, we are now entering the month of Cheshvan, a month without any holidays or ...
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Akiva Weingarten
- Oct 18, 2022
- 2 min
Simchat Torah 2022 – 5783
Simchat Torah is a holiday that marks the end of the annual Torah reading cycle and the beginning of a new cycle. On this day, the last Tora
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