30th Anniversary of the Association, July 10–13, 2026
Our anniversary was an extraordinary event in many ways:
never before had we had so many Jewish guests with roots in Roth all at once,
never before had so many of them been there for the first time,
and never before had six great-grandchildren of Shoah survivors visited us at the same time.
In addition to speeches by representatives from the political sphere and the school, as well as by Jewish guests, the celebration included a presentation recalling the association’s history.
Presentation on the Association’s History, Part One
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Presentation on the Association’s History, Part Two
Photos i.a.: Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Annemarie Schlag, Friedel Schultheis, Frances Schwarzenberger-Kesper, Otto Weimar, Annegret Wenz-Haubfleisch; Music: Meir Shitrit from: Full One Hour of Chabal Mellow Nigunim Music
“Star Painting”
Carrying on a beautiful tradition, the six great-grandchildren of Roth’s displaced Jewish residents, under the guidance of Gabriele C. Schmitt, added their own star to the starry sky of the synagogue—just as their parents had done a few years ago.
Final Photo
A photo with Jewish guests and club members to commemorate those days.
Educational Film
Having so many guests from several generations visit at once
was a once-in-a-lifetime moment and served as the occasion for
Monday’s discussion event. We are very grateful that our Jewish
guests were willing to participate and stayed an extra day
to do so. The contributions to the discussion included many enlightening and
interesting insights.
Now we’re hoping for a good educational film
that will reach many students and help immunize them against
far-right forces. Isabel Gathof and her team at Feinsmeker Film will produce the film. This project was funded by the Hessian State Agency for Political Education and Sparkasse Marburg-Biedenkopf.
Sunday, 12 July 2026, 2pm, Ceremony Marking the 30th Anniversary
A ceremony and a cozy get-together around the synagogue
We are celebrating our association’s 30th anniversary in Roth and cordially invite you to join us. We expect to welcome many descendants of Jewish families from the United States, Sweden, and Germany.
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Obituary for Amnon Orbach, who passed away on August 18, 2024
Amnon Orbach at the Kabbalat Shabbat celebration in the Roth synagogue, 2018, Photo: Friedel Schultheis
A special person has passed away.
We mourn the loss of our dear friend and member, the Honorary Chairman of the Jewish Community of Marburg.
In memory of Amnon Orbach
who died at the age of 94 on August 18, 2024.
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He has accompanied us from the very beginning, built the all-important bridge to living Judaism for us, always helped to organize our commemorations, participated in interfaith dialogue and enjoyed attending our events. He received our Jewish guests in the Marburg synagogue and also celebrated Kabbalat Shabbat with them in the Roth synagogue. But this list hardly does justice to the human dimension. We will always remember his open-mindedness, warm-heartedness and kindness with great gratitude. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to his wife Hannelore and his family.
Virtual reconstruction of the Landsynagoge, 2023
©ArchitecturaVirtualis GmbH; screenshot, reconstruction in the 20´s
©ArchitecturaVirtualis GmbH; screenshot: reconstruction around 1900.
Since our anniversary in 2023, they can experience the original interior of the synagogue with the help of virtual reality glasses.
Dr. -Ing. Marc Grellert of ArchitecturaVirtualis GmbH (cooperation partner of the Technical University of Darmstadt) has created this work. It is part of an overall project in Germany that reconstructs synagogues destroyed during the Nazi era.
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Sunday, 18 June 2023, Celebration weekend and ceremony
The video about the anniversary event is on our YouTube channel.
Ceremony in cooperation with the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf (by invitation)
Start:
10:30 a.m. Ceremony (for invited guests)
13:00 Public street party
We are celebrating 25 years of restoration of the synagogue in Roth and cordially invite you to join us!
When: Sun., June 18, 2023, from 1:00 p.m.
Where: in and in front of the synagogue, Lahnstraße 28 in Weimar-Roth
Program:
▪ Virtual reconstruction of the synagogue -
can be experienced with VR glasses
▪ Documentation of the mikvah in the backyard
▪ Dance performance by the dance group of the Jewish community
community of Marburg, also to join in, approx.
15:00 hrs
▪ Social get-together with food and drinks
drinks
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Hebrew Date - German Date
The Jewish calendar is a combination of the lunar and solar calendars. Jewish festivals and holidays are marked here with candles; for example, the Sabbath—the Jewish day of rest—is marked with two candles. As a rule, no events are held at the Roth Community Synagogue on the Sabbath. This allows Jewish people to attend the events as well.