Sunday, 12 July 2026, 2pm, Ceremony Marking the 30th Anniversary

Dekoration
  Foto: Friedel Schultheis 2023
Political figures with the association’s chairwoman at the 25th anniversary of the synagogue’s restoration in 2023

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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Among other things, the following are planned:
  • Speeches by county administrator Jens Womelsdorf und
  • major Markus Herrmann
  • Speeches by our Jewish guests
  • A pictorial retrospective of 30 years of the association's work
  • Musical accompaniment by Annika Rink (guitar)
  • Community and Street Café
  • Guided tours of the synagogue
  • Virtual tour with VR headsets
  • Activities for children
  • Obituary for Amnon Orbach, who passed away on August 18, 2024

    Mann mit Kippa am Rednerpult 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

    Interior view of the synagogue around 1900.©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.

    Funded by

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    Logo of the county of Marburg-Biedenkopf

    Sunday, 18 June 2023, Celebration weekend and ceremony

    Video 25-jähriges Jubiläum auf YoutubeThe 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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    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.