50000 inhabitants was located on the rhine and especially known for this building. Spire cathedral the citys main landmark 1000 years old and in this whole World Heritage site. Christianity has sent great monuments in the city but judaism has also left its mark here in the middle ages was one of the most important jewish settlements in Central Europe along with mines and warms the 3 cities were even called jerusalem on the rhine. Spire warms and minds are considered the cradle of european judaism jewish life has shaped these 3 cities for more than 900 years and i want to know what remains of it so todays show is not just the city trip but also a journey through jewish history. In our premeal we also jet over the ski slopes in austria. We take a tour of the port city of haifa in israel. And take a closer look at minus. The old town. In these 2 streets even you can go and play in the plot from gaza a jewish residual area was created 1000 years ago because jews were only allowed to settle here the houses were built particularly narrow and high in order to offer as much space as possible. The speed of museum is also located here in that you wouldnt want the jewish courtyard. In the middle ages by i was called you grew which is how the museum got its name. Was called. Mines. For this reason these 3 cities are called shoot communities. Shouldnt stand. For what mines are and for against. Turkey is like a law it is familiar to jews all over the world. The importance of becomes clear when you go outside the museum here you can see the remains of the mediaval synagogue it dates back to 110 for. Next to it was the socalled phone sure the synagogue for the women. In general women and men. Synagogues well in this bench here used to be for the women they were able to follow the service by listening slots. This is particularly noteworthy a ritual bath from the 12th century. The water basin is 10 meters below the surface. But lets take a look at the past the middle ages thats when the 3 shoots of this became pretty famous. Showmance history begins in mines one of the oldest cities in germany the ancient romans lived here and its likely that jews lived among them. Later in the middle ages minds became a center of jewish learning and religious life. In the 10th century merchant and scholar moses clone a miss left his home city of lucca in italy and came to mind as. He helped to usher in a new era here the citys german rule is hope the jews would help to modernize mines since the jewish merchants were well connected well educated and business savvy. Little one of his family produced many famous rabbis and minds developed into a center of jewish scholarship but above all it was rabbi i guess from ben yehuda who really put mines on the map. He drew students from across europe. During his tenure gash them introduced modern daws forbidding bigamy and making it a sin to open and read other peoples mail. He also to create that a woman had to agree before her husband could divorce her. After mines vaughns became another center of jewish learning on the rhine. Vom synagogue this study will then share serve as reminders of the famous rabbi rushy. Does this modern sculpture in the in a courtyard rushy studied here in the 11th century. In the city of spy or this or polluted settled jews near the citys famous cathedral around the year 1048 he said he did it to increase the place a standing a 1000 fold. Along with mines and forms spire became the 3rd important center of jewish culture on the rhine but the jews peaceful existence here was short lived time and again there were paul grahams and during the nazi era as the Jewish Community was completely obliterated here. In spite of these atrocities jewish life has returned to spiral vons and minds. In acknowledgment of their important jewish past the 3 sham cities are now seeking to be listed as a unesco World Heritage site they spend years preparing their application which was a bit in january 2020. 5 left and im on my way towards the only drive 40 minutes north along the right. The symbol of the city is like inspire and also minds the huge imperial cathedral. It was built in the 12th century. Not only known for its cathedral and its jewish past but also as the setting for the famous. In one numerous buildings are innocent of the german heroic saga which. With hate power and murder a dragon is also there. This statue shows the village haagen from trying. To have thrown the treasure into the rock. Well well leave worms for a moment because weve received another viewers video as you know you can send us your impressions of your travels here on this time the video is from luis. And he went skiing in the austrian alps so thats our weekly the mail. Cold. Special spots in germany. Certainly for it. Back in the morning at the highly doesnt always sound symmetry. Is the managing director of the Show Association which looks after the preservation and communication of the jewish history of buying up warm spent minds men must wear headgear in the symmetry. How old is the cemetery and i cannot tell most a 1000 years old it dates from around 1030 or 1040 the same time as the Jewish Community settled here so its a really old Jewish Cemetery so you can also see that from looking at the stones its a sea of stones. You bow to your are of course particularly eye catching his national your clothes are there not only right at the entrance of the cemetery but also covered with notes and with stones so that you can see this is a living memorial. The reason it was on one tells me is that a famous red light from work is buried here. And whats the tradition of placing stones on tombstones when that if you look around you can see stones lying everywhere on individual graves and tombstones and the important thing is simply that you honor the memory of that person you dont have to know them is comes to this whole area contains about 2500 visible gravestones from many many centuries if we briefly stop here and look at the small green island you will see the 2 oldest gravestones we know of. A 1000 years old holding their 1000 years old innocent one is an unknown young man and the other on the left is the yakov probably a town with student we dont know for sure whats going on its an International Visitors here. And we are they are 40 to 80000 visitors a year and very many people visit the cemetery for them this is an important place for stablish in a sense. Location finding their own Family History consulting scholars but its just an incredible amount happening here for jews. On our way to the synagogue we passed many stumbling blocks. So she still have seen stones like this here in many other cities what is this all about this is just course this is the largest essentialist Holocaust Memorial in existence there are tens of thousands of stones all over europe this was inspired by an artist from cologne who in the 1980 s. And ninetys i asked how can you actually best memorialize someone and the best thing is actually to stop as you did and ask what is this disturbance in the ground thats Something Different and there are names on it and numbers and places and suddenly you realize that there are stories behind these stones. They tell of the victims of the nazi regime and are embedded in the ground in front of their former homes during this time the jews from here were harassed deported and murdered as many parts of europe. We also find stumbling blocks in the you wouldnt guess the course of History Today is the same as it was in the 12th century and in the center that she sure the warm synagogue. Now the school board of the building may not be large but it has an incredible history it dates back to the 11th century was burned down several times in the wars the crusades attacked again and again and the jews in vamos always said we will rebuild it we belong here and we want to stay here this is testimony to an extraordinary resilience and a desire to be respected and. The building was also destroyed during the nazi era and later rebuilt in 1981 services are held here again today. We continue with our immediate local slot where locals show us around their hometowns and this time we were. Invited to the port city of haifa is located in israel the only country in the world where the majority of the inhabitants are jews. Hi welcome to high 5 my name is through a star and im very happy to show you my hometown one of the most beautiful theaters in israel lets see if. I slice very charming because in one hand you have a modern cd right to the border of the Mediterranean Sea big buildings industry in the other hand is a cruising truly place where you find people relaxing enjoying the atmosphere like me. Welcome to the German Colony this place was stylish in 869 by german templars the german templars was a group of religious people they came from sort of germany and you could still find a lot of Historical Places of the german heritage here in haifa. This is one of the german houses there just an diebold spoilage i dont know what it says but i know that he became a post office. David a call me i think it means the kingdom of the lorries called me. This is the most important religious interest place here in haifa its called the bahai gardens the behind gardens are the center of the behind faith and it was recognised as a Heritage Place for the unit school. Look at this is not the best view of haifa from the behind. Gardens you can see all the ports of the far you can see the ships if you look over there the accuracy in my opinion is the best view of. This is the shrine of the bob and bob was the founder of the behind faith. My next stop in my troop through haifa using what he needs now is why he needs us its a neighborhood very colorful where jews muslims and christians live together to prove the existence existing in israel thats visited. And. This is a very typical r. O. Place and we have here in the book club the book club is based on the stash of cash and also not thats right its good. For our livestock i would like to take you for a beautiful beach in haifa come on. I called. With this nice refreshment i want you to say goodbye it was a very nice day see you next time. You. And i had north again 40 minutes 2 months. There are hardly any remains of the jewish past left but there is a new synagogue in architecturally exceptional building. The jewish journalist. Volunteers to guide visitors through the synagogue which was inaugurated in 2000. Buildings has an unusual shape why is that because the this whole thing was a word sculpture and the word is kept to charlotte i brought the architects draft with me stands for holiness its the name of an important observant jews say 3 times a day and the letters that they care to show are inspired the outer silhouette. Folded like that folded down like that right around the corner. And heres another special thing. The remains of the pillars of the old synagogue which stood here until 938 it was one of 3 inner city synagogues this one here was the liberal main synagogue which had close to 1000 members its an exciting testament to the old switch shows that mines once had a great jewish tradition. Yes there ceramic tiles are also quite interesting they change color when exposed to lots of light today its unfortunately dollar amount and then all of these tiles a light green now in winter theyre more dark green nights they turn black i was very important to the architect as he wanted to use it to express the liveliness of judaism. Now we go into the synagogue. These are the keepers or camps the people are always put on when they go into the synagogue while praying in everyday life. Why do we we are one. It is a mark of humility towards the north. One simply cannot go bareheaded. As a mark of reverence towards the lord it. Is. Place of worship is impressive the gold colored walls are decorated all over with hebrew characters they reach up to the top of the tower. Even the benches form a letter its the hebrew out. In front are the torah scrolls with the 5 books of moses. You read the torah with the ritual point to the yacht which is hebrew for hand and its very important because the eightys vegetable based so in summer if you run out of sweaty finger over the torah scroll that would smudge the writing and its also a sign of respect to god not to point a finger directly at the mythical wound instead you use the ritual pointer to travel along that line. And that. Of course there is more to discover here in the new synagogue so heres a brief overview of what you should. Mine says the capital of the state of rhineland. Some 220000 people live here. The best place to start your tour is mines cathedral also known as st martins cathedral its over 1000 years old but the area around it is still buzzing with life. 80 percent of the inner city was completely destroyed during world war 2 however many of the town houses built for mines as wealthy merchants were later rebuilt. Mines is one of the german cities that celebrates carnival in a big way. A colorful festival is a tradition that dates back to the 16th century theres even an entire museum devoted to it and large paper mushy heads are big. Sure of mine says carnival during the rose monday parade there want to provide some comic relief. Mines his most famous son is your highness gutenberg the inventor of the movable type printing press. It sparked a media revolution in the 15th century. The mind says Gutenberg Museum also owns 2 of the 49. 00 original Gutenberg Bibles still in existence. In the demonstration workshop visitors can witness firsthand how gutenberg sped up the printing process through the use of movable type printing presses. So lets put this out. Here if its turned out wonderfully. To better understand the minds way of life you need to get to know its a wine culture which dates back to roman times. In the old town from the region have revived the minds tradition the wine tavern. Along with the wine tasting the bit there can also teach you some poll that made idioms that like a good guest should also be served at good wine. Back in the new synagogue. There are many jewish traces in the cities are they Tourist Attractions or are they places that are filled with jewish life does is very important for the World Heritage application as well its a very important and decisive factor the jewish life has returned to these places and lucky jewish life is evident in warms and mines thanks to immigration from the former soviet union. Vom why do synagogues in germany actually have police protection. This applies to all synagogues in germany just 100000 jews in germany are registered in jewish communities dangers have increased due to the radicalization in the islamist scene and in a Secular Society think about the terror attack in berlin once in paris and. Then theres also the right wing extremists by the attack and of a assassination of a christian politician has who was murdered by a right wing radical political. Martyr toward these what extent are hostilities part of your everyday life luckily ive had a few negative experiences but i know of Community Members and School Children whove had some not so nice ones. Of course the desecration of jewish cemeteries theres also a reality for the Jewish Community as are the terrible threatening emails that many communities receive but. Its a reality that people are no longer so free to openly practice their judaism. Many rabbis and the Central Council are jews in germany advise people not to wear capers in public. Because of the bad experiences many jews have. Thats the gist of what you hope for the future also for the. I would hope that jewish life simply becomes a given becomes normal and for the cities i wish that theyd regain the significance they once had for judaism here and around the world as well as the religious and spiritual importance. Of simply that they receive recognition and people see that they can be proud of this piece of German Jewish history. Yes definitely these are unique 3 wonderful places with a jewish history that goes back hundreds of years and that is still visible today and see you next thought. After. Each star tell us my story. Of the people who claim to me. To be a im not too dumb to try and feast on the secrets of my mate. Not too dumb to play. On t w. Any code base in germany to learn german. 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