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 warps 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 email we also jet over the ski slopes in. We take a tour of the port city of haifa in israel. And take a closer look at minus. The old town off. In these 2 streets in you can go and plan a plot from gaza a jewish reserve venture 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. Warms was called. Mines. For this reason these 3 cities are called shoot communities. Stands for. For what minds are and for my against. The term is like a law it is familiar to jews all over the world. 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 set apart in synagogues well and this bench here used to be for the women they were able to follow the service by at least listening. This is particularly noteworthy a ritual bath from the 12th century. The water is 10 meters below the surface. But lets take a look at the past the middle ages thats when the 3 cities 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 clan amisse left his home city of lucca in italy and came to mines. He helped to answer in a new era here this is german routers help the jews would help to modernize minds since the jewish merchants were well connected well educated and business savvy. Little animists family produced many famous rabbis and minds developed into a century of jewish scholarship but above all it was rabbi gas from ben yehuda who really put mines on the map. He drew students from across europe. During his tenure gash them introduced modern laws forbidding bigamy and making it a sin to open and read other peoples mail. He also decreed that a woman had to agree before her husband could divorce her. After mines vaughns became another center of jewish learning on the rhine. Advance synagogue this study will and share serve as we mine is a famous rabbi rushy as does this modern sculpture in the in. Rushy studied here in the 11th century. In the city of spy a bishop political settled to use 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 pug rooms and during the nazi era as the Jewish Community was completely obliterated him. You can spice of these atrocities jewish mind has returned to spying vaughns and minds. In acknowledgment of their important jewish past the 3 some cities are now seeking to be listed as a unesco World Heritage site they spend years preparing their application which was the visit in january 2020. By left and im on my way towards the only drive 40 minutes north along the rhine. The symbol of the city is like inspire also in minds the huge imperial cathedral. It was built in the 12th century. Warms this not only known for its cathedral and its jewish past but also as the setting for the famous legend. In ones numerous buildings are innocent of the german heroic saga which deals with hate love power and murder a dragon is also there. This statue shows the villain haagen from chronic. Who is said to have thrown the treasure into the wrong. 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 if we show here on check this time the video is from luis braman and he went skiing in the austrian alps so thats our weekly b. Mail. No. Such. Luck lol. Lol. Lol. Lol. Lol. This special spot. For. Back in the morning at the highly guys and holy sand cemetery. Suzanne orban is the managing director of the show. Which looks after the preservation and communication of the jewish history of buying up once at mines men must wear headgear in the cemetery. How old is the cemetery thomas 2000 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. To your are of course particularly eye catching his national theyre 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 this is a new one tells me is that a famous rabbi from work is buried here. I thought it was once the tradition of placing stones on tombstones in that if you look around you can see stones lying everywhere on individual graves all tombstones and the important thing is simply that you honor the memory of that person you dont have to know them this concert this whole area contains about 2500 visible gravestones from many many centuries if we briefly stop here and look at this small green island you will see the 2 oldest gravestones we know of. A 1000 years old 1000 their 1000 years old one is an unknown young man and the other on the left is the yakov probably a ton of student we dont know for sure in all the International Visitors here. 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 of pleasure cation 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 if you still have seen stones like this year in many other cities what is this all about this is just close to it 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 in 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 it was burned down several times in the wars the crusades attacked again and again and the jews informs 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 1961. Services are held here again today. We continue with our media local slot or local to 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 eisner 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 city right to the border of the Mediterranean Sea big buildings industry the other hand is a cruise in toulouse place where you find people will actually be enjoying the atmosphere like me. Welcome to the German Colony this place was stylish in 869 by german templars the german temples 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 and diebold spoilage i dont know what it says but i know that it became a post office. Day movie. I think it means the kingdom of the lorries coming. 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 only school. You know. Look at this is not the best view has far 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 2 through haifa isnt what he needs and what he means is 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 lot stop 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. In favor. And i had north again 40 minutes to minds. There are hardly any remains of the jewish past left but there is a new synagogue architecturally exceptional building. The jewish journalist. Volunteers to guide visitors through the synagogue which was inaugurated in 2010 the building has an unusual shape why is that because there is this whole thing as a word sculpture and the word is cattle shark i brought the architects draft with me stands for holiness its the name of an Important Service you say 3 times a day and the letters that they care to show are inspired the outer silhouette. Theres another folded like that this was 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 a great jewish tradition. Of course. Yes theres ceramic tiles are also quite interesting they change color when exposed to lots of light today its unfortunately dollar out and then all of these tiles a light green now in winter theyre more dark green at night they turn black. I was very important to the architect as he wanted to use it to express the line flew in a sort of judaism. Now we go into the synagogue. You know his and these are the keepers or camps the people always go tom and i go into the synagogue while praying in every day life. Why do we where one. It is a mark of humility towards the north. One simply cannot go back handed. As a mark of reverence towards the lot that. This 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 that meets the hebrew l. In front are the torah scrolls with the 5 books of moses. You know you read the torah with the ritual pointer the yacht which is hebrew for hand thats very important because the ink is 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 people and instead you use the ritual pointer to travel along that line. But. 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 ryan land. Some 220000 people live here. The. This place to start your tour of is minds 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 his 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 large paper mush a heads or a fixture of mind says carnival during the rose monday parade they want to provide some comic relief. Mines his most famous son is your highness good and bad the inventor of the movable type printing press. It sparked a media revolution in the 15th century. Minds whose 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 pull this out. If its turned out wonderfully. To better understand the minds way of life you need to get to know its wine culture which dates back to roman times. And the old town from the region have revived the minds tradition the wine tavern. Along with the wine tasting the ventnor can also teach you some poll that made idioms. Like a good guess and should also be served at good wine. Back in the new synagogue. There are many jewish traces in this room cities are they Tourist Attractions or are they places that are filled with jewish life. Very important for the World Heritage application as well its a very important and decisive factor that jewish life has returned to these places and luckily jewish life is evident inch by our warm sun mines thanks to immigration from the former soviet union. Why do synagogues in germany actually have Police Protection if this applies to all synagogues in germany just 100000 jews in germany are registered in jewish communities of heart 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 the assassination of a christian politician in who was murdered by a right wing radical political. Order if you want to extend our 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 is 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 shoe city. 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. 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. Corin says bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang ducks i. Heard these. Requiem. Marks trying to. Become 13. And. They may become autonomy as. They can adapt. And manipulate. In some places humans and technology are being. 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