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.
Statement on the attack of Hamas on Israel; Oct 7, 2023
Once again, the people of Israel are hit by rockets and terror on a Jewish holiday. Once again they have to fear that the only halfway safe place to live in the world is being pulled out from under their feet. Jews have been persecuted and killed for millennia in every conceivable corner of the globe. Our hearts bleed when we realize that they find no peace even in Israel. From the cowardly attack of Hamas on Israeli civilians, from the kidnappings and exposures of the victims, an unmasked anti-Semitism looks at us – a fanaticism to want to destroy the state of Israel and all Jews.
We condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms and show our solidarity with the people of Israel and the Jews all over the world – but also with all Palestinians who suffer under Hamas' reign of terror. At the same time, we condemn the Iranian regime's gloating reaction to the attacks. Our solidarity is also with the courageous Iranians who are fighting their own oppressive regime and do not see Israel as an enemy.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all - in Israel, in Palestine, in Iran and elsewhere – who must fear and fight for their freedom and their lives these days. We will continue to do everything in our power to uphold the memory of the Shoah in Germany and especially in our region, to stand by the weak and the attacked in our country as well – and to resolutely fight anti-Semitism as well as anti-Muslim racism and every other form of racism and violence.
Arbeitskreis Landsynagoge Roth e.V.
In accordance with the declaration of: Judaica Meimbressen e.V., Verein der Freundinnen und Freunde jüdischen Lebens im Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Arbeitskreis Rückblende - Gegen das Vergessen e.V., Förderkreises Synagoge in Vöhl e.V. and many private individuals.
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.
Here is a film about the reconstruction.
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
18th of 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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