Pestalozzistraße synagogue
| Pestalozzistraße synagogue | |
|---|---|
| Construction time: | 1911-1912 |
| Location: | 52 ° 30 ′ 29.4 " N , 13 ° 18 ′ 56" E |
| Address: |
Pestalozzistraße 12-14 10625 Berlin Berlin , Germany |
| Purpose: | liberal judaism synagogue |
| Local community: | Jewish community in Berlin |
| Website: | synagoge-pestalozzistrasse.de |
The synagogue is located in the back yard of Pestalozzistraße 14 in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg .
history
The synagogue was built in 1911/1912 as a private synagogue for Orthodox Jews according to plans by the architect Ernst Dorn. It was founded by Betty Sophie Jacobsohn (1870–1942). But as early as 1915 the house of God became an official synagogue of the Jewish community. During the pogrom night on November 9, 1938, the synagogue burned down from the inside and was opened during the Second World War . a. misused as a laundry. In 1947 the prayer room was re-inaugurated and the church became one of the most important synagogues in Germany. In the course of a restoration in 2013/2014, the synagogue was given back its original wall paintings from 1912.
In the 1930s, the renowned musicologist, writer and painter Arno Nadel was the choirmaster in the Pestalozzistraße synagogue. From 1947 until his death, Estrongo Nachama was initially cantor and later chief cantor of this synagogue. The Pestalozzistraße synagogue is the only synagogue in the world whose rite still consists entirely of compositions by the important synagogue composer Louis Lewandowski , who had a decisive influence on the rite of German Jewry since the mid-19th century. The liberal church service with organ and mixed choir was originally composed for the Oranienburger Strasse synagogue . After this synagogue was destroyed, the tradition of liberal German Jews was continued in the Pestalozzistraße synagogue after 1945.
Important rabbis of the synagogue were u. a. Arthur Liebermann (1919–1924), Emil Nathan Levy (1919–1934), Steven Schwarzschild (1948–1950), Nathan Peter Levinson (1950–1953), Cuno Lehrmann (1960–1971), Manfred Lubliner (1972–1980), Ernst M. Stein (1980–1998) and Tovia Ben-Chorin (2009–2015).
Church life
The Pestalozzistraße synagogue is currently a place of prayer for liberal Berlin Jews. The well-composed liturgy of the church service for cantor, organ and mixed choir attracts visitors from all over the world every year. Once a year the synagogue organizes a charitable Hanukkah bazaar for the Jewish festival of lights.
The synagogue and the associated residential buildings at Pestalozzistraße 14/15 are listed architectural monuments.
Rabbi Jonah Sievers and Cantor Isidoro Abramowicz are currently serving the community.
literature
- Esther Slevogt: The Pestalozzistrasse synagogue. "Your house deserves holiness, Eternal, For all times." With a CD (= Hermann Simon [Hrsg.]: Jewish miniatures . Volume 127 ). Hentrich & Hentrich , Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942271-68-4 .
Web links
- History of the Pestalozzistraße synagogue
- YouTube channel of the music of the Pestalozzistraße synagogue