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he synagogue on the corner pers typically coming to Friday
was a striking sight — an evening services every week.
The day school, which opened
expansive white building
with a soaring dome, grace- three years ago as the first such
ful windows and a Star of David school in the northern Rhine
area, has been expanding
over the entry.
Th e
rapidly ever since. It now
I rememberd it well from
a visit to Dusseldorf three synago gue in has 90 students enrolled in
years earlier, when this Dussel dorf, four grades. Over half are
Germ any.
children of Russian-Jewish
was the first modern syna-
origin.
gogue rd seen in Germany.
As in other German cities, it is
The adjoining community center
was the first German Jewish com- the Russian Jews who have re-
vitalized this community. In all,
munity center I visited.
They are located in a city on they now make up two-thirds of
the Rhine River just north of the Jewish community. They
have helped make Dusseldorf the
Cologne. With many museums,
fourth largest Jewish communi-
a lively "old town," a Parisian-
ty in Germany, after Berlin,
style boulevard lined with elegant
shops, Dusseldorf is a cos- Frankfurt and Munich.
The distinctive synagogue is a
mopolitan city that is sometimes
known as the "Paris of Ger- major site for visiting students.
About 600 from secondary schools
many."
in Germany visit the JCC every
As for me, the real highlight
had been the opportunity to see month. College students, too, are
frequent visitors. Then there are
a modern Jewish community
which was thriving in the north- the tourists — either individuals
or groups — who come to the syn-
ern Rhine area. Now, returning
agogue, located in a quiet, resi-
to the city, I was eager to get reac-
dential area not far from the
quainted with Jewish Dusseldorf
center of town.
On this visit, I found that the
Jews from abroad come with
Jewish community is still flour-
ishing and, in fact, has marked awareness that modern Ger-
many is not Nazi Germany ac-
several important firsts since my
cording to Mr. Szatei-Heise. "The
last visit.
guilty ones are the previous gen-
Michael Szatei-Heise, execu-
eration. And Jewish life must
tive director of the Jewish com-
continue in Germany. If Jews
munity, met me in the lobby.
Before going up to his modern of- were not living in Germany, then
fice, we stopped to see the sanc- Hitler would really have won.
"This Jewish community and
tuary with its unusual design.
The architect, Herman Zvi others have been given another
chance."
Guttman, purposely planned a
Now, more than ever, he is
space with no straight lines, only
optimistic about the future of
curves. "His favorite shape is an
ellipse," explains Mr. Szatei- Dusseldorf s Jewish communi-
ty. "Even five years ago, I
Heise.
This synagogue is the pride of thought Dusseldorf was on the
the Jews of Dusseldorf. Here edge. Maybe it would survive,
Rabbi Michael Goldberger con- maybe not," Mr. Szatei-Heise re-
ducts daily minyans every morn- called. "But now, I'm absolutely
ing as well as Shabbat services; convinced that Jewish life will
continue to thrive for many
and these services are well at-
tended, with about 200 worship- years." ❑
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