settlements in central europe along with mines and warms the 3 cities were even called jerusalem on the rhine. speier 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 today's 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 austria. we take a tour of the port city of haifa in israel. and take a closer look at minus. the old time. in these 2 streets even you can go and plan a cut from gaza a jewish reserve bench will 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 the you wouldn't want the jewish courtyard. in the middle ages by i was called in hebrew which is how the museum got its name. warms was called. mines. for this reason these 3 cities are called shoot communities. stands for peter for what my eyes are and for my against. turn is like a low ball it is familiar to jews all over the world. and the importance of becomes clear when you go outside the museum here you can see the remains of the mediæval synagogue it dates back to 1104. next to it was the so-called phone should the synagogue for the women. in general women and men sit apart and synagogues well in this bench here used to be for the women they were able to follow the service by these listening slots. this is particularly noteworthy a ritual death from the 12th century. the water basin is 10 meters below the surface. let's take a look at the past the middle ages that's where the 3. pretty famous. shims history begins and mines one of the oldest cities in germany the ancient romans lived here and it's likely that jews lived among them. later in the middle ages minds became a center of jewish learning and religious life. in the 10 century merchant and scholar moses clone amisse left his home city of lucca in italy and came to minds. he helped to usher in a new era here the city's german route is hoped the jews would help to modernize minds 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 century 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 laws forbidding bigamy and making it a sin to open and read other people's mail. he also decreed that a woman had to agree before her husband could divorce her. after mines vons became another center of jewish learning on the rhine. that bomb synagogue this study will and share serve as reminders of famous rabbi rushdie as does this modern sculpture in the in a courtyard rushy studied here in the 11th century. in the city of speier bishop settled to use near the city's famous cathedral around the year 1048 he said he did it to increase the place a standing a 1000 fold. along with mines and. 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's a punk rooms during the nazi era as the jewish community was completely obliterated him. you can spice of these atrocities jewish mind has returned to spy on vaughan's 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 the visit in january 2020. i left and i'm on my way to warms you only drive 40 minutes north along the rhine. the symbol of the city is like inspire and also minds the huge imperial cathedral. it was built in the 12th century. forms it's not only known for its cathedral and its jewish past but also as the setting for the famous me below in legend. in one's numerous buildings are innocent of the german heroic saga which deals with hate love power and murder the dragon is also there. and this statue shows the village haagen from craw new to the throne the new balloon treasure into the run. well we'll leave warms for a moment because we've 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 from bremen and he went skiing in the. so that's our weekly the mail. coming. up. let's. cut to. play you told. colin. followed play. play. play play. play. play told me. you. know you told. kentucky to special love spots in germany. travel. for it. back in the mornings at the highly grandsons holy sand cemetery. is the managing director of the shoe see association which looks after the preservation and communication of the jewish history of buy up warms and minds men must wear headgear in the cemetery. how old is the cemetery there cannot tell most a 1000 years old it dates from around 1030 or 1040 the same time as the jewish community settled here so it's a really old jewish cemetery so you can also see that from looking at the stones it's a sea of stones. to hear or of course particularly eye catching. 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 tells me is that a famous red barred from work is buried here. i thought i was once the tradition of placing stones on tombstones when 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 don't have to know them this is 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 there a 1000 years old one has an unknown young man and the other on the left is the yakov probably a ton of student we don't know for sure it's an 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 the sense of where cation finding their own family history consulting scholars it is just an incredible amount happening here for jews. on our way to the synagogue we pass many stumbling blocks. i have seen stones like this year in many other cities what is this all about. this is the largest essentialist holocaust memorial in existence there are tens of thousands of stones all o. . the europe this was inspired by an artist from cologne who in the 1980 s. ninety's 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 that's 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 the 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 wouldn't guess the course of history today is the same as it was in the 12th century and in the century that she sure the warm synagogue. now the school board is 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 chris sates attacked again and again and the jews in forms 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 i'm very happy to show you my hometown one of the most powerful figures in israel let's see if. my face very charming because in one hand you have a modern cd right to the border. mediterranean sea big buildings industry the other hand is a. place where you find people actually enjoying the atmosphere like me. welcome to the german colony this place was stylish in 860 night 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 i bought spoilage i don't know what it say's but i know that it became a post office. they may call me i think it means the kingdom of the lorries called me. this is the most important religious interest place here in haifa it's called the baha'i gardens the behind gardens are the center of the behind me and it was recognised of the heritage place for doing this go. look at this is not the best view had fun from the behind gardens you can see all the ports of here you can see the ships if you look over there the accuracy in my opinion is the best view of hazel. this is the shrine of the bob and bob was the founder of the behind faith. my next stop in my tour through haifa using what he needs in us what he means is it's a neighborhood very colorful where jews muslims. and christians live together to prove the existence existing in israel let's visit it. this is a very typical place and we have here in the book the book club is based on cash hill and also notes that straight to. our lots thought i would like to take you for a beautiful weekend come up. with this nice refreshment i want you to say goodbye it was a very nice day. 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 in architecturally exceptional building. the jewish journalist and the us back volunteers to guide visitors through the synagogue which was inaugurated in 2010 as the board of building has an unusual shape why is that because there this whole thing as a word sculpture and the word is cattle shop. i brought the architect's draft with me times for holiness it's the name of an important observant jews say 3 times a day and the letters of the can to shock inspired the outer sort. folded like that folded down like that right around the corner. and here's another special thing. the remains of the pillars of the old synagogue stood here until 938 it was one of 3 inner city synagogues this one here was the liberal main synagogue which had close to a 1000 members it's an exciting testament to the old switch shows that mines once had a great jewish tradition. yes there are ceramic tiles are also quite interesting a change color when exposed to lots of light today it's unfortunately dollars out then all of these tiles a light green now in winter they're more dark green nights they turn black i was very important to the architect as he wanted to use it to express the line cleanest of judaism. now we go into the synagogue. these are the keepers or camps that people always go tom and they go into the synagogue while praying in everyday life. why do we where one. it is a mark of humility towards the north. one simply cannot go bareheaded. there's a mark of reverence towards the lord to. 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. the hebrew out. in front are the torah scrolls with the 5 books of moses. you know when you read the torah with the ritual pointer. the yacht which is hebrew for hand that's very important because he's vegetable based so in summer if you run out of sweaty finger over the torah scroll that would smudge the writing and it's also a sign of respect to god not to point a finger directly at me and instead you use the ritual pointer to travel along the line. and. of course there is more to discover here in the new synagogue so here's a brief overview of what your. mind says the capital of the state of rhineland. some 220000 people live here. the best place to start your tour of is minds cathedral also known as st martin's cathedral it's 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 mind says 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 there's even an entire museum devoted to it large paper mush a heads or a picture of mine says carnival during the rose monday parade there want to provide some comic relief. mines his most famous son is johana scruton bag the inventor of the movable type printing press. it sparked a media revolution in the 15th century. mind says gutenberg museum also owns 2 of the $49.00 original gutenberg bibles still in existence. in the demonstration workshop to visitors. and witness 1st hand how good and bad sped up the printing process through the use of movable type printing presses. so let's pull this out. if it's turned out wonderfully. to better understand the mind's way of life you need to get to know it's 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 us . like a good guest should also be served 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 it's a very important and decisive factor that jewish life has returned to these places and luckily jewish life is evident inch by a 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 dangers have increased due to the radicalization in the islamist scene and in secular society think about the terror attack in berlin once in paris and. then there's also the right wing extremists by the attack in holland. the assassination of a christian politician in has who was murdered by a right wing radical political. modder toward the what extent are his to the peace part of your everyday life luckily i have had a few negative experiences but i know of community members and school children who've had some not so nice ones. of course the desecration of jewish cemeteries there's also a reality for the jewish community as are the terrible threatening emails that many communities receive but. it's 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 had. that's the gist of what you hope for the future also for the city. i would hope that jewish life simply becomes a given becomes normal and for the cities i wish that they'd 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 time. looking. thank. you. 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