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AUGUST 27, 2018



For centuries, Berlin had a vibrant Jewish culture and was the birth place of important Jewish movements such as the Jewish Enlightenment in the 17th century and the Reform and Modern Orthodox movements. In 1933 160,000 Jews lived in Berlin. In the second world war the Jewish population of Berlin was reduced to 8,000 and many of Berlin’s Jewish institutions, synagogues, schools and cultural sites were destroyed. Today about 45,000 Jews live in Berlin and the Jewish community of Berlin continues growing and attracts Jews from all over the world. 

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New Synagogue and ...

Oranienburgerstrasse is emerging as a new center of Jewish life. The “New Synagogue” – which was constructed in 1866

Down the road from the New Synagogue is the East Berlin Jewish community headquarters, which has also undergone renovations. Several kosher restaurants flank the building. The community center is located in Charlottenburg, and hosts a tourist desk for visitors.

Synagogue in Rykestrasse 

The Liberal-Conservative Rykestrasse synagogue was well preserved during World War II, and is still in use today. It was originally built in 1904. The synagogue has a beautiful towering ceiling and a massive arched roof. 

​Synagoge in Pestalozzistrasse


  • Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin 
    The Berlin Jewish Community has 12,000 registered members (there are about 30,000 Jews in Berlin) and is the largest Jewish community in Germany. The community offers religious and educational programs, health and social services, as well a Jewish school, home for senior citizens, a library and has three cemeteries. 
    www.jg-berlin.org 
    Fasanen Street 79/80 
    Phone: +49(0) 30 - 880280 
  • Adass Jisroel 
    Adass Jisroel is a small community in the Eastern part of the city which also holds prayer services on Shabbat. 
    http://www.adassjisroel.de  
    Tucholskystr. 40  
    Phone: +49(0) 30 - 2813135
  • Address: Joachimstaler Strasse 13
    Train: U 15 or U 9

  • Friedhof Weissensee
    Herbert-Baum-Strasse 45
    13088 Berlin
    030 - 925 33 30
    Fax: 030 - 92 37 62 96

    Friedhof Heerstrasse
    Heerstrasse 141
    14055 Berlin
    030 - 304 32 34

    Friedhof Schoenhauser Allee
    Schoenhauser Allee 221
    10435 Berlin
    030 - 441 98 24to Kurfürstendamm, U/S-Bahn Zoologischer Garten.
    Rite:Orthodox (Aske

  • Jüdische Bibliothek / library
    Fasanenstr. 79/80
    10623 Berlin
    030 - 880 28 - 277


  • Oranienburger Strasse 28
    10117 Berlin
    030 - 889 28-427nasi liturgy)
    Services: Friday night service 7:45 PM (in summer w; Saturday morning services at 9.30 am; Weekday Shacharith at 8 am, Monday to Friday 7.30 am. Mincha / Maariv: 30 minutes before nightfall.


  • Rabbi: Yitzhak Ehrenberg
    Notes: Women usually sit in a separate Ezrat Neshim behind the men; in high holidays above the men in a larger Ezrat Neshim ; the place also has a Mikwe and holds events for the Jewish Students Union
    Website: Joachimstaler Str. Synagogue
  • Address: Pestalozzi Straße 14-15
    Train: S-Bahn Savignyplatz, U-Bahn U 7 Wilmersdorfer Strasse, Bus 101 or 149 Kantstrasse / Leibnitzstrasse
    Rite: Liberal, with an organ and a choir
    Services: Friday night services at 6 pm in winter; 7 pm in summer; Saturday morning services at 9.30 am; no weekday services
    Rabbi: Jonah Sievers
    Notes: Separate seating for men and women; organ and mixed choir. Website: Pestalozzistr. Synagogue
  • Address: Fränkelufer 10 – 16
    Train: U Kottbuser Tor
    Rite: Conservative, slightly Conservadox
    Services: Friday night services at 7 pm; Saturday morning services at 9.30 am; no weekday services
    Rabbi: no rabbi, sort of an anarchist synagogue, despite being Conservadox
    Notes: Separate seating for men and women Website:Fränkelufer Synagogue
  • Address: Herbartstrasse 26
    Train: S Messe Nord ICC or U Kaiserdamm
    Rite: Liberal/Reform
    Services: Friday night services at 8:30; Saturday morning services at 10:00; no weekday services
    Rabbi: Andreas Nechama
    Notes: Mixed seating for men and women; Egalitarian
  • Address: Rykestrasse 53
    Train: U Senefelderplatz also Tram M2
    Rite: Conservative/Liberal
    Services: Friday night services at 6 pm in winter, 7pm in the summer; Saturday morning services at 9.30 am; no weekday services
    Rabbi: no rabbi
    Notes: Separate seating for men and women


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  • Address: Oranienburger Strasse 29
    Train: S Oranienburger Str.
    Rite: Conservative/Masorti; with Hebrew-German siddurim
    Services: Friday night services at 6 pm in winter, 7 pm in the summer; Saturday morning services at 10 am; no weekday services
    Rabbi: Rabbi Gesa Ederberg (Masorti)
    Notes: Mixed seating for men and women; Egalitarian
    Website: Or Synagoge
  • Address: Tiferet Jisrael, Passauer Strasse 4
    Train: U Wittenbergplatz
    Rite: Orthodox Sepharadi
    Services: Friday night services 60 minutes before sundown in winter, 7 pm in the summer; Saturday morning services at 9:30 am, Havdalah several minutes after Shabat's ending; weekdays: 7 am (sunday 8 am) for Shacharit; M'ariw 60 min. before sundown in wintertime; 7 pm in summertime
    Rabbi: Reuven Yaakobov
    Notes: The only Sepharadi minyan in Berlin
  • Address: Chabad, Münstersche Str. 6
    Train: U Konstanzer Str.
    Rite: Orthodox Chassidic (Chabad)
    Services: Friday night services sunset; Saturday morning services at 10 am, Havdalah sunset; weekdays: 7:30 am (sunday 8:30 am) for Shacharit; M'ariw at sunset
    Rabbi: Yehuda Teichtal
    Notes: Chabad community centre also has its own restaurant and Mikwe and offers many activities on their website
    Website: Chabad Berlin
  • Address: Chabad, Karl-Liebknecht Str.34
    Train: S, U Alexanderplatz
    Rite: Orthodox Chassidic (Chabad)
    Services: Shabbat at sundown, Saturday at 10.00 AM; Every rosh chodesh at 7:45 service followed by breakfast.
    Rabbi: Nathan Zuckermann
    Notes: Torah lessons (english): Monday at 18:45 (Talmud); Thursday at 18:45 (Parasha)
  • Address: Adass Jisroel, Tucholskystraße 40
    Train: S Oranienburger Str.
    Rite: Ultra-Orthodox
    Services:
    Rabbi:
    Notes: Adass Jisroel requests reservation before arriving (4930) 281-3135
  • Address: Yeshivas Beis Zion, Brunnenstrasse 33
    Train: U Bernauer Str.
    Rite: Ultra-Orthodox
    Services:
    Rabbi: Joshua Spinner
    Notes: The Lauder Yeshiva advises reservation before arriving +49 (0)30 40504690
    Website: Beis Zion - Lauder Yeshiva
  • Address: Lev Tov, Grolmanstraße 20
    Train: S-Bahn Savignyplatz, U-Bahn U 2 Deutsche Oper, M49 Savignyplatz
    Rite: Orthodox
    Services: weeday and Shabbbbavices on their website
    Rabbi: Chajm Rozwaski
    Notes: every Friday, between 9 a.m and 2 p.m, there is a sale of Challahs, Rogelach, and other baked goods for Saturday, at the Synagogue.


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Jewish Museum Berlin


Lindenstrasse 9-14
011-49-30-259-9300
www.juedisches-museum-berlin.de

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Chabad
The Chabad Center of Berlin is in Muensterschestrasse 6. It ... Shabbat prayer services, houses the Jewish Educational Center and has a kindergarten and grade school, programs for adults and children, and also a kosher restuarant.

Kosher restaurants in Berlin
(updated Sep 2019)

Kosheria
koshere wine and judaica
Kantstr. 141, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Tel: 31 99 26 75 
transportation: all S-Bahn-trains to Savignyplatz
Mo - Fr 10.30 - 20.00 h, Sa 10.30 - 17.00 h


Kosher Bakery and Cafe:
Bäckerei Taitler
10623 Berlin 
Tel. 030-31808109
Knesebeckstr.6 Charlottenburg
Near Ernst-Reuter Platz
open Monday - Friday 9-18


Cafe Rado
israeli-french specialities, take away, catering
Brunnenstraße 26
10119 Berlin
Tel. +49 17623393380
open Sonday So 11 - 18, Monday-Thursday 10 -19
Fridays until two hours before Shabbat, closed on Jewish holidays


Bleibergs
Nürnberger Straße 45 a (corner Augsburger Str)
10789 Berlin
Schöneberg (behind the KaDeWe), U 15 Augsburger Straße
So - Thu 10.00 - 20.00 h; Fr related to Shabbat


Beth CafeThe Restaurant of the orthodox Adass Yisroel Community opened in 1991.
District: Mitte, Tucholskystrasse 40, tel: 2 81 31 35, transportation: U-Bahn line 6 to Oranienburger Tor, S-Bahn line S1 or S2 Oranienburger Strasse
open: Sunday-Thursday 12 am - 9 pm / Friday: depends on beginning of shabbat (in summer 3 pm)
Etchings by ©Hanah Thiede
Balmi-Lachsräucherei (Salmon Shop)
Lahnstraße 56-78 (entrance Mittelbuschweg)
12055 Berlin (Neukölln)
Tel. (030) 6 84 80 17 o. 18 
open:
Mo - Fr 7.00 - 17.00
Saturday 8.00 - 12.00
Supervision of Rabbi Teichtel
Backery Kaedtler 
Danziger Str 135 (Prenzlauer Berg), 10405 Berlin, Tel: 423 32 33
KosherLife
Brunnenstraße 31a,
10119 Berlin-Mitte
Tel. +49 179 67 45 908
Mo-Do 8-10, 13-19, Fr and Erev Chag 9-16 Uhr
Koscher Supermarket
Wilmersdorfer Str. 70
10629 Berlin
Mo-Sa 8-22 Uhr
Tabularium
Rosenthaler Str.40- 41
Die Hackeschen Höfe Hof VII
Tel. 030 280 82 03
Fax 030 280 99221
Email: info@tabularium.net
Mo-Sa 11.00-19.00 Uhr
Restaurant Feinberg's
Fuggerstr. 37
10777 Berlin
Di-So 12:00-23:00
Kosher but without kashrut certificate
Koscher catering service
Offers services for a great variety of requirements, from kosher private or public events, to local individual orders as well as kosher food for airlines and local Jewish institutions.
Top Kosher & Gourmet – Kosher catering at highest level
with star-rated Executive chef Franz Raneburger this exceptional catering service is fleischig (besari) and offers high quality food for any kind of event with its rich variety of fingerfood, buffets and menus. Depending on our customers’ request we provide individual catering offers and different food styles: Mediterranean-Oriental, Eastern European or International.
www.top-kosher-gourmet.com 
Tauentzienstr. 7a
10789 Berlin
Tel. +49 (0)30 – 2701 2880
e-mail: info@top-kosher-gourmet.com


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