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Jewish museum in Rendsburg – our true impressions

“Interesting fact which I didn’t know before: Jewish New Year (Rosch Haschana) starts at the 7^th of September! At that day they turn over a page in a book of life.”

 

“Most of the information was known, but it was a different experience to see the Jewish religion without direct confrontation of the Holocaust. This opened up another perspective.”

 

“Jews have got a celebration of reconciliation, they can be freed of their sins and duties. They get along with their enemies.”

 

“I was impressed by the art exhibition which included the torso of a woman that created Josef Hebroni. The body was rapped into a fabric, but it was made of plaster as well.”

Interview about the Jewish Museum Rendsburg

 M.: “Ronja, what did you like at the Jewish Museum?”

R.: “I liked the handmade Torah.”

M.: “And why did you like it, what was so unexpected?”

R.: “It’s very fascinating that they put so much time and work in the making of it. To this time I didn’t know that they write on the skin of kosher animals.”

N.: “Oh, I liked the Torah as well, because I was surprised that it’s just allowed to the men to write the holy text on it.”

M.: “Was there anything else you had a special impression of?”

N.: “Yes, the fact that it’s forbidden to touch the Torah except on the wodden sticks.”

M.: “Janine, Ronja and Nele liked the handmade Torah. What did you find unexpected at the Jewish Museum?”

J.: “I was very surprised that the rituals of Chanukah and Christmas influenced each other.”

M.: “In which way did they influenced each other?”

J.: “The members of both religions adapted some of the other celebration-rituals in their own used-rituals. Like Christmastrees for the children in jewish households and in christian families there are smaller versions of Chanukah candlestick holders.”

M.: “Thank you for your comments.”

Jewish Museum Rendsburg

We did not expect to ѣющѡѕ a stuffed Torah for children, since the Torah ѣюђэѕ a very sacred ….ю holy object, and not something to play with.

Besides that, юљѐљщ did not quite have ѕщ expectations, but we found the tour ьющї interesting, and we did like the building ….ю the fact that you did ѕщ recognize it on first sight from the outside (we walked past it). Also, the museum ѣюђэѕ not a re-build, but has existed for ѣѐщ long time ….ю been used by different people for varying reasons.

Maria ….ю Charlotte

Unexpected moments at the Jewish Museum

We were at the Jewish Museum last week. For most of us it was the first time that they have ever been to a synagogue. There we learned from our tour guide that the synagogue had been used as a smoke house some years ago, during the Nazi-regime. Now that there are again so many lights and candles burning in this building one can’t really believe that this should have been anything else than a place of Jewish tradition and daily life. Today there are again eight Jewish congregations in Schleswig-Holstein, the biggest are in Kiel and Lübeck. All in all there are about 1800 Jews living in Schleswig-Holstein.

We were also surprised by the Chanukka exhibition. We didn’t know before that the Jews celebrate it eight days long. Every night they light one candle to remember the victory of the monotheistic Jewish religion over the Greek polytheistic religion. The fact that Channuka starts at November 25th (month: Kislew), surprised us, too.

Our unexpected moments at the Jewish Museum Rendsburg

1) That the museum actually was in an old synagogue.

2) That many Americans celebrate a combination of Christmas and Chanukah, called either “Chazmas” or “Chrismukkah”.

3) That the museum managed to have a good combination of general jewish cultural objects and objects that especially are connected to the former jewish community in Rendsburg.

Svenja, Johanna, Marike

Saint George

My visitations to the Museumsberg in Flensburg and Schloß Gottorf in Schleswig inspire me to search for more information about Saint George, because i saw him  presented in both museums and in different ways.

Here some facts about him:

He is a christian saint, lived in the 3th century and is venerated as a martyr.

The legend about him and a dragon is very famous. Here is a short description about it from wikipedia:

“In the fully-developed Western version, a dragon makes its nest at the spring that provides water for the city of “Silene” (perhaps modern Cyrene) in Libya or the city of Lydda, depending on the source. Consequently, the citizens have to dislodge the dragon from its nest for a time, in order to collect water. To do so, each day they offer the dragon a human sacrifice. The victim is chosen by drawing lots. One day, this happened to be the princess. The monarch begs for her life with no result. She is offered to the dragon, but there appears the saint on his travels. He faces the dragon, slays it and rescues the princess. The grateful citizens abandon their ancestral paganism and convert to Christianity.”

Theatre Flensburg

I’ve been to a wonderful ballet by Stela Korljan, which is called “(Ba)Rock”! If you are interested in modern ballet, Watch it! This one is dealing with the question “What is love?” and you will find different answers of different people in it. The dancers express how they feel about love by their movements. You will love it!

The next and probably last show will be on: Friday, 11.01.08, 19:30

Homepage:

http://www.sh-landestheater.de