Schalom und Alaaf

In the organizer's words:

"Instead of simply reciting dry facts, his tours are performances in the style of street theater, both entertaining and informative." (Kölnische Rundschau, January 30, 2021)

The Jewish community in Cologne is one of, if not the oldest Jewish community north of the Alps. Jewish life in Cologne was first mentioned in writing in 321, but Jews were already living on the Rhine much earlier. A lot has happened in the city on the Rhine over the last two millennia. As a child, the son of the cantor at the Cologne synagogue, Jacques Offenbach, played music at Neumarkt and Simon Oppenheim played Princess Venetia in the Rose Monday procession in 1824. Jews lived in the heart of the city until the 15th century, as their quarter was the center of Cologne for centuries. Experience Cologne's Jewish history on an entertaining theater walk with Gerd Buurmann, including texts by Heinrich Heine.