{"id":985,"date":"2021-08-22T12:35:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T12:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juedisches-wiesbaden.juedische-geschichte-wiesbaden.de\/friedrichstrasse\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T13:28:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:28:37","slug":"friedrichstrasse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/juedisches-wiesbaden.de\/en\/friedrichstrasse\/","title":{"rendered":"1946"},"content":{"rendered":"

Restoration and rededication of the synagogue in 1946<\/h2>\n

The synagogue on Friedrichstra\u00dfe was the repaired by the U.S. Army as a center of Jewish life. It is primarily to the credit of Rabbi William Z. Dalin that an active Jewish community could re-emerge.<\/h3>\n

Rabbi Dalin was also responsible for organizing the Seder evenings for Passover in 1946 and 1947. In 1946, the Jewish soldiers, their families and the members of the Wiesbaden community met in the Valhalla Theater on Mauritiusplatz. In 1947, the Seder was held in the packed synagogue. What significance the Seder evenings had for the Jews living in Wiesbaden at that time can hardly be imagined from today’s perspective. This also applied to the dignified performance of the Shabbat services.<\/p>\n

Without the commitment of the U.S. Army, Jewish life could not have returned to Wiesbaden so quickly after the Shoah – if at all. William Z. Dalin left Wiesbaden in October 1947 and served a short time in India before succeeding Rabbi Seymour Stern at the National Jewish Welfare Board, serving in San Francisco, in 1948. The close ties between the Wiesbaden Jewish Community and the U.S. Army continue to this day. Joint events are held on a regular basis. Members of the U.S. Army participate in services at the Wiesbaden synagogue and in community life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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