The Jewish community in the historic town of Offenbach, near this city, is conducting religious services during the current High Holy Days season in a brand new synagogue replacing the centuries old temple which was gutted during the Hitler regime in 1938.
There are only about 75 members in the Offenbach congregation now–as against 2,000 in pre-Hitler days. The modern structure dedicated last week, in time for the Rosh Hashanah services, has a capacity of 100 worshippers and houses also a new Jewish Community Center. Located on the Kaiserstrasse, one of the city’s principal avenues, the building was erected on grounds contributed by the municipality, while the government of the State of Hesse gave the Jewish community a $12,000 loan to help the costs of building the new synagogue.
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