Dear Friends,
Well, it was against all expectations
This year we had all the signs, that there will be very few people at our public Menorah Lighting.
Firstly, many families from the community are already on holidays outside of the country. It was also the first time we were doing this event not on a Sunday. And mainly, it was very cold and raining heavily. We never had such weather at any of the Menorah Lightings in the passed 8 years.
However, despite everything, or maybe it was because of all this, there was a very big crowd. More than 100! people gathered at the Bahnhofplatz in the heavy rain and participated.
I was very moved, when I stood up there on the lever with Mrs. Korintha Bärtsch, chairperson of the Greater City Cou… Read More »