All day from 11:30 a.m.
Book market, coffee, cake, and cold drinks
Refreshments will be provided. Our book market offers interesting books on Jewish history and culture.

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Guided tour of the exhibition and synagogue – Jewish life in the countryside
Family history – religious practice – everyday history

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Henri Friedlaender – calligrapher and typographer
Lecture by Alexander Schmalz
Henri Friedlaender was born in Lyon in 1904. His mother was English, his father German. He completed an apprenticeship in graphic design in Berlin and passed his master's examination in hand typesetting in Leipzig. He initially worked as a hand typesetter, then as a typographic designer and finally as head of the letterpress typesetting department. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, he moved to The Hague. He survived the German occupation there in hiding. In 1950, he took over the establishment and management of the Hadassah Printing School in Jerusalem. In 1971, Henri Friedlaender received the Gutenberg Prize from the city of Mainz for his outstanding achievements in the spirit of Gutenberg. His font “Hadassah Friedlaender” is based on ancient religious texts, but has a modern, clear design. Today, it is the standard font for Hebrew and Yiddish at the LVR.

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
People of the Book – Important Books of Judaism
Books tell stories
Lecture by Ulrich Berzbach
The Bible, Talmud, Haggadah, and much more: faithful reproductions of Hebrew manuscripts and prints bring the diversity of Jewish history and culture to life.
Ulrich Berzbach presents particularly beautiful examples from many centuries in the form of reprints. These books can tell us a great deal about the time in which they were created, their patrons, and their use. What can otherwise only be admired as a treasure behind glass in a museum can now be viewed in its original size and (in some cases) even held in your hands.

Ulrich Berzbach, MA, is a Jewish studies scholar and Hebrew teacher who teaches adult education courses on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible. He also taught Hebrew at a high school for three decades.

Dr. Alexander Schmalz is a religious scholar and supervises events at the Landsynagoge. Typography and calligraphy are among his passions. He has created over 5,000 buttons with names in Hebrew at various LVR events.