Young Jewish community thriving in Berlin

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AP Television Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg, 15 March 2010 1. Wide of Rykestrasse at Prenzlauer Berg 2. Wide of street with caf�s 3. Wide of people sitting outside at a caf� at Kollwitzplatz 4. Wide of playground at Kollwitzplatz 5. Wide of people walking on Rykestrasse 6. Wide of people sitting outside at a caf� AP Television Synagogue at Brunnenstrasse, Berlin, 15 March 2010 7. Wide of exterior of Jewish synagogue at Brunnenstrasse 8. Mid of entrance to synagogue 9. Mid of black robes and hats hanging up 10. Close of hats on shelf 11. Wide of Yeshiva (place for study of traditional, central texts of Judaism) 12. Mid of students standing together in Yeshiva 13. Mid of students with large books 14. Close of student wearing headphones 15. Close of Yeshiva student reading book 16. Mid of students talking 17. Mid of donation boxes 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Spinner, Rabbi "When we started in this neighbourhood there was nobody. Again, that doesn''t mean there wasn''t Jewish life in Berlin, there was. But in this neighbourhood and this kind of Jewish life - young, vibrant, growth-oriented, tolerant, learning-based and so on - did not exist. And so when we came, there were two: my wife and I. And today we have, we''re up to about forty families. There are seventy children in the kindergarten and the school together. The Yeshiva is an established institution recognised around the world. The rabbinical seminary is the orthodox rabbinical seminary for Germany, recognised as such by the Zentralrat, the central council of Jews in Germany. A women''s study institution and more and more and more is happening." 19. Wide of students with books in Yeshiva 20. Close of student mouthing words as he reads 21. Mid of students reading, one aloud 22. Close of Yeshiva student writing 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Spinner, Rabbi "Well first of all we''re hip too, so we fit just fine into the neighbourhood. I love being here. It''s an international neighbourhood, it''s young and it is very liberal and broad in its orientation, its political orientation and social orientation. That''s an ideal environment for us, because we are young and because we are people who interestingly - and this is important - is we have found a way. The people who we model ourselves after, the communities that we come from, are communities which have a way to be orthodox in their private sphere, but to be engaged in a broader sphere in a normative way. And so a place which is liberal in a classic sense, of allowing people to do their own thing, is an ideal place for us to be." 24. Close of closing door at Yeshiva AP Television Caf� "Sowohl als auch" close to Kollwitzplatz, Berlin, 15 March 2010 25. Wide pan of exterior of caf� at Kollwitzplatz 26. Mid of Moti Moscovici and Naomi Orjonikidze at caf� 27. SOUNDBITE (German) Moti Moscovici, Yeshiva student "I thought of going to Israel for one year, but then this offer here was another option and here you are part in a process of establishing something. And of course it is always easy to go somewhere for example on vacation when everything is set and you go into a restaurant and eat�but here it is more the feeling that I''m young and I''m part of the process to establish something." 28. Mid of Moti Moscovici and Naomi Orjonikidze drinking tea 29. SOUNDBITE (English) Naomi Orjonikidze "The reason that I came here, especially to Berlin, is that, because of this huge community which is growing day by day. And it is a very nice atmosphere, people are very nice. And thanks god I found my bashert (soulmate). That''s very important. And there are many couples, many young couples, and they all help each other. There are seminaries, there is a kindergarten. There''s a huge opportunity for us to grow." You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/58e887afb1b1e15fe8b4766f7b208806 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork