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A SYNAGOGE IN THE HILLS

Eine Synagoge zwischen Tal und Hügel

Directed by Franz Rickenbach
Switzerland, 1999
Documentary

Synopsis

Through the life stories of the last seven members of the Israelite community of Delémont, the film shows the slow but inexorable dying out of the last Jewish countryside community in French-speaking Switzerland and the story of their small but beautiful synagogue.

Synopsis

Through the life stories of the last seven members of the Israelite community of Delémont, the film shows the slow but inexorable dying out of the last Jewish countryside community in French-speaking Switzerland and the story of their small but beautiful synagogue.