זכזכ לאבלאבםם ליצחק וליששאל עבדיך, אשאש נשבעת ללם בך, ותדבתדב אלאלם, אאבב את – זזעכם ככוכבי שמשמים; וכל-הארץ הזאת אשר אמרתי, אתן לזרעכם, ונחלו, לעֹלם
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by yourself, saying to them, I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven; and all this country that I have designated, I will give it to your posterity, who will possess it forever!
Moshe pleads for forgiveness of the fault of the golden calf. He is heard and God reiterates his promise made to the patriarchs.
The first mention of the existence of Jews in Ulm is recorded in the imperial tax book of 1241. In all European communities, Jews experience moments of tranquility followed by periods of violence. In 1499, the Jews were expelled from the city and it was not until 1856 that a real Jewish community was reformed. In 1873, a synagogue was built. In 1938, it was slightly damaged during Reich pogrom night, then razed by order of the mayor, a member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
In 2012, a new synagogue was built. The architects Johannes Kister, Reinhard Scheithauer and Susanne Gross multiplied the perforations in the facade to create windows with patterns in the shape of a Star of David that illuminate the arch and radiate the synagogue outwards. The limestone used resembles that of many buildings constructed in Eretz Israel. The prayer hall, centered on the diagonal of the building, points exactly in the direction of Jerusalem. The central dodecagon-shaped light symbolizes the twelve tribes.