On the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on December 22, 1946, the first Jewish service after the Second World War was celebrated in Wiesbaden under the leadership of Rabbi William Balin, a captain in the U.S. Army. Holocaust survivors had re-established the congregation with the support of the U.S. Army.

The makeshift synagogue in Friedrichstraße served as the first place of worship. It was not until twenty years later that a new community center was inaugurated on the same site. Today, a wide range of religious and cultural seminars and courses as well as sports activities and childcare facilities are offered on the premises. The community now has around 750 members.

To mark the 60th anniversary of the community's re-founding and the 40th anniversary of the inauguration of the new synagogue, Lord Mayor Hildebrand Diehl received the community's board of directors in the town hall ballroom.

After signing a contract for ongoing cooperation and partnership, Diehl and Jacob Gutmark, representing the Jewish community, reaffirmed their mutual solidarity. The past had been overcome and the city was proud that Jewish life had taken a firm place in Wiesbaden. The five board members of the Jewish community then signed the city's Golden Book.