The Christian-Jewish Working Group of Saarland e.V. mourns the loss of its honorary chairwoman Ursula Roth, who dedicated decades to the Christian-Jewish dialogue in Saarland.
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Photo: Ursula Roth (2nd from right) at the awarding of the Schlomo Rülf Medal in St. Wendel with Armin Lang, Prof. Herbert Jochum and Kurt Stiefel (from left), Photo: Roth family
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Christian-Jewish Working Group Saarland mourns Ursula Roth
Saarbrücken. After the death of its honorary chairwoman, the board of the Christian-Jewish Working Group of Saarland (CJAS) expressed its condolences and honored the achievements of the deceased.
Ursula Roth passed away on May 19, 2026, at the age of 92. From 1994 to 2002, she served as the Protestant chairwoman of the working group, and in 2025 she was appointed honorary chairwoman.
"Full of sorrow and in deep gratitude," the board bids farewell to Ursula Roth, as stated in an obituary by the association. Throughout her life, she committed herself to peaceful dialogue between Jews and Christians and stood up against anti-Semitism.
Ursula Roth (née Grebe) was born in 1934 in Kassel, Kurhessen, and moved to Saarland's Saarbrücken in 1960 for love, where the religious education teacher and her husband found a spiritual home in the Protestant church communities, first at Rodenhof and later for decades in St. Johann.
In her community work, Ursula Roth was particularly committed to the advancement of women, ecumenism, and especially the strengthening of Christian-Jewish dialogue. Together with Prof. Herbert Jochum, the long-standing Catholic chairman, she shaped the CJAS and its work, for example by creating the Schlomo-Rülf Medal as an award for individuals who have distinguished themselves in fostering understanding between Jews and Christians, or in the effort to establish the Schlomo-Rülf Memorial Square on the Berliner Promenade and the “Band of Remembrance” in front of the Saarbrücken Synagogue.
