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The Nathan Peter Levinson is a religious community foundation. Our goal is to provide high academic quality and transparency to the training of liberal and conservative rabbis and cantors.
The students are our main value.
We strengthen the Jewish communities in Germany and abroad by the sustainable training of the new generation of Jewish clergy.
The establishment of the Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation became a logical new beginning for rabbinical and cantorial training in Germany. It follows the tradition of the thousands of years of passing on of Torah and Jewish values.
Our namesake is the German rabbi and scientist Nathan Peter Levinson (1921-2016).
His century-long life represents the German-Jewish history like no other, with its catastrophic break of the Shoah and the re-building and continuity afterward.
The Conservative (Masorti) Rabbinical Seminary is named after the rabbi and religious philosopher Abraham J. Heschel (1907–1972). He serves as a guiding figure for the theoretically and practically sound rabbinical training.
Louis Lewandowski gave the name to the Cantorial Seminary. As a link between tradition and modernity, he still plays an essential role, bringing together Conservative and Reform cantors.
The foundation is to become an affiliated institute of the University of Potsdam and work closely with the School of Jewish Theology and Jewish Studies at the University of Potsdam.
We are pleased to announce that our seminaries are opening doors to new students.
The deadline for applications for the rabbinical and cantorial training programs is 23.02.2025.
On November 28, a festive memorial evening was held in honor of Rabbi Nathan Peter Levinson. Around 60 guests came together in the Auditorium Maximum to honor the memory of the important rabbi and celebrate the establishment of the foundation.
On Thursday, November 28, the Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation invites you to an evening of remembrance at the University of Potsdam.
Nathan Peter Levinson (23.11.1921-27.10.2016) was a Berlin rabbi, scholar, author and an important figure in Jewish life in Germany after the Shoah. With this event, we would like to commemorate Rabbi Levinson and his legacy and also celebrate the opening of our foundation with you.
The unique liturgy that the Jewish tradition offers for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur (New Year and Day of Atonement) gives us the opportunity to delve into our hearts and souls, to reflect on our human and Jewish nature. It calls us to search our souls for deeper faith, higher convictions and bold spiritual steps that we might not dare to take at other times in our lives...
Dear friends,
In this time of new beginnings, Abraham Joshua Heschel Seminary is pleased to extend its greetings to the Jewish community. As we raise up new leaders who will improve the quality of Jewish life to meet the challenges of our time, we celebrate the world's birthday with the message that we are not held captive by the past...
Do you want to get more information about the Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation or become a student in one of our Seminaries?
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