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The Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation is a religious community foundation. Our aim is to provide an academically high-quality and transparent education for liberal and conservative rabbis and cantors.
The students are at the center of everything we do. We strengthen the Jewish community in Germany and the local Jewish communities with the sustainable training of Jewish clergy.
The establishment of the Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation is a consistent new beginning in rabbinical and cantorial training in Germany. It is in line with the tradition of passing on the Torah and Jewish traditions over thousands of years.
Our namesake is the German rabbi and scientist Nathan Peter Levinson (1921-2016).
His century-long life stands like no other for the fate of German-Jewish history, for catastrophic breaks as well as continuities after the Shoah.
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.
Regina Jonas Liberal (Reform) Rabbinical Seminary, Abraham J. Heschel Conservative (Masorti) Rabbinical Seminary, and Louis Lewandowski Cantorial Seminary are opening doors to new students.
To get the application forms and essay topics, please email us at be*******@***************ng.de with a brief self-introduction.
From May 1–4, the Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation took part in Limmud Festival for the first time — and we’ve returned full of inspiration and new connections!
Set against the stunning backdrop of Europe’s largest spa park in Bad Wildungen, our team had the opportunity to present the Foundation’s work, engage in learning and dialogue, and connect with committed members of Jewish communities from Germany and around the world. The atmosphere was one of warmth, curiosity, and celebration. We were honored to contribute to the program with our own shiurim and tefillot, and grateful for the chance to both share and expand our knowledge in such a vibrant and thoughtful space. Students from the Abraham J. Heschel Seminary also enriched the festival program, which makes us very proud.
The Summer semester opening took place on April 23rd.
Following the welcoming address by Dr. Dmitrij Belkin (CEO), we shared a particularly significant moment: Rabbi Dr. Ulrike Offenberg (Regina Jonas Seminary) affixed the mezuzah to our seminar and prayer room (Bet Midrash).
The subsequent Shacharit service, led by students of the Abraham J. Heschel Seminary, and the inspiring drasha delivered by Rabbi Anita Kántor (Regina Jonas Seminary) filled the morning with profound reflections.
Rabbis Netanel Olhoeft (Abraham J. Heschel Seminary) and Professor Yehoyada Amir (Regina Jonas Seminary) further enriched the program with thought-provoking shiurim, offering valuable insights and intellectual stimulation.
The event was a fitting and inspiring beginning to the new semester, highlighting the central values of community, scholarship, and spiritual growth.
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...
The cooperation agreement between the University of Potsdam and the Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation was signed today!
Become an employee of the Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation and apply for one of the current jobs in our Potsdam office.
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