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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 (Masorti) 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 hiring!
Play an active role in shaping the training of liberal (Reform) and conservative (Masorti) cantors in Germany as a Director of the Louis Lewandowski Cantorial Seminary. Bring your religious, musical, academic, organizational and, of course, human skills and become part of our team!
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
Students and faculty of the Abraham J. Heschel Seminary, Regina Jonas Seminary, School of Jewish Theology and the Institute for Jewish Studies, came together on February 5th to celebrate the end of the winter semester with a Tu BiShvat Seder.
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Schorsch (School of Jewish Theology) greeted the gathering, and Rabbi Prof. Dr. Elisa Klapheck gave a Dvar Torah.
We spent the evening singing and discussing Talmudic references to the holiday. The file with the texts is below:
We are pleased to announce that our seminaries are opening doors to new students.
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.
Do you want to get more information about the Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation or become a student in one of our Seminaries?
Please contact us using this form.
