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The Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation is a religious community foundation.
Our aim is to provide academically high-quality and transparent training for liberal and conservative rabbis and cantors.
The students are our focus.
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 Conservative (Masorti) rabbinical seminary is named after the rabbi and religious philosopher Abraham J. Heschel (1907-1972). He serves as a role model for the theoretically and practically sound training of Conservative rabbis.
Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894) gave his name to the seminary for cantor training. As a link between tradition and modernity, he still plays a very special role today, bringing together conservative and liberal 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.
The training process at the three Levinson Foundation seminars is scheduled to begin in October 2024.
Further specific information on our offers will follow shortly.
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 in other moments of our lives.
When we gather as a community to experience these annual moments, it has the potential to renew us and open new horizons – to engage in improving and healing the personal, social and human environment and to take responsibility for God’s world.
In times of hardship and suffering, war and violence, may the beginning of the new year lead us to spread hope and faith, peace and justice, love and solidarity.
Le-shana tove nikatev ve-nechatem
Rabbi Yehoyada Amir
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.
Indeed, we are always being renewed in goodness.
May this spirit of newness, confidence and faith inspire us to new successes in building a better future as we now welcome the New Year.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
The cooperation agreement between the University of Potsdam and the Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation was signed today!
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