Abraham Geiger College
Contact details
Am Neuen Palais 10 – Haus 1414469 Potsdam
Germany
Tel: +49 (331) 977 159 800
Email: office@geiger-edu.de
https://http://www.abraham-geiger-kolleg.de
Head of Department/Director
Präsident: Rabbi Prof. Dr. Walter Jacob
Email: jacob@geiger-edu.de
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentBA Jewish Theology including Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic; History of Judaism; The religious law in Jewish philosophy from Philo to Moses Mendelssohn; Liberal Currents in Judaism: From the Origins to the Present; Rabbinic Literature; Maimonides; Halakhah.
MA Jewish Theology including Maimonides; Jews and Jewish Policy in Brandenburg-Prussia from the End of the Thirty Years' War to the End of the Frederician Period; Jews in Germany; Strategies against racism and anti-Semitism; The Holocaust; History of Eastern and Southeastern European Jews in Modern Times; Germany, the Jews and the State of Israel. The relationship history from 1948/1965 to today; Tikkun olam; Jews in Popular Music of the 20th Century; Martin Buber and Hasidism; Yiddish Literature.
Offers courses in Jewish Studies
Pursues academic research activities
Degrees offered
BA Jewish Theology
MA Jewish Theology
Main research activities
Founded in 1999, Abraham Geiger College is the first liberal rabbinical seminary in Continental Europe since the Shoah. In response to the urgent need for academic rabbinical and cantorial training, it provides progressive, enlightened and modern spiritual leadership for Europe and beyond
Our college stands in the tradition of the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums (Higher Institute for the Science of Judaism) in Berlin which was closed by the Nazis in 1942. Dedicated to Jewish tradition and committed to the principle of academic freedom, the education at Abraham Geiger College embraces three principles:
High academic standards with a broad selection of courses, leading to an M.A. in Jewish Theology,
Support of the students during their practical training regarding psychological guidance and pastoral concerns,
and Guidance of the students in their pastoral practice through rabbinical mentorship.
At Abraham Geiger College, we train men and women alike. We have created a unique path to the rabbinate, transforming the legacy of the Hochschule into a modern conception of Jewish leaning and combining a state accredited MA with the vocational training at our college. Our school’s curriculum is modeled on the successful North American Reform seminary, the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and our graduatesare accredited by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Both the rabbinical and the cantorial track provide professionals that will be able to serve as spiritual leaders and educators in synagogues and Jewish communities throughout Europe, but also in South Africa, Israel, and the Unites States. We assume that Judaism in Germany will continue to flourish and that our graduates will stand at its center.
Abraham Geiger College charges no tuition fees as university education is free in Germany. We train in the German language and expect a high command of Hebrew. In the future our MA program language shall switch to English.
There is a Jewish Studies library
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