|
 The
Abraham Geiger Award honours academic achievements which promote in its
plurality of Judaism. It was created in 2000 on the occasion of the inaugural
opening of the Abraham Geiger College. The rabbinic seminary distinguishes
with it individuals for their achievements in promoting pluralism. It
honours openness, courage, tolerance and freedom of Jewish thought in
the aftermath of the Enlightenment in order to foster understanding between
Jewish denominations and of Jews with their non-Jewish environment. The
Abraham Geiger Award is endowed with 5000 EUR, which the recipient donates
for a project in the spirit of the award.
The prize is donated by Karl-Hermann Blickle. In 2000, Prof. Dr. Susannah
Heschel of Dartmouth College New Hampshire received the Abraham Geiger
Award for her book "Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus".
In 2002, the prize was awarded to Prof. Dr. Emil Fackenheim
of Jerusalem for his lifetime achievement as a philosopher of religion.
After the
Shoah he pursued paths for the possibility of Judaism as a religion.
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| Winners of the Abraham Geiger Award: |
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2000 |
Susannah Heschel |
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2002 |
Emil Fackenheim |
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2004 |
Alfred Grosser |
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2006 |
Karl Kardinal Lehmann |
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2008 |
Prinz Hassan bin Talal von Jordanien |
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