Ordination

14. September um 11 Uhr
Neue Synagoge Dresden, Hasenberg 1

On September 13 and 14, 2006, the Abraham Geiger College will ordain the first three candidates as rabbis since the “Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums” in Berlin was forcefully closed in 1942. Graduation and ordination will take place in Dresden, Saxony.

Abraham Geiger College is the first liberal rabbinical seminary founded in Continental Europe since the Shoah. It is a private, non-profit institution, sponsored from the Central Council of Jews in Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Leo Baeck Foundation. Abraham Geiger College was founded in 1999. Its first class matriculated in October, 2001. The College is formally linked to the University of Potsdam. After a five years academic
programme and conferral of a Master's degree in Jewish Studies candidates can be recommended for ordination. In September 2006 three Candidates will be ordained. They will become members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. After ordination they will serve communities in Munich, Oldenburg and Cape Town.

Graduation
Goldene Pforte, Neues Rathaus, Rathausplatz 1, Dresden, September 13, 4 p.m. Address The Reverend Rabbi and Right Honourable Baroness Neuberger D.B.E. House of Lords, United Kingdom

Concert of Synagogue Music of the Dresden Jewish Community at the rebuilt Frauenkirche, September 13, 9 p.m.

Ordination
New Synagogue Dresden, Hasenberg 1, September 14, 11 a.m.
Greetings: Rabbi Professor Dr. Alfred Gottschalk Emeritus Chancellor Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Press information (german)