Our Courses of Study
The Rabbinic Study
The training of Rabbis at the internationally required academic and professional level is the first priority of the Institute. Rabbis are the prime keepers and carriers of the chain of tradition and they are the first responsible for transmitting this heritage to future generations in an authentic and contemporary manner.
The Cantorial Study
In the period 2007-2009 the Institute provided a course of study for 15 shelichay tzibbur (knowledgeable leaders of synagogue services). The course was led by prof. Eliyahu Schleifer (Hebrew Union College Jerusalem).
The Music Library contains sheet music and recordings of Dutch-Jewish synagogue music in the liberal-Jewish tradition. Many live recordings of lectures and workshops given during the training can also be found there, together with instructions for reading from the Torah, the haftara and Megillat Esther. In a PowerPoint presentation all the correct nusachim for every synagogue service on every day of the year are clearly set out.
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Welcome to the Levisson Institute website
The Institute was established in 2002 in order to train rabbis, chazzanim, teachers and knowledgeable leadership for the Dutch-Jewish community, and in particular the Liberal Jewish part thereof. the Robert A. Levisson Foundation which runs the Institute is part of the Netherlands Union for Progressive Judaism.
The first class of 5 students received their semicha (Rabbinic Ordination) on 27 august 2008, having completed their five year long training. The semicha has been granted international recognition.
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Presently there are three students following the rabbinic training.
The first group of 15 chazzanim completed their two-year training on 31 May 2009.
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In June 2010 our first two-year Teacher Training got off to a good start with 14 students.
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In November 2009 our first scholarly research and publishing project began,
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All information about the organisation, the lecturers, the students, the curriculum, all Annual Reports and much more can be found by following the menu above. There you will also find information how you may participate in this exciting struggle to rebuild Jewish life in the Netherlands after the Shoah and to give the community a future by contributing financially and morally to the Foundation.
For more information or if you wish to follow a training, please take up contact directly with the dean rabbi David Lilienthal, tel: +31 (0) 6-54 69 09 19 or via the form on the Support us... page.
We hope you will enjoy browsing through the site and reading the materials.
The first class of 5 students received their semicha (Rabbinic Ordination) on 27 august 2008, having completed their five year long training. The semicha has been granted international recognition.
Read more...
Presently there are three students following the rabbinic training.
The first group of 15 chazzanim completed their two-year training on 31 May 2009.
Read more...
In June 2010 our first two-year Teacher Training got off to a good start with 14 students.
Read more...
In November 2009 our first scholarly research and publishing project began,
Read more...
All information about the organisation, the lecturers, the students, the curriculum, all Annual Reports and much more can be found by following the menu above. There you will also find information how you may participate in this exciting struggle to rebuild Jewish life in the Netherlands after the Shoah and to give the community a future by contributing financially and morally to the Foundation.
For more information or if you wish to follow a training, please take up contact directly with the dean rabbi David Lilienthal, tel: +31 (0) 6-54 69 09 19 or via the form on the Support us... page.
We hope you will enjoy browsing through the site and reading the materials.
