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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Calling All Rabbis

As German Jews Rebuild, Rabbis Are in Short Supply

Niels C. Sorrells reports on the rebuilding of the Jewish population in Germany, and a resultant shortage of rabbis, in this week's full-text RNS article, linked above.

Quote:

Many of Germany's revived Jewish communities are strong enough to stand on their own, says Walter Homolka, rector of the Abraham Geiger College in Potsdam and Berlin. But those communities need leaders, which means not only training rabbis, but training rabbis who will, in turn, inspire others to follow in their steps some day.

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