A cooperation agreement has been signed in Jerusalem between the Hebrew University and the Academic Center for Jewish Studies at Heidelberg University.
It will further the Academic Center’s bid for formal recognition and may result, some time in the future, in the issuance of certificates of ordination for rabbis at Heidelberg. The Academic Center is the only institution of its kind in a German-speaking country.
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