About this role
Logo LJG Amsterdam Rabbi (m/f) Liberal Jewish Congregation Amsterdam Would you like to help build liberal Jewish life in Amsterdam? The Liberal Jewish Congregation Amsterdam (LJG) is the largest Progressive Jewish congregation in the Netherlands. We are a lively and diverse community, firmly rooted in Jewish tradition, engaged with society and the world around us, and focused on the future. After more than 30 years with the congregation, one of our rabbis is retiring. This opens the way for a new rabbi, who will work alongside our other rabbi, who has now been with the LJG for more than 10 years, and with the colleagues in our rabbinic team. We are looking for a rabbi who inspires and connects. A spiritual leader who feels at home in a congregation where religion, education, pastoral care, encounter and social engagement are inseparably connected. This makes it a unique rabbinic position, in a flourishing and evolving congregation, in dynamic Amsterdam. We are looking for a rabbi: - With a completed rabbinic training; - With a good command of Hebrew and of the liturgical tradition of the Liberal Jewish congregations; - Who is rooted in the liberal Jewish tradition and endorses the principles of the World Union for Progressive Judaism; - Who enjoys working in a team of committed colleagues and many volunteers, and who believes in the power of teamwork; - With a vision of Jewish education and experience in teaching children, teenagers and adults; - Who can represent our congregation with conviction and nuance within the Jewish community and in society; - Who is firmly grounded in society, attentive to the questions of our time, and wants to build the future of Liberal Judaism in the Netherlands together with us. Amsterdam offers an exceptional working environment: the largest and most diverse Jewish community in the Netherlands, with a rich network of Jewish organisations, denominations and civil-society partners, with whom w...