Abraham teacher

Abraham Teacher, 2013

Abraham Lehrer (center) at the reception of the Mission of the State of Israel in Cologne City Hall (2013)

Abraham Lehrer (also Abraham Josef 'Ebi' Lehrer; born on April 13, 1954 in New York City ) is chairman of the Cologne Synagogue Congregation , chairman of the Central Welfare Office of Jews in Germany (ZWST) and vice- chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany . His main job is to run a software company in Cologne .

Life

Abraham Lehrer's mother Fela, who came from Olkusz , survived the Auschwitz extermination camp , while his Warsaw- born father Isack fled from labor camps several times during National Socialism . Abraham Lehrer was born in New York City , the second child to the Lehrer couple . In the spring of 1954 the family returned to Germany and settled in Cologne . Between 1972 and 1979 Abraham Lehrer studied chemistry , and in 1984 he began a three-year program as a programmer . In 1988 he founded ADOR EDV- und Software GmbH in Cologne, of which he is the managing director .

Abraham Lehrer has been married since 1981 and has two children.

Public offices

Since 1969 he has been involved as Madrich in the youth group in the youth center of the Cologne synagogue community. He headed the Hebrew holiday camp, the Machanot of the Central Welfare Office for Jews in Germany in Bad Sobernheim and Oudelande (NL). In 1987 he became a member of the municipal council in Cologne's synagogue community and was then elected first deputy chairman of the municipal council. The community council appointed Abraham Lehrer as a delegate to the ZWST general assembly.

At the general meeting in 1996, Abraham Lehrer was appointed to the board of the Central Welfare Office for Jews in Germany. V. (ZWST) elected. There he headed the youth and education commission. In 2000, at the suggestion of Paul Spiegel , he took over the chairmanship of the ZWST, the umbrella organization of Jewish welfare for the more than 100 Jewish communities in Germany. Since 2000 he has been the deputy chairman of the board of trustees of the German Aid Foundation , which aims to financially support social measures by independent, non-profit social service providers in Germany.

Since 2003, Lehrer has also been a member of the board of directors of the Central Council of Jews , whose vice-presidency he has held since 2014.

On the occasion of World Youth Day 2005 , Pope Benedict XVI visited in Cologne as the first Pope a synagogue in Germany. As the organizer, Abraham Lehrer welcomed the Pope and gave a high-profile speech with a focus on warning and compensation to the head of the church.

Teacher maintains contacts with Cologne politicians, Cologne institutions and the churches. He supports the association for the promotion of the city partnership Cologne- Tel Aviv-Yafo . He is particularly committed to the integration of Jewish immigrants from the states of the former Soviet Union and is committed to promoting and supporting Jewish people with disabilities and their relatives. Furthermore, Abraham Lehrer has been working for Die Stiftung since 2010 . Enable remembering. This helps to enable school classes to visit the Auschwitz Memorial .

In 2012 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his commitment .

In 2018, Lehrer founded the association 321: 1700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany , which aims to emphasize the "roots of the Jews in Germany" and the historical ties between Jews and non-Jews in Germany and to research what, according to Lehrer, "The Jewish contribution to the Judeo-Christian Occident" exists. Jewish history in Germany should not be narrowed down to the victim's perspective ( medieval pogroms ; ghettoization; Shoah ). The number 321 in the club name is explained by the year of the decree of Emperor Constantine , which allowed Jews to work in Cologne's city administration. The award of research contracts and collaborations with universities are aimed for. The aim of the association is also to prepare a year of remembrance for Jewish life in Germany, which should begin in January 2021.

Positions

Compared to Germany radio said teachers who AFD is from the perspective of the Central Council "a threat to our democracy, our freedom. We know that, and we always tell our parishioners that. ”Otherwise, however, the Central Council does not give any election recommendations. The entire political spectrum is represented in Jewish communities and every Jew has to vote according to his own conscience.

Awards

Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (2012)

Web links

Commons : Abraham Lehrer - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Directory of speakers of the CDU / CSU: Abraham Lehrer. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Andrea von Treuenfeld: Heirs of the Holocaust: Life between silence and memory . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2017, ISBN 978-3-579-08670-5 , p. 126-133 .
↑ ^a ^b Congratulations, Ebi! The chairman of the ZWST is celebrating his 60th Central Welfare Office for Jews in Germany, June 2014, accessed on December 28, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Speech by Mayor Jürgen Roters on the occasion of the presentation of the Order of Merit on March 19, 2012, online , accessed on December 28, 2017
↑ ^a ^b Presidium . In: Central Council of Jews . November 24, 2017 ( Zentralratderjuden.de [accessed December 28, 2017]).
↑ The chairman of the ZWST board introduces himself: Abraham Lehrer . In: Central Welfare Office of the Jews in Germany eV (Hrsg.): ZWST informs . December 2007, p. 10 .
↑ Welcome from Pope Benedict XVI. by Abraham Lehrer, member of the board of the Cologne Synagogue Community, on August 19th, 2005 in the Roonstrasse synagogue
↑ Anniversary: 11 years of "Cologne Peace Obligation". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 28, 2017 ; accessed on December 28, 2017 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ “ There were also good times between Jews and Gentiles. “ Www.welt.de, April 23, 2018
↑ Jens Rosbach: Sympathies for the AfD - and warnings Deutschlandfunk, September 21, 2017

personal data
SURNAME	Teacher, abraham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Teacher, Abraham Josef 'Ebi'
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German association official
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City

[:0-1] Directory of speakers of the CDU / CSU: Abraham Lehrer. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .

[:2-2] Andrea von Treuenfeld: Heirs of the Holocaust: Life between silence and memory . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2017, ISBN 978-3-579-08670-5 , p. 126-133 .

[:3-3] Congratulations, Ebi! The chairman of the ZWST is celebrating his 60th Central Welfare Office for Jews in Germany, June 2014, accessed on December 28, 2017 .

[OB-Rede-4] Speech by Mayor Jürgen Roters on the occasion of the presentation of the Order of Merit on March 19, 2012, online , accessed on December 28, 2017

[:1-5] Presidium . In: Central Council of Jews . November 24, 2017 ( Zentralratderjuden.de [accessed December 28, 2017]).

[6] The chairman of the ZWST board introduces himself: Abraham Lehrer . In: Central Welfare Office of the Jews in Germany eV (Hrsg.): ZWST informs . December 2007, p. 10 .

[7] Welcome from Pope Benedict XVI. by Abraham Lehrer, member of the board of the Cologne Synagogue Community, on August 19th, 2005 in the Roonstrasse synagogue

[8] Anniversary: 11 years of "Cologne Peace Obligation". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 28, 2017 ; accessed on December 28, 2017 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[9] “ There were also good times between Jews and Gentiles. “ Www.welt.de, April 23, 2018

[10] Jens Rosbach: Sympathies for the AfD - and warnings Deutschlandfunk, September 21, 2017