German Rabbi recognized by country's muslims

GERMAN RABBI RECOGNIZED BY COUNTRY’S MUSLIMS
Germany’s Central Islamic Institute and Archives has awarded its Muhamad-Nafi-Tschelebi Prize to Rabbi Henry Brandt, the state-appointed rabbi of Augsburg and a graduate of Leo Baeck College, the rabbinic seminary of Progressive Judaism in the UK and continental Europe. The award, made in recognition of Brandt’s achievements in Jewish-Muslim-Christian dialogue, is believed to be the first time a German Islamic institution has honored a Jewish theologian. The 78-year-old Brandt, born in Munich, chairs the country’s General Rabbinical Conference and is the Jewish president of the DKR, an organization working to strengthen Jewish-Christian cooperation. The prize jury called him “a pioneer in dialogue between Jews and Muslims, as well as in the dialogue between Jews and Christians." The Central Islamic Institute and Archives, founded in 1927 in the city of Soest, is Germany's oldest Islamic body. (WUPJ)