2026
In May and June 2026, eight participants from across the country were trained as ba’alei koreh over the course of five lessons. They learned to chant the Torah under the guidance of Judith Frishman (pictured on the right). One participant was absent from the final lesson.
2023
In May and June 2023, a Ba’al koreh course was held under the guidance of Josée Wolff (center, light blue). It consisted of a weekend session and three Zoom meetings. The 15 participants came from six different kehillot across the country. Rabbis Menno ten Brink and Marianne van Praag also taught classes.
2014
In November 2014 the first Ba’al Koreh course of the Levisson Institute started, existing of two modules: Torah and Haftarah. In all Dutch Progressive Jewish congregations there is a need for people who can chant Torah. Fifteen persons from the whole country took part in this first module. Teacher was Channa van Unen-Meyer (center). The course existed of 10 lessons. The students were also explained how to learn the parasha with a Tikun and how to handle the Torah scroll as a ba’al koreh.
In the second module, Haftarah, were less participants. Like the Torah layning they learned the trope of the Dutch Progressive-Jewish congregations.