David Neuhaus or David Mark Neuhaus SJ (born 25 April 1962 in

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) is an Israeli Jesuit from German descent and the superior of the Jesuit community of the house of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem. Previously, from 2009 to 2017, he assumed the office of Patriarchal Vicar for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in the

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Life

David Neuhaus, son of

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, was born in

. At the age of 15, he moved to Israel; at 26 years, he converted to the

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faith. Neuhaus finished his studies in

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at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

with a doctorate. In 1992 he joined the

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(SJ) and on August 20, 1994 made his

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. After his theological and philosophical training and study of theology and Scripture at the Jesuit Centre Sèvres in Paris and the

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in Rome, Neuhaus received on 8 September 2000 his

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. Since 2001 he teaches at

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the subjects "Introduction to

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" and "Introduction to the

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" and

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, at the Studium Theologicum Salesianum in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

, and at the Latin Patriarchate Seminary in

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. He was a Research Fellow at the Jewish

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in Jerusalem. On March 15, 2009 David Neuhaus was appointed by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem,

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, Patriarchal

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for the Hebrew-speaking Catholics. A year later, he was appointed Coordinator of the Coordination for the Pastoral Among Migrants. In August 2017 he asked Archbishop

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to relieve him of his charge as vicar. Father

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succeeded him in October 2017.

Sources

* Justice and the Intifada: Palestinians and Israelis Speak Out, Friendship Press 1991, , along with Ghassan Rubeiz and Kathy Bergen. * Critical solidarity: some reflections on the role of privileged Christians in the struggle of the dispossessed, Cultural Association Aphorism Trier 1995, . * Land, Bible and History, Cultural Association Aphorism Trier 2011, , along with Alain Marchadour, AA.

References

External links

* http://www.catholic.co.il/index.php?lang=en * http://www.biblico.it/doc-vari/neuhaus_ing.html * http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/an-unorthodox-aliyah-1.284722 * http://www.ignatianspirituality.com/4344/david-neuhaus-sj * http://en.lpj.org/vicars/vicar-for-hebrew-speaking/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Neuhaus, David 1962 births Living people 20th-century Jesuits 21st-century Jesuits Academic staff of Bethlehem University Converts to Roman Catholicism from Judaism Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Social Sciences alumni Pontifical Biblical Institute alumni Israeli Jesuits Clergy from Johannesburg South African emigrants to Israel South African people of German-Jewish descent