The establishment of the field of Jewish Theology in Potsdam in 2013 was celebrated by its founders as a "milestone" in the evolution of European rabbinic training, one which "finally" established Jewish theology as "a regular academic subject for financial support from the state." This paper reflects on the aspiration of turning Jewish theology into "a regular academic subject" by examining it through the lens of acculturation (Anpassung). In research literature, the notion of "Anpassung" is often used to describe the conditions required for Jewish intellectuals to integrate into modern German society. The first part of this paper argues that a process of "Anpassung" is currently taking place within Jewish theological discourse in Germany. It demonstrates that to pass as "regular" theologians, Jewish scholars are often required to subscribe to structural terminology borrowed from the Christian tradition. This adaptation comes at a price: it deemphasizes the Jewish tradition's focus on a "culture of dispute" and multivocality, both in Halachic discourse and scriptural interpretation. The second part of the paper looks forward, suggesting not that we divorce ourselves from the project of Jewish theology, but rather that we reorient it. Drawing on models such as Franz Rosenzweig's Jewish "Lehrhaus," the paper argues that departments of Jewish theology have the potential to become hubs for promoting innovative, pluralistic, and locally rooted Jewish thought in Germany.