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Rabbi Dr '''Werner van der Zyl''' ([[Schwerte]] 1902<ref name="Schwerte">{{cite web | url=http://www.nikkivanderzyl.co.uk/page_wzyl_9.htm | title=Rabbi Dr. Werner van der Zyl - Photo Album | work=The World of Nikki van der Zyl | accessdate=22 November 2012 | author=[[Nikki van der Zyl|Van der Zyl, Nikki]]}}</ref> – Palma, [[Majorca]] 1984)<ref name="AJR">{{cite journal | url=http://www.ajr.org.uk/journalpdf/1984_june.pdf | title=Obituary: Rabbi Werner van der Zyl | journal=AJR Information | year=1984 | month=June | volume=39 | issue=6 | pages=9}}</ref> was a [[rabbi]] in [[Berlin]] and in [[London]], where he came in 1939<ref name="HMD">{{cite web | url=http://hmd.org.uk/assets/downloads/Auschwitz_Remembered.pdf | title=Auschwitz Remembered: Nikki van der Zyl | publisher=[[Holocaust Memorial Day]] Trust | accessdate=23 November 2012}}</ref> as a refugee rabbi from [[Germany]]. He was the prime mover and first director of studies of the Jewish Theological College of London which was inaugurated in 1956 and which was renamed [[Leo Baeck College]] shortly afterwards. |
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Van der Zyl, who was also a trained [[chazan]], received his rabbinical training at the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin, where he was a pupil of [[Leo Baeck]],<ref name="Aylth History">{{cite web | url=http://www.alyth.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205&Itemid=87 | title=Aylth - History and Heritage | publisher=[[North Western Reform Synagogue]] | accessdate=22 November 2012}}</ref> qualifiying in 1933.<ref name="AJR"/> |
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During [[World War II]] The British Government interned him at [[Kitchener Camp]], [[Deal]], [[Kent]] and then at the [[Mooragh Internment Camp]] on the [[Isle of Man]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/cataloguedatabases/webguidemss297.html | title=MS 297: Van der Zyl family papers, 1928-94 | publisher=[[University of Southampton]] | work=Special Collections: Manuscripts collections | date=16 December 2011 | accessdate=22 November 2012}}</ref> as an "enemy alien". He was released from internment in 1943 and became Minister at [[North Western Reform Synagogue]], remaining there until 1958.<ref name="Aylth History"/> While serving as minister at North Western Reform Synagogue, and at the [[West London Synagogue]], where he was Senior Rabbi from 1958 to 1968,<ref name="WLS">{{cite web | url=http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/london/wls/Ministers_of_the_Congregation.htm | title=West London Synagogue of British Jews: Ministers of the Congregation | publisher=JCR-UK | accessdate=22 November 2012}}</ref>he oversaw the creation of the Jewish Theological College of London (later Leo Baeck College), sponsored by the [[Movement for Reform Judaism|Reform Synagogues of Great Britain]] and the College's subsequent additional sponsorship by the [[Liberal Judaism]] Movement.<ref name="Magonet">{{cite journal | url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berghahn/ejud/2012/00000045/00000002/art00009 | title=Rabbi Dr Werner Van Der Zyl and the Creation of Leo Baeck College. The German Rabbinate Abroad: Transferring German-jewish Modernity Into the World? | author=[[Jonathan Magonet|Magonet, Jonathan]] | journal=European Judaism | year=2012 | month=Autumn | volume=45 | issue=2 | pages=103-111}}</ref> |
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He retired in 1968 to Majorca where he held the post of honorary rabbi to the Jewish community in [[Palma, Majorca|Palma]].<ref name="AJR"/> |
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He was a founder and President of Leo Baeck College, London; President of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain (now known as the [[Movement for Reform Judaism]]); and Life Vice President of the [[World Union for Progressive Judaism]]. |
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He was the father of artist, poet, public speaker and voice actress [[Nikki van der Zyl]]. |
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Revision as of 00:28, 23 November 2012
Rabbi Dr Werner van der Zyl (Schwerte 1902[1] – Palma, Majorca 1984)[2] was a rabbi in Berlin and in London, where he came in 1939[3] as a refugee rabbi from Germany. He was the prime mover and first director of studies of the Jewish Theological College of London which was inaugurated in 1956 and which was renamed Leo Baeck College shortly afterwards.
Van der Zyl, who was also a trained chazan, received his rabbinical training at the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin, where he was a pupil of Leo Baeck,[4] qualifiying in 1933.[2]
During World War II The British Government interned him at Kitchener Camp, Deal, Kent and then at the Mooragh Internment Camp on the Isle of Man[5] as an "enemy alien". He was released from internment in 1943 and became Minister at North Western Reform Synagogue, remaining there until 1958.[4] While serving as minister at North Western Reform Synagogue, and at the West London Synagogue, where he was Senior Rabbi from 1958 to 1968,[6]he oversaw the creation of the Jewish Theological College of London (later Leo Baeck College), sponsored by the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain and the College's subsequent additional sponsorship by the Liberal Judaism Movement.[7]
He retired in 1968 to Majorca where he held the post of honorary rabbi to the Jewish community in Palma.[2]
He was a founder and President of Leo Baeck College, London; President of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain (now known as the Movement for Reform Judaism); and Life Vice President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism.
He was the father of artist, poet, public speaker and voice actress Nikki van der Zyl.
References
- ^ Van der Zyl, Nikki. "Rabbi Dr. Werner van der Zyl - Photo Album". The World of Nikki van der Zyl. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Rabbi Werner van der Zyl" (PDF). AJR Information. 39 (6): 9. 1984.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "Auschwitz Remembered: Nikki van der Zyl" (PDF). Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Aylth - History and Heritage". North Western Reform Synagogue. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "MS 297: Van der Zyl family papers, 1928-94". Special Collections: Manuscripts collections. University of Southampton. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "West London Synagogue of British Jews: Ministers of the Congregation". JCR-UK. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ Magonet, Jonathan (2012). "Rabbi Dr Werner Van Der Zyl and the Creation of Leo Baeck College. The German Rabbinate Abroad: Transferring German-jewish Modernity Into the World?". European Judaism. 45 (2): 103–111.
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