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Record Nr.

UNINA9910309744103321

Autore

Zajdband Astrid

Titolo

German rabbis in British exile : from 'Heimat' into the unknown / / Astrid Zajdband

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2016]

ISBN

3-11-046972-3

3-11-047171-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 321 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

296.094309034

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Germany

Jewish learning and scholarship - England - History - 20th century

Jewish learning and scholarship - Germany - History - 20th century

Rabbis - England - History - 20th century

Rabbis - Germany - History - 20th century

England Emigration and immigration 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowlegdement -- Figures -- Tables -- Graphs -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Serving and Preaching until 1938 -- Inbetween 1938-1939 -- Arriving and Settling 1938-1945 -- Ending and Beginning 1945-1956 -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. German Rabbis - emigrated to Britain -- Appendix B. German Rabbis - perished with their communities -- Bibliography -- Register

Sommario/riassunto

The rich history of the German rabbinate came to an abrupt halt with the November Pogrom of 1938. The need to leave Germany became clear and many rabbis made use of the visas they had been offered. Their resettlement in Britain was hampered by additional obstacles such as internment, deportation, enlistment in the Pioneer Corps. But rabbis still attempted to support their fellow refugees with spiritual and pastoral care. The refugee rabbis replanted the seed of the once proud German Judaism into British soil. New synagogues were founded and institutions of Jewish learning sprung up, like rabbinic training and the continuation of "Wissenschaft des Judentums." The arrival of Leo Baeck



professionalized these efforts and resulted in the foundation of the Leo Baeck College in London. Refugee rabbis now settled and obtained pulpits in the many newly founded synagogues. Their arrival in Britain was the catalyst for much change in British Judaism, an influence that can still be felt today.