Werner van der Zyl

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Werner van der Zyl (born on September 11, 1902 in Schwerte ; died on April 10, 1984 in Mallorca ) was a German religious teacher, preacher and rabbi .

life and work

Werner van der Zyl was born in 1902 as the son of the cattle dealer Magnus van der Zyl and Lisette, b. Scheier, born in Schwerte in Westphalia. He obtained the religion teacher diploma at the teachers' seminar in Münster and was a teacher at the Philanthropin in Frankfurt am Main . After training as a rabbi at the University for the Science of Judaism (HWJ) in Berlin as a student of Leo Baeck , he received his doctorate in 1931/32 at the University of Gießen . He was a rabbi at the Rykestrasse Synagogue (1932–1935) and at the New Synagogue on Oranienburgerstrasse Berlin (1935–1938 / 39), a religion teacher at the Oberschule Wilsnacker Strasse 3 of the Jewish Community of Berlin and a preacher and religion teacher in Berlin-Weißensee .

In 1939 van der Zyl emigrated to Great Britain with his family. At the beginning of the Second World War he was interned as an enemy alien first in the Kitchener Camp in Sandwich (Kent) and then in the Mooragh Internment Camp on the Isle of Man . After his internment was lifted, he was rabbi of the North Western Reform Synagogue from 1943 to 1958 and, in 1956, co-founder, first director and honorary president of the Jewish Theological Seminary, later Leo Baeck College . From 1958 to 1968 he was Senior Rabbi of the West London Synagogue . After his retirement, he moved to Mallorca with his wife in 1968 and held the office of honorary rabbi there before he became the founder and honorary rabbi of the “Communidad Israelita de Palma de Mallorca”, the first Jewish community on the island for 500 years, in 1972 . 1981/1982 he was the first rabbi of the liberal community "Or Chadasch" in Zurich .

Werner van der Zyl was the father of British actress Nikki van der Zyl, who was born in Berlin in 1935 .

Publications

  • The ethics of the aesthetic-ethical formalism in the presentation of J. Fr. Herbarts and H. Steinthal . Dissertation. Giessen 1932.
  • Thoughts on the school question . In: CVZ , February 19, 1926 (Vol. 5, No. 8)
  • From the Ili-Berlin . In: JLZ , December 16, 1927 (Vol. 7, No. 50), p. 10
  • How do we read Hagadah? In: JLZ , April 17, 1935 (Vol. 15, No. 15/16), p. 3
  • We tell about Passover. Liberation and Freedom . In: Gemeindeblatt (Berlin), April 5, 1936
  • The February issue of 'Morgen' . In: CVZ , March 3, 1938 (Vol. 17, No. 9), p. 11 f.
  • Bible in time . In: CVZ , June 2, 1938 (Vol. 17, No. 22), p. 8
  • Review by Moritz Zobel, God's anointed. The Messiah and the Messianic Time in Talmud and Midrash, Berlin 1938. In: CVZ , October 6, 1938 (vol. 17, no. 40), p. 4
  • Font and image . In: Gemeindeblatt (Berlin), October 16, 1938
  • The Leo Baeck College - a short history . In: European Judaism . A journal for the new Europe, 1985 (Vol. 20, No. 2/1), pp. 10-20.

literature

  • Alfred Hintz: Moved unknown without notification: Schwerte under the Nazi regime. Chapter 3.3 .: Famous Swords Jews . Edited by Christian Loefke and Roland zu Dortmund e. V. Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-7484-0 .
  • Reform Synagogues of Great Britain (ed.): Werner Van Der Zyl: Master Builder . o. O. 1994, ISBN 978-0-947884-00-0 (English).
  • Liselotte Hagenah: History of the Jews in Schwerte. Published on behalf of the Heimatverein Schwerte e. V. by Josef Wilkes. Viktor Verlag Frank Olszewski, Schwerte 1988, especially pp. 107–111.

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personal data
SURNAME Zyl, Werner van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religion teacher, preacher and rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Swords
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1984
Place of death in Mallorca