German Rabbis in British Exile: From ‘Heimat’ into the Unknown

Astrid Zajdband

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2016

German Rabbis in British Exile

From ‘Heimat’ into the Unknown

Astrid Zajdband

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110471717

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Astrid Zajdband, University of Sussex, Great Britain.

Reviews

"[...] Zajdband’s study is well worth reading. We may hope that it will encourage more readers and researchers to engage with a German(-speaking)/British/Jewish history that can be described, in the best sense, as truly transnational."
Martina Niedhammer in: German Historical Institute London Bulletin XLI.1 (2019), 145–148

"Exhaustively researched, this detailed study is especially strong in exploring Germany’s pre-Nazi Jewish landscape, the persecutions that arose after 1933, the difficulties in escaping and the moral dilemmas posed by fleeing and leaving congregations behind. [...] Overall, this is a welcome and valuable addition to the study of Jewish refugee sub-groups in 1930s Britain and it makes an important contribution to the historiography of migration, exile and refugee studies and the Second World War."
Jennifer Craig-Norton in: Judaica. Beiträge zum Verstehen des Judentums 73 (2017), 2-3, pp. 357-359

"[...] German Rabbis in British Exile is a great book in which its author Astrid Zajdband uncovers an almost unknown story and gives new insights into the history and broader implications of the German Jewish diaspora and its refugee rabbinate."
David Jünger in: German History, doi:10.1093/gerhis/ghx096, (05.01.2018)

"[...] gelungene, angenehm lesbare Studie."
Monika Halbinger in h-soz-kult http://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-27506

“Astrid Zajdband’s study presents new information on the interesting question of how German rabbis managed their lives and professions in the very different ambiance of Great Britain. Its use of quantitative approaches, in addition to more traditional ones, in order to define the subject more precisely is a welcome innovation.”
Michael A. Meyer, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	vii
Preface Open Access Download PDF	1
Acknowlegdement Open Access Download PDF	3
Figures Open Access Download PDF	4
Tables Open Access Download PDF	5
Graphs Open Access Download PDF	6
Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	6
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	9
Serving and Preaching until 1938 Open Access Download PDF	37
Inbetween 1938–1939 Open Access Download PDF	101
Arriving and Settling 1938–1945 Open Access Download PDF	137
Ending and Beginning 1945–1956 Open Access Download PDF	215
Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	257
Appendix A. German Rabbis – emigrated to Britain Open Access Download PDF	275
Appendix B. German Rabbis – perished with their communities Open Access Download PDF	287
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	297
Register Open Access Download PDF	311

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Academics interested in Jewish Studies, Holocaust Studies, Exile and Migration Studies, British History.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 321
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 102
- Other: 21 Tab.
Keywords: Anglo-Jewry; Holocaust; Exile

eBook

Published: June 20, 2016
ISBN: 9783110471717

Hardcover

Published: June 20, 2016
ISBN: 9783110469486