Further Education, Rabbinical seminary, Teacher training
Motto
At the Heart of Progressive Judaism
Religious affiliation(s)
Jewish
Established
1956
Founder
Werner van der Zyl
Local authority
London Borough of Barnet
Chairman
Mimi Konigsberg
Principal
Deborah Kahn-Harris
Gender
Mixed
Website
www.lbc.ac.uk
Bust of Leo Baeck at the Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide in London
Leo Baeck College is a privately funded rabbinical seminary and centre for the training of teachers in Jewish education. Based now at the Sternberg Centre, East End Road, Finchley, in the London Borough of Barnet, it was founded by Werner van der Zyl in 1956 and is sponsored by The Movement for Reform Judaism, Liberal Judaism and the United Jewish Israel Appeal.[1] It is named after the inspirational 20th-century German Liberal rabbi Leo Baeck.
Rabbinic ordinations from Leo Baeck College are recognised worldwide by the Liberal, Reform and Masorti movements. To date, Leo Baeck College has trained over 170 rabbis, its alumni serving Jewish communities in the United Kingdom and across the world. Leo Baeck College also pioneered the training of rabbis to serve the Jewish communities of the former Soviet Union[2] and has been at the forefront of Jewish-Christian-Muslim dialogue for decades. In addition to the training of rabbis, Leo Baeck College trains teachers, provides an educational consultancy for religion schools and Jewish day schools, supports the development of community leaders, and provides access to Jewish learning for all through interfaith work.
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