Leo Baeck College is a privately funded rabbinical seminary and centre for the training of teachers in Jewish education.
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.
All ministers had either received their training in the United States or were graduates of the Orthodox Jews' College who had later switched allegiance and served Reform synagogues.
[5] It moved in 1981 to larger premises at the Manor House (later known as The Sternberg Centre) in North Finchley, along with other institutions within the progressive Jewish movements.
[5] Van der Zyl's work was furthered by many others, including Rabbis Hugo Gryn and John D Rayner, who jointly supervised the college's affairs after his retirement.