- Albert Friedlander
Albert Hoschander Friedlander (10 May 1927 - 8 July 2004) was a
Rabbi and teacher.Friedlander, born on 10 May 1927 in
Berlin was the son of a textile broker, Alex Friedlander (d. 1956) and Sali Friedlander (d. 1965). In 1961, he married Evelyn Friedlander and had three children.In 1952, Friedlander was ordained as a rabbi having previously studied in
Chicago ,Cincinnati andNew York City . From 1956 to 1961 he served as Rabbi for Temple B'nai Brith, a Reform synagogue founded in 1845 and located inWilkes-Barre ,Pennsylvania . During his tenure there he also served as a part time faculty member forWilkes College (now university). He then left for a position as advisor to Jewish students atColumbia University in New York City. In 1971, was the Rabbi at WestminsterSynagogue inKnightsbridge ,London . In 1993 he was awarded theBundesverdienstkreuz (the Order of Merit) from the German government and in 2001 he became the first overseas-born Rabbi to be awarded an OBE.From 1975-1995 he was the Vice President for the
World Union of Progressive Judaism . He was chairman of the British branch of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (1990-94), committed to theThree Faiths Forum , and a president of the Conference of Christians and Jews. He was also a lecturer at the Leo Baeck College from 1967-71, before becoming Director of Studies 1971-1982 and then Dean from 1982-2004He died on 8 July 2004 in London.
elected bibliography
* "Never Trust A God Over 30" (1967)
*Leo Baeck : "Teacher Of Theresienstadt " (1968)
* "Out Of The Whirlwind :A Reader Of Holocaust Literature " (1968)
* "The Six Days Of Destruction " (withElie Wiesel , 1988)
* "A Thread Of Gold :Journeys Towards Reconciliation " (1990)
* "Riders Towards The Dawn :From Ultimate Suffering To Tempered Hope " (1993)External links
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/rabbi-albert-friedlander-550075.html Independent obituary by Rabbi Lionel Blue]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,2763,1259998,00.html Guardian obituary]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/jul/15/guardianobituaries.hellapick Guardian appreciation by Hella Pick]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1075734.ece The Times obituary]
* [http://berghahnbooksonline.com/journals/ej/abs/2004/37-2/EJ370201.pdf European Judaism obituary by Rabbi Jonathan Magonet]
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