Leadership
Rabbi Werner van der Zyl, the founder of Leo Baeck College, was Senior Rabbi at West London Synagogue from 1958 to 1968.Rabbi Hugo Gryn, Holocaust survivor and notable broadcaster, served as Assistant Minister from 1964 to 1968 and then as Senior Minister until his death in 1996. Now serving in the emeritus position of senior scholar, Mark Winer succeeded Gryn and served as senior Rabbi for twelve years, retiring in September 2010.
The current rabbinic team includes Rabbi Helen Freeman, Rabbi Lea Mühlstein, Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers, Rabbi David Mitchell and Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger, whose appointment as Senior Rabbi was announced in February 2011. Rabbi David Mitchell, who had previously been serving at Radlett and Bushey Reform Synagogue, joined West London Synagogue on 21 November 2011.
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