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Exhibitions
Leo
Baeck:
Theologian,
Scholar, Teacher
November
18, 2002
- May 21, 2003
The life
of Leo
Baeck (1873-1956) has been documented several times through
biographies, writings, and letters. But it is in his capacity as the
last leader of a united German Jewry during the Nazi years, and in his
unswerving commitment fo serving that community's organizational and
spiritual needs, that we honor him in this exhibit. |
Leo
Baeck arriving at LaGuardia Airport, 1949
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Rabbi Baeck
became a symbolic figure for German Jews -- a leader whose moral
strength remained steadfast even throughout the darkest years, and
whose "Germanness" and "Jewishness" were never at odds. When the LBI
was established in 1955, the founders named it in his honor and he
became its first president. |
The
LBI Gallery is located at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th
Street, New York, NY, on the mezzanine level.
Gallery hours:
Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Sundays: 11 am-5 pm; Thursdays: 11 am-8 pm.
Admission is free.
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