Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:30 pm A panel including translator Michael Hoffmann Robert Weil, New Yorker fiction editor Willing Davidson, the author and record producer Anthony Heilbut, and author Fran Lebowitz discuss one of the greatest voices in 20th century German literature.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Leo Baeck Institute will present a lecture by scholar Gitta Honegger on the 2004 Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek’s recent, internationally acclaimed play Rechnitz. The evening will feature a rare and exclusive video conversation with the 2004 Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek.
The LBI exhibit “The Art of the Book” covers centuries of contributions by German Jews to literary culture. The “people of the book” have shaped the culture of the written word not just as authors, but also as collectors, designers, and illustrators. Although the exhibit is at the German Ambassador’s residence and not currently open…
As part of the Leo Baeck Institute’s ongoing cooperation with the German Embassy in Washington, DC, Ambassador Klaus Scharioth opened the third exhibition in his residence featuring objects from LBI collections. “The Art of the Book” is devoted to the contributions of Jewish writers, illustrators, designers, publishers and collectors to literature and learning in Germany.
Leo Baeck Institute receives major support from the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. More info...
