Join LBI for our Annual Dinner, when LBI President Dr. David G. Marwell will present U.S. Ambassador to Germany Dr. Amy Gutmann with the Leo Baeck Medal, LBI’s highest honor.

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Journalist Ronen Steinke shares the remarkable story of Mohammed Helmy, the Egyptian doctor who risked his life to save Jewish Berliners from the Nazis, with Sophie Spaan.

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Michael Lahr will give a lecture on Essad Bey’s life and times, followed by a dramatic reading of selected works (in German with English subtitles) by the actor Gregorij H. von Leitis.

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The LBI Book Club will read and discuss Good Neighbors, Bad Times Revisited with author Mimi Schwartz.

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Historian Markus Krah has been appointed the John H. Slade Executive Director of LBI effective October 1, 2022.

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After months of illuminating Jewish history exclusively in a virtual space, the Center for Jewish History is thrilled to welcome you back in person in our reading room and our galleries on an appointment basis. As of November 2021, shipments of materials donations can be scheduled again.

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