In recognition of his long career in public service and his effective advocacy for the rights of Holocaust victims, Leo Baeck Institute honored Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat with the Leo Baeck Medal during its annual award dinner at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan on Tuesday, January 14, 2014. …

The Leo Baeck Institute is continually making its collections more accessible by digitizing important parts of its collections.

Renate Evers arbeitet seit 2016 als Direktorin der Sammlungen des LBI, um die Arbeit der drei Sammlungsabteilungen am Leo Baeck Institute - Archive, Kunst und Bibliothek - zu koordinieren. Vor dieser Ernennung war sie fast 14 Jahre als Bibliotheksleiterin des LBI und 3 Jahre lang als Archivarin am LBI tätig. …

In addition to books and archival collections devoted to music and musicians, LBI has a small collection of recorded music.

The Vienna-born scientist was honored for his contributions to the understanding of memory, both in the lab and as applied to the tumultuous history of the 20th century.

On March 1, 2015, as LBI opened a symposium and exhibit on the 19th-century German movement that launched the academic study of Judaism, it honored a scholar who exemplifies the movement’s ideals in the 21st century. Professor Ismar Schorsch was presented with the Leo Baeck Medal for his scholarly work …

A chronological tour of the Haggadot in the LBI Library's rare book collection.

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On May 14, 2014, LBI President Dr. Ronald B. Sobel presented the Leo Baeck Medal to the Federal President of Germany, Joachim Gauck. It was the first time LBI awarded its highest honor in Berlin, at a dinner to mark the opening of an LBI New York office in the …

On December 12, 2011, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle awarded the Leo Baeck Medal to German Artist Anselm Kiefer during the annual Leo Baeck Institute Gala Award Dinner at the Waldorf≈Astoria in New York. The Leo Baeck medal is presented annually to an outstanding individual whose work in the cultural, …