LBI Catalog

The LBI NY Catalog contains the complete archival, library, and art collections of the Leo Baeck Institute New York. More than 14,000 archival collections, 5,000 memoirs and manuscripts, 25,000 photographs, more than 1,000 interviews, 100,000 book volumes, 1,600 periodicals, and 8,000 artworks and objects constitute the most significant repository of primary source material and scholarship related to the history and culture of German-speaking Jews over the past five centuries. The LBI catalog also includes more than 1,100 archival collections held by our sister organization, LBI Jerusalem, and a collection of more than 3,000 rare pamphlets at our sister organization, LBI London, and about 30 collections at our branch in Berlin. Most of our collections can be easily accessed online. Non-digitized material at LBI New York can be requested for the CJH Reading Room by booking an appointment via your Library Service Account and placing a hold request (= follow "request item" link in the middle of a catalog record while logged in). For reading room assistance, please contact inquiries@cjh.org.

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Portals

Here are some other ways you can access and engage with LBI's collections. Please note that everything found in the portals listed in this section can also be found in the LBI Catalog above.

Finding Aids

Larger archival collections are described in Finding Aids (=guides to the collection) explaining the collections’ range and historical/biographical background. “ArchivesSpace” locates documents, such as vital records, certificates, photographs, correspondence and more. Many collections are already digitized and can be accessed online.

Edythe Griffinger Portal

The Edythe Griffinger Portal represents a curated selection of paintings, posters, and photographs from LBI’s art, archives, library, and photograph collections. Also included are ceremonial and personal objects of Jewish emigrants from German lands.

CJH Catalog

The CJH Catalog shows all resources in the library-, archival-, and other holdings of the Center’s five partners: the American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Yeshiva University Museum, YIVO Institute for Jewish Resource, and the Leo Baeck Institute.

CJH/LBI Classic Catalog

Academics and professional researchers are invited to use the LBI/CJH Classic Catalog, a classical Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) for searching the Institute’s complete holdings. The CJH/LBI Classic Catalog displays more bibliographical details and provides more search options than the CJH Catalog.

Periodicals Portal

LBI digitized more than 250 of its 1,600 German-Jewish periodicals and features them in the digital portal “Internet Archive.” Publications include newspapers, journals, and newsletters from Jewish communities, sports organizations, professional organizations, and more.

DigiBaeck

DigiBaeck searches or browses the LBI Catalog for all digitized resources in the library, the archives, the art and objects collections of the Leo Baeck Institute.