Public Programs
BACKUP der Geschichte
Telling history in the digital age. What happens to memory when survivors are no longer present? How do facts hold their own in a world full of reels, AI and …
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"What Is Good and What Is Evil" – Thomas Mann as a Political Activist
On September 8, 2025 LBI and Thomas Mann House present a talk by Kai Sina on Thomas Mann as political activist, followed by a conversation between Sina and author Samantha Rose Hill.
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Lunchtime Lecture: Tobias Brinkmann on Migration in German-Jewish History
On September 10 at 12:00 PM EST, Tobias Brinkmann will continue LBI's 70th Anniversary Lecture Series with a discussion on migration in German-Jewish historiography.
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Exhibit Opening: LOST AND FOUND, The Life and Art of Samson Schames
Join LBI on September 15 for the opening of LOST AND FOUND: The Art and Life of Samson Schames.
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Lunchtime Lecture: Jonathan R. Zatlin on Economics in German-Jewish History
On October 22 at 12:00 PM EST, Jonathan R. Zatlin will continue LBI's 70th Anniversary Lecture Series with a discussion on migration in German-Jewish historiography.
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Lunchtime Lecture: Marsha Rozenblit on Austria in German-Jewish Historiography
On November 12 at 12:00 PM EST, Marsha Rozenblit will continue LBI's 70th Anniversary Lecture Series with a discussion on migration in German-Jewish historiography.
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2025 Anniversary Gala Dinner
Join LBI for our Annual Dinner, when LBI President Dr. David G. Marwell will present Wolf Blitzer and Kati Marton with the Leo Baeck Medal, LBI’s highest honor.
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Lunchtime Lecture: Deborah Hertz on Gender in German-Jewish Historiography
On December 3 at 12:00 PM EST, Deborah Hertz will continue LBI's 70th Anniversary Lecture Series with a discussion on gender in German-Jewish historiography.
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LBI in the Ambassador’s Residence: Creating Transatlantic Bridges
LBI's anniversary exhibition 70 Years of LBI: Bridging Generations explores the past, present, and future of LBI.
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LOST AND FOUND: The Life and Art of Samson Schames
From September 15-December 21, LBI will display LOST AND FOUND: The Life and Art of Samson Schames.
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VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: Last Stop Before the Last Stop
This new exhibition reveals inmates’ experience of the grim reality of Theresienstadt, a Nazi transit camp just forty miles from Prague that remains misunderstood.
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