Public Programs

BACKUP der Geschichte 2.0

Mon, Apr 20, 2026–Mon, Jun 22, 2026

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Geschichte erzählen im digitalen Zeitalter. Was passiert mit der Erinnerung, wenn Zeitzeug:innen fehlen? Wie behaupten sich Fakten in einer Welt voller Reels, KI und Informationsflut? Wir diskutieren, wie historische Vermittlung …

Book Club: Castle Gripsholm

Tue, 26 May 2026 14:00–15:30 -0400

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Castle Gripsholm , the best and most beloved work by Kurt Tucholsky, is a short novel about an enchanted summer holiday. It begins with an assignment: Tucholsky’s publisher wants him …

Jewish Refugees in Shanghai

Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00–13:00 -0400

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This lecture will cover the legacy of the history of Jewish refugees in Shanghai, the social interactions between Jewish refugees and local Chinese people, perspectives of contemporary Chinese scholars on …

Tanz auf dem Vulkan

Fri, Jun 5, 2026–Thu, Oct 8, 2026

Wir laden Sie herzlich zu einer besonderen Veranstaltungsreihe in Kooperation mit Elysium ein, die Sie in das pulsierende und widersprüchliche Berlin der 1920er-Jahre entführt. Die Inszenierung begeistert dabei so sehr, …

Never Again, When?: German Memory Culture, the Holocaust, and Free Expression

Tue, 9 Jun 2026 18:30–20:30 -0400

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Part 1 of the Forum on Free Speech and Democracy, with Irit Dekel and Omri Boehm.

Bearing Witness Across Generations

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:00–20:00 -0400

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Join LBI on June 15 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Austrian Heritage Collection.

Heresy, Witch Hunts, and Political Persecution: The Problem of Speech from the Enlightenment to the Present

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:30–20:30 -0400

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Jason Stanley and Eliyahu Stern will discuss the relevance of Mendelssohn’s and Spinoza’s views on heresy and the freedom of speech to the threats facing American political and Jewish life today.

From Pamphleteers to Podcasts

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:30–20:30 -0400

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Presented by the Leo Baeck Institute as part of the LBI Forum on Free Speech and Democracy Made possible in part by support from the Erna & Heinz Mayer Fund …

Hidden in Plain Sight

Wed, May 6, 2026 – Thu, Dec 31, 2026

For the first time in the United States the Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin presents an exhibition of private photographs preserved by an inmate at the Theresienstadt …

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: Last Stop Before the Last Stop

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

This new exhibition reveals inmates’ experience of the grim reality of Theresienstadt, a Nazi transit camp just forty miles from Prague that remains misunderstood.