Events
LBI Book Club, Vol. XIV: Yellow Street
The LBI Book Club will read and discuss Yellow Street by Veza Cannetti.
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German-Jewish History on the Upper East Side and Yorkville
Tour guide Elissa Sampson will lead an exploration of the architectural, cultural, and historical highlights linked to Jewish life in the Upper East Side and Yorkville.
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Our Crowd & Immigrant New York
Historian Rebecca Kobrin (Columbia) will discuss the impact of the Schiffs, Warburgs, Guggenheims, and Lehmans on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
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The Jewish Renaissance in Weimar Germany
Our panelists will discuss ways that German-speaking Jews seized on the era of cultural freedom ushered in by the Weimar Republic to rediscover and transform Jewish identity in a modern context.
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Are There New Ways of Reading the Bible in the 21st Century?
The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Editor and Biblical Scholar Alison Joseph will join in conversation with Professor Deborah Dash Moore about new ways to read the Hebrew Bible.
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Kristallnacht and Its Aftermath
The program features the world premiere of “Echoes from the Darkness: Messages from the Terezin Diaries of Petr and Eva Ginz,” a chamber opera by John Califra. In addition, the …
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Holocaust History in the 21st Century
Panelists Elizabeth Anthony (USHMM), Anna Hájková (University of Warwick), and Joanna Sliwa (Claims Conference) reflect on the past, present, and future of Holocaust historiography.
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2021 Annual Dinner
Even in these challenging times, the LBI Annual Dinner is an important event for the Institute as we bring the community together to share our accomplishments & recognize our friends & supporters.
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DigiBaeck – Celebrating 500 Years of German-Jewish History Online · Oct. 16, 2012
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco · Feb. 18, 2014
Jews and the Berlin Wall · Nov. 16, 2014
The Rosenburg Files—Former Nazis in the Post-War German Justice Ministry · Nov. 19, 2014
The Role of Scholarship in Shaping Jewish Identity · March 1, 2015
“The Flat” with director Arnon Goldfinger · April 15, 2015
Sara Levy’s World: Music, Gender, and Judaism in Enlightenment Berlin · May 19, 2015
Stef Wertheimer—“The Habit of Labor” · Nov. 3, 2015
The 58th Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture by Michael Meyer · Nov. 8, 2015
Exile in the Spotlight: Kurt Hirschfeld and German-language Theater at the Schauspielhaus … · Dec. 6, 2015
Harold James on “Nazi Looting and its Aftermath” · March 29, 2016
Burning Words – A History Play by Peter Wortsman · April 3, 2016
From Vienna to New York: Jewish Exiles Remember “Austria” in the Aftermath … · June 9, 2016
The Other in the Mirror: Jewish Interpretations of Christian and Islamic Origins · Sept. 25, 2016
Martin Luther and Antisemitism · Nov. 13, 2016
Max Liebermann: Modern Art and Modern Germany · March 28, 2017
German-Jewish History in the Twenty-First Century · Oct. 15, 2017
Film Discussion: Germans and Jews · Oct. 17, 2017
Germans, Jews, and Sex · Oct. 18, 2017
Why Moses Mendelssohn Matters · Oct. 19, 2017
The Frankfurt School Knew Trump was Coming · Oct. 25, 2017
The “Pew Jew” Study: American and German-Jewry in Comparison · Oct. 26, 2017
The 1938Projekt: 80 Years Since 1938 · Feb. 27, 2018
Passing Illusions & Babylon Berlin: Jewish Visibility in Weimar Germany · May 15, 2018
Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War · Sept. 26, 2018
The Inaugural Diamonstein/Spielvogel Forum with Bill Moyers · Oct. 22, 2018
1938Projekt: 80 Years since Kristallnacht · Nov. 8, 2018
Reclaiming Citizenship: Stories of a New Jewish Return to Germany · Dec. 10, 2018
The Many Deaths of Jew Süss · Jan. 17, 2019
Sam Adler: Building Bridges with Music · Jan. 23, 2019
The City without Jews · April 4, 2019
From Macy’s to the Titanic – The Straus Family Legacy · April 15, 2019
From Swastika to Jim Crow · April 17, 2019
Child Separation and Refugee Crises from the Kindertransport to Today · May 21, 2019
Two Films about Jew Süss · May 30, 2019
PORTLAND: Fake News in 1930s Germany and Today · June 11, 2019
The German Stolpersteine · July 24, 2019
The World of Aufbau · Sept. 10, 2019
CINCINNATI: Women in the Rabbinate Then & Now · Sept. 17, 2019
Paint, Pray, Love: Lene Schneider-Kainer “Out of the Box” · Sept. 19, 2019
62nd Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture by David Sorkin · Dec. 8, 2019
Live on Zoom: German-Jewish Judaica for Passover · April 13, 2020
Overcoming the Present with Max Czollek · April 20, 2020
LBI Book Club, Vol I: My Blue Piano, by Else Lasker-Schüler · May 12, 2020
LBI Book Club, Vol II, Part 1: The World of Yesterday by … · June 2, 2020
LBI Book Club, Vol II, Part 1: The World of Yesterday by … · June 2, 2020
Jews and the Right · June 30, 2020
LBI Book Club, Vol III: Her First American by Lore Segal · July 14, 2020
Out of the Box: Snapshots of a Life · Aug. 11, 2020
LBI Book Club, Vol V, Part 2: Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin · Oct. 28, 2020
LBI Book Club, Vol V, Part 2: Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin · Oct. 28, 2020
2020 Annual Dinner · Nov. 17, 2020
Shared History Conference · Dec. 7, 2020
Loss & Legacy: The Half-Century Quest to Reclaim a Birthright Stolen by … · Dec. 10, 2020
LBI Book Club, Vol. VI: The Ground Under My Feet · Dec. 22, 2020
Rabbi Leo Baeck: Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times · Jan. 14, 2021
1938Projekt: Developing Holocaust Curriculum in a Challenging Environment · Jan. 24, 2021
The New York Librarian Who Spied On American Nazis · Feb. 9, 2021
Jewish Life in Late Antiquity · Feb. 16, 2021
LBI Book Club, Vol. VIII · Feb. 25, 2021
Legal Sabotage: Ernst Fraenkel in Hitler's Germany · March 11, 2021
The Blood Libel · March 25, 2021
LBI Book Club, Vol. IX: The Spirit Returneth by Selma Stern · March 31, 2021
LBI Book Club, Vol. IX: The Spirit Returneth by Selma Stern · March 31, 2021
Julie Metz and Ariana Neumann in Conversation · April 8, 2021
A Conversation on Charlotte Salomon · April 20, 2021
LBI Book Club, Vol. X: Nathan the Wise · April 28, 2021
Samson Schames and the Art of Exile · April 29, 2021
Color on My Mind · May 19, 2021
The Jewish Enlightenment in the Era of Absolutism · June 3, 2021
Talent, Ambition, Wealth · June 21, 2021
Heinrich Heine: Revolution and Music · June 24, 2021
LBI Book Club, Vol. XI: Heinrich Heine · June 29, 2021