Leo Baeck Institute works to preserve and promote the history and culture of German-speaking Jews.
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SAN DIEGO: Racism in American and German Cinema of the Twenties: From the Ancient Law to The Jazz Singer.
The Art of Exile: Paintings by German-Jewish Refugees
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Sept. 6, 2019
Writing for the Jewish Daily Forward, PJ Grisar writes that LBI's exhibition on The Art of Exile, “speaks vividly to the past while evoking contemporary concerns about the worldwide refugee crisis.”
June 10, 2019
For the Times of Israel, Renee Ghert-Zand profiles LBI's efforts to develop teaching tools using the primary sources and personal narratives presented on the 1938Projekt.
April 30, 2019
The Hamburg attorney Julius Jonas supported his wife, Julie, and five children with a successful law practice until 1933, when Nazi racial policy immediately began to splinter the family. Julius …