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Martha Minow

Martha Minow urges us to “resist tyranny and revenge”

Minow spoke of “eerie parallels" between demagogues of the 30s and leaders who claim they alone can solve their nations' problems today.

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San Diego Jewish Journal on: Racism in German and American Cinema of the Twenties

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.”

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The Jewish Daily Forward on “The Art of Exile”

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.”

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Martha Minow

Martha Minow urges us to “resist tyranny and revenge”


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • 2019
  • Leo Baeck Medal
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San Diego Jewish Journal on: Racism in German and American Cinema of the Twenties


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  • LBI in the News
  • 2019
  • Exhibitions
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The Jewish Daily Forward on “The Art of Exile”


  • Exhibitions
  • LBI in the News
  • 2019
  • Exhibitions
Times of Israel | Online 1938Projekt immerses pupils in turning-point year for German Jews

The Times of Israel on the 1938Projekt


  • 1938Projekt
  • LBI in the News
  • 2019
  • 1938Projekt
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The Jonas Family of Hamburg: A story from the Kindertransport


  • Archive
  • Kindertransport
  • Projects
  • 2019
  • Archive
  • Kindertransport
Joachim Prinz

New Research Tool: German Refugee Rabbis in the United States, 1933–1990


  • Projects
  • 2019
Nesthäkchen Covers

Nesthäkchen Comes to LBI


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2019
  • Library
Judith Marcus & Zoltán Tarr.

The Judith Marcus and Zoltán Tarr Collection


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2019
  • Library
Peter Wittig & Huberta von Voss-Wittig

Leo Baeck Medal for Peter Wittig and Huberta von Voss-Wittig


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • 2018
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Anneliese Erlanger

The Kindertransport—Compassion within Limits


  • Collections
  • Kindertransport
  • 2018
  • Kindertransport
Raphael Gross receives the Moses Mendelssohn Award

Moses Mendelssohn Award for Raphael Gross after Lecture on Anne Frank


  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
  • People
  • 2018
  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
Rykestrasske Kristallnacht Commemoration

Germany Marks 80 Years Since Kristallnacht with the 1938Projekt


  • 1938Projekt
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • 1938Projekt
Werner Gundersheimer, Vice President

Remembering Kristallnacht


  • Projects
  • 2018
Michael Sturmfels, descendent of Wolf Zacharias Wertheimer

Visit from a Descendant of Wolf Zacharias Wertheimer (1782–1844)


  • Art & Objects
  • Collections
  • People
  • 2018
  • Art & Objects
Sphinx and Camel Photograph

Spectacular Photographs of Egypt by Way of Hamburg


  • Archive
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  • 2018
  • Archive
Kindertransport

Kindertransport Exhibit Highlights Family Separation in 1930s


  • Kindertransport
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  • 2018
  • Kindertransport
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The library of Henry (Heinz) Wachs


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  • 2018
  • Library
Karen Franklin and Robert Morgenthau

Family Research has Deep Roots at LBI


  • People
  • 2018
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Preserving Private Libraries at Leo Baeck Institute


  • Collections
  • Library
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • Library
Malgorzata Bakalarz 1938Projekt Pedagogy

Developing Teaching Tools for the 1938Projekt


  • 1938Projekt
  • People
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • 1938Projekt
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Return of the Basket Weavers


  • Art & Objects
  • People
  • 2018
  • Art & Objects
Jason Lustig

2018 Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellows


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • 2018
  • Fellowships
1938Projekt Gallery Kiosk

Posts from the Past, 80 Years after 1938


  • 1938Projekt
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • 1938Projekt
Max Warburg (l) with LBI Executive Director William H. Weitzer at the Center for Jewish History in New York on November 15, 2017.

Leo Baeck Medal for Max Warburg


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • 2017
  • Leo Baeck Medal
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A Conversation with Henry Kaufman on Scholar Rescue


  • People
  • Programs
  • 2017
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Preserving Yesterday’s News with the CJH and Frankfurt University Library


  • Archive
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  • 2017
  • Archive
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A Visit to the German Literature Archive in Marbach


  • People
  • 2017
Roger Cohen

Interview: Roger Cohen on German-Jewish History in the 21st Century


  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
  • People
  • 2017
  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
Diverse photographs in the records of the Jewish community of Lugoj, Romania

Survey of Romanian Archives Shifts Focus to Jewish Community Records


  • Projects
  • 2017
Kerry Elkins

Making the Edythe Griffinger Art Catalog


  • Art & Objects
  • People
  • Projects
  • 2017
  • Art & Objects
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Julie-Marthe Cohen Discusses Provenance Research


  • Art & Objects
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  • 2017
  • Art & Objects
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Listening to Records—The Jacob Jacobson Collection in Research


  • Archive
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  • 2017
  • Archive
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Research, Exploitation, and Survival: The Story of Jacob Jacobson, a Jewish Archivist in Nazi Germany


  • Collections
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  • 2017
Struck, Hermann. Land Israel: 25 Original-Radierungen.

Art Books From LBI Collections Now Available Through Getty Research Portal


  • Collections
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  • 2017
  • Library
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Film Scholar Noah Isenberg Will Always Have Casablanca


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  • 2017
  • Archive
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2017 Obermayer Award Winners


  • People
  • 2017
Stefanie Fischer

2017 Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellows


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • 2017
  • Fellowships
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In Memoriam: Arnold Paucker


  • People
  • 2016
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History by the Foot: Processing Archival Collections at the LBI


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • 2016
  • Archive

Milestone in the Reconstruction of the Freimann Collection


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2016
  • Library
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A Voice Still Heard—Music and Musicians in LBI Collections


  • Archive
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  • 2016
  • Archive
Einstein Cup

“German and Jewish”— A traveling Exhibition by Leo Baeck Institute in Germany


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  • 2016
  • Exhibitions
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Promoting the Braunschweig Region as Cradle of Modern Jewish Studies


  • Exhibitions
  • Projects
  • 2016
  • Exhibitions
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The Jewish Liturgical Year: Calendars in LBI Collections


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2016
  • Library
Robert M. Morgenthau

Leo Baeck Medal for Robert M. Morgenthau


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • 2016
  • Leo Baeck Medal
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Walter Langhammer and the Illumination of India


  • Art & Objects
  • Collections
  • 2016
  • Art & Objects
Susannah Heschel

Moses Mendelssohn Award for Susannah Heschel


  • Moses Mendelssohn Award
  • People
  • 2016
  • Moses Mendelssohn Award
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Between Memory and Oblivion—The Jewish Cemeteries in Vienna


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • 2016
  • Fellowships
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Digitization and Beyond: LBI Staff Report on Library and Archives Trends


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  • 2016
  • Archive
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Genealogy Success Stories


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  • 2016
  • Archive
  • Genealogy
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2015 Gerald Westheimer Fellows


  • Fellowships
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  • 2016
  • Fellowships
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Tarnschriften: Camouflaged Publications in Resistance Against the Nazis


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  • 2016
  • Library
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The Roedelheim Mahzor Collection: Change and Continuity


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  • 2016
  • Library
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Arthur Obermayer Honored those who Honor Jewish Memory in Germany


  • People
  • 2016
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Rare Painting by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim Shown at LBI


  • Art & Objects
  • Exhibitions
  • Projects
  • 2016
  • Art & Objects
  • Exhibitions
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Carol Kahn Strauss Thanked for Two Decades of Leadership


  • People
  • 2016
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LBI Contributes Paper to UN Holocaust Outreach Program


  • Projects
  • 2016
Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit

Germany Honors Ronald B. Sobel


  • People
  • 2016
Transnistria Postcard from JBAT

Field Work Continues for LBI Archival Survey in Romania


  • Collections
  • Projects
  • 2016
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“We have wandered together a long, long way”—The Hans and Eleonore Jonas Collection


  • Archive
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  • Library
  • 2016
  • Archive
  • Library
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2016 Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellows


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • 2016
  • Fellowships
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Leo Baeck Medal for Eric R. Kandel


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Michael Meyer Moses Mendelssohn Award

Michael A. Meyer on the History of LBI


  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
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Austrian Parliamentary President Praises Young Volunteers behind LBI’s Austrian Heritage Collection


  • People
  • Visitors
  • Older
  • Visitors
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Final Sale in Berlin—Database of Jewish-Owned Businesses in Berlin Now Part of LBI Collections


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Older
  • Archive
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Meine Liebe Käthe—A trove of century-old letters adds fuel to WWI debate


  • Archive
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  • Older
  • Archive
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Leo Baeck Institute Featured at Deutscher Verein Dinner


  • People
  • Older
Walter Nathan

Walter Nathan—Leaving a Legacy at LBI


  • People
  • Older
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Walter Nathan—Leaving a Legacy at Leo Baeck Institute


  • People
  • Older
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Family Matters—Fourth Generation of Bambergers Introduced to LBI


  • People
  • Visitors
  • Older
  • Visitors
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A Conversation on Jewish Identity With Future Leaders of German Jewry


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  • Older
  • Visitors
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More than Just a Moment—Unlocking the Value of the LBI Photo Collection


  • Collections
  • Older
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Exile in the Spotlight: How Kurt Hirschfeld made Zurich into the World Stage for German Theater


  • Archive
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  • Older
  • Archive
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Just Passing Through, but Taking a Stand—Jewish Student Politics in Vienna, 1967–1975


  • Older
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German-Speaking Jews and Zionism: 1862-1941


  • Collections
  • Exhibitions
  • Older
  • Exhibitions
Sara Levy's World

Sara Levy’s World: Music, Gender, and Judaism in Enlightenment Berlin


  • Music
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  • Older
  • Music
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An interview with Arnon Goldfinger


  • Archive
  • People
  • Older
  • Archive
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LBI Materials Now Searchable in More Global Databases


  • Archive
  • Library
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Library
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Preservation in the LBI Library


  • Digitization
  • Library
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Digitization
  • Library
Gerald Westheimer

Gerald Westheimer in Conversation: A Vision for Scholarship on German-Jewish History


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • Programs
  • Older
  • Fellowships
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Michael Brenner Recognized as “Guardian of Jewish History”


  • People
  • Older
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Pioneers of Jewish Studies


  • Collaborations
  • Library
  • Older
  • Collaborations
  • Library
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What was the Wissenschaft des Judentums?


  • Collaborations
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  • Library
  • Older
  • Collaborations
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Carol Kahn Strauss and Brita Wagener

Understanding through Cooperation: Germany Decorates Carol Kahn Strauss


  • People
  • Older
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New Gift to Support Pilot Projects in Transcription and Photograph Digitization


  • Archive
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  • Digitization
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Digitization
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Family Matters: In Chicago, Generations Gather for Intimate Look at Family Histories Preserved in LBI Archives


  • Archive
  • Genealogy
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Genealogy
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Germany’s Top Justice Official Tackles His Ministry’s Past at LBI


  • Projects
  • Older
Ismar Schorsch

Leo Baeck Medal for Ismar Schorsch


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Josef Joffe

Leo Baeck Medal for Josef Joffe


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Josef Joffe

Josef Joffe on the "Golden Age of German Jewry"


  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
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LBI Partners with Genealogists to Focus on “Family Matters”


  • Archive
  • Collaborations
  • Digitization
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  • Older
  • Archive
  • Collaborations
  • Digitization

Gerald Westheimer Fellows


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • Older
  • Fellowships
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From Gleiwitz to Shanghai, Digitized Periodicals offer Snapshots of Jewish Life


  • Archive
  • Digitization
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  • Older
  • Archive
  • Digitization
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Jewish Encounters in the Great War: WWI in LBI Collections


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Older
  • Archive
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Exile in the Spotlight—LBI to Sponsor Conference on Émigré Theater Giant Kurt Hirschfeld


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Showdown at the Sterling Oval: 1942


  • Archive
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  • Older
  • Archive
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Student-playwrights Meet Theresienstadt survivor at LBI


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  • Older
  • Visitors
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LBI at Limmud Germany


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  • Collaborations
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Longing, Prayer, Surrender: Diary of an Incredible Journey Translated into English


  • Archive
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  • Library
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Library
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Conservation of the Fürth Megillah


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  • Archive
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Wikipedians Write the Book on LBI Collections


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Jerry Brotman—Hands-on Volunteer


  • Older
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“Erhard Roy Wiehn— Wer schreibt, der bleibt!”


  • People
  • Older
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Edythe Griffinger Art Catalogue Will Improve Access to LBI Art Collection


  • Art & Objects
  • Digitization
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  • Art & Objects
  • Digitization
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Gaby Glueckselig: Stammtisch Hostess Celebrates a Century of Bliss


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Joachim Gauck

Leo Baeck Medal for Joachim Gauck


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
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  • Leo Baeck Medal
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What’s in a Name? Dennis Baum and the Simson Company


  • Archive
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  • Archive
Stuart Eizenstat and Michael Blumenthal

Leo Baeck Medal for Stuart Eizenstat


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Stuart Eizenstat

Stuart Eizenstat on Jewish Continuity in the 21st Century


  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
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Discovery in Romania


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Harry Ettlinger and Otto Oppenheimer: Story of a Monuments Man


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  • Archive
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Shira Klein: Teaching Research Skills with DigiBaeck


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  • Digitization
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  • Digitization
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Art: New Abstract Works


  • Art & Objects
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  • Art & Objects
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Library: A Sermon Heard from Berlin to Philadelphia


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“Aufbau” – Reconstruction as a Mission


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Dr. Miriam Bistrovic

A New Presence in Berlin


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Experiencing 1933, One Day and One Document at a Time


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Documenting Jewish Life in East Germany


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Progress Filling Gaps in Frankfurt Wissenschaft des Judentums Collection


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Cover of the World of Aufbau by Peter Schrag

An Intellectual Resistance


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  • Archive
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Digitizing Aufbau

A Digital Home for an Émigré Journal


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Archives: Dolly Haas, Felix Pincus, Rose Ausländer


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Digitization
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  • Archive
  • Digitization
Margarethe von Trotta

Leo Baeck Medal for Margarethe von Trotta


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Anselm Kiefer

Leo Baeck Medal for Anselm Kiefer


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Kurt Masur and Alan Gilbert

Leo Baeck Medal for Kurt Masur


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
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  • Leo Baeck Medal
Angela Merkel

Leo Baeck Medal for German Chancellor Angela Merkel


  • Leo Baeck Medal
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  • Leo Baeck Medal

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Martha Minow

Martha Minow urges us to “resist tyranny and revenge”


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • 2019
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Peter Wittig & Huberta von Voss-Wittig

Leo Baeck Medal for Peter Wittig and Huberta von Voss-Wittig


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • 2018
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Raphael Gross receives the Moses Mendelssohn Award

Moses Mendelssohn Award for Raphael Gross after Lecture on Anne Frank


  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
  • People
  • 2018
  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
Michael Sturmfels, descendent of Wolf Zacharias Wertheimer

Visit from a Descendant of Wolf Zacharias Wertheimer (1782–1844)


  • Art & Objects
  • Collections
  • People
  • 2018
  • Art & Objects
Karen Franklin and Robert Morgenthau

Family Research has Deep Roots at LBI


  • People
  • 2018
Malgorzata Bakalarz 1938Projekt Pedagogy

Developing Teaching Tools for the 1938Projekt


  • 1938Projekt
  • People
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • 1938Projekt
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Return of the Basket Weavers


  • Art & Objects
  • People
  • 2018
  • Art & Objects
Jason Lustig

2018 Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellows


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • 2018
  • Fellowships
Max Warburg (l) with LBI Executive Director William H. Weitzer at the Center for Jewish History in New York on November 15, 2017.

Leo Baeck Medal for Max Warburg


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • 2017
  • Leo Baeck Medal
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A Visit to the German Literature Archive in Marbach


  • People
  • 2017
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A Conversation with Henry Kaufman on Scholar Rescue


  • People
  • Programs
  • 2017
Roger Cohen

Interview: Roger Cohen on German-Jewish History in the 21st Century


  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
  • People
  • 2017
  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
Kerry Elkins

Making the Edythe Griffinger Art Catalog


  • Art & Objects
  • People
  • Projects
  • 2017
  • Art & Objects
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Julie-Marthe Cohen Discusses Provenance Research


  • Art & Objects
  • People
  • 2017
  • Art & Objects
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2017 Obermayer Award Winners


  • People
  • 2017
Stefanie Fischer

2017 Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellows


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • 2017
  • Fellowships
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In Memoriam: Arnold Paucker


  • People
  • 2016
Robert M. Morgenthau

Leo Baeck Medal for Robert M. Morgenthau


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • 2016
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Susannah Heschel

Moses Mendelssohn Award for Susannah Heschel


  • Moses Mendelssohn Award
  • People
  • 2016
  • Moses Mendelssohn Award
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Between Memory and Oblivion—The Jewish Cemeteries in Vienna


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • 2016
  • Fellowships
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Genealogy Success Stories


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  • Genealogy
  • Library
  • People
  • 2016
  • Archive
  • Genealogy
  • Library
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2015 Gerald Westheimer Fellows


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  • People
  • 2016
  • Fellowships
Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit

Germany Honors Ronald B. Sobel


  • People
  • 2016
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Arthur Obermayer Honored those who Honor Jewish Memory in Germany


  • People
  • 2016
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Carol Kahn Strauss Thanked for Two Decades of Leadership


  • People
  • 2016
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2016 Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellows


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • 2016
  • Fellowships
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Leo Baeck Medal for Eric R. Kandel


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Michael Meyer Moses Mendelssohn Award

Michael A. Meyer on the History of LBI


  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
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Leo Baeck Institute Featured at Deutscher Verein Dinner


  • People
  • Older
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Austrian Parliamentary President Praises Young Volunteers behind LBI’s Austrian Heritage Collection


  • People
  • Visitors
  • Older
  • Visitors
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Family Matters—Fourth Generation of Bambergers Introduced to LBI


  • People
  • Visitors
  • Older
  • Visitors
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Walter Nathan—Leaving a Legacy at Leo Baeck Institute


  • People
  • Older
Walter Nathan

Walter Nathan—Leaving a Legacy at LBI


  • People
  • Older
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An interview with Arnon Goldfinger


  • Archive
  • People
  • Older
  • Archive
Gerald Westheimer

Gerald Westheimer in Conversation: A Vision for Scholarship on German-Jewish History


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • Programs
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  • Fellowships
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Michael Brenner Recognized as “Guardian of Jewish History”


  • People
  • Older
Carol Kahn Strauss and Brita Wagener

Understanding through Cooperation: Germany Decorates Carol Kahn Strauss


  • People
  • Older
Ismar Schorsch

Leo Baeck Medal for Ismar Schorsch


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Josef Joffe

Leo Baeck Medal for Josef Joffe


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Josef Joffe

Josef Joffe on the "Golden Age of German Jewry"


  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture

Gerald Westheimer Fellows


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • Older
  • Fellowships
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Gaby Glueckselig: Stammtisch Hostess Celebrates a Century of Bliss


  • People
  • Older
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“Erhard Roy Wiehn— Wer schreibt, der bleibt!”


  • People
  • Older
Joachim Gauck

Leo Baeck Medal for Joachim Gauck


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
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What’s in a Name? Dennis Baum and the Simson Company


  • Archive
  • People
  • Older
  • Archive
Stuart Eizenstat

Stuart Eizenstat on Jewish Continuity in the 21st Century


  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
Stuart Eizenstat and Michael Blumenthal

Leo Baeck Medal for Stuart Eizenstat


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
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Shira Klein: Teaching Research Skills with DigiBaeck


  • Archive
  • Digitization
  • Interviews
  • People
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Digitization
  • Interviews
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Harry Ettlinger and Otto Oppenheimer: Story of a Monuments Man


  • Archive
  • People
  • Older
  • Archive
Margarethe von Trotta

Leo Baeck Medal for Margarethe von Trotta


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Anselm Kiefer

Leo Baeck Medal for Anselm Kiefer


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal
Kurt Masur and Alan Gilbert

Leo Baeck Medal for Kurt Masur


  • Leo Baeck Medal
  • People
  • Older
  • Leo Baeck Medal

Year

Topic

Certificate of Identity issued to Elisabeth Jonas

The Jonas Family of Hamburg: A story from the Kindertransport


  • Archive
  • Kindertransport
  • Projects
  • 2019
  • Archive
  • Kindertransport
Joachim Prinz

New Research Tool: German Refugee Rabbis in the United States, 1933–1990


  • Projects
  • 2019
Rykestrasske Kristallnacht Commemoration

Germany Marks 80 Years Since Kristallnacht with the 1938Projekt


  • 1938Projekt
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • 1938Projekt
Werner Gundersheimer, Vice President

Remembering Kristallnacht


  • Projects
  • 2018
Kindertransport

Kindertransport Exhibit Highlights Family Separation in 1930s


  • Kindertransport
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • Kindertransport
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Preserving Private Libraries at Leo Baeck Institute


  • Collections
  • Library
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • Library
Malgorzata Bakalarz 1938Projekt Pedagogy

Developing Teaching Tools for the 1938Projekt


  • 1938Projekt
  • People
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • 1938Projekt
1938Projekt Gallery Kiosk

Posts from the Past, 80 Years after 1938


  • 1938Projekt
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • 1938Projekt
Diverse photographs in the records of the Jewish community of Lugoj, Romania

Survey of Romanian Archives Shifts Focus to Jewish Community Records


  • Projects
  • 2017
Kerry Elkins

Making the Edythe Griffinger Art Catalog


  • Art & Objects
  • People
  • Projects
  • 2017
  • Art & Objects
Minute-Book-of-Loeb-Bridal-Foundation-500x325.jpg

Research, Exploitation, and Survival: The Story of Jacob Jacobson, a Jewish Archivist in Nazi Germany


  • Collections
  • Projects
  • 2017
Einstein Cup

“German and Jewish”— A traveling Exhibition by Leo Baeck Institute in Germany


  • Exhibitions
  • Projects
  • 2016
  • Exhibitions
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Promoting the Braunschweig Region as Cradle of Modern Jewish Studies


  • Exhibitions
  • Projects
  • 2016
  • Exhibitions
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Digitization and Beyond: LBI Staff Report on Library and Archives Trends


  • Archive
  • Projects
  • 2016
  • Archive
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LBI Contributes Paper to UN Holocaust Outreach Program


  • Projects
  • 2016
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Rare Painting by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim Shown at LBI


  • Art & Objects
  • Exhibitions
  • Projects
  • 2016
  • Art & Objects
  • Exhibitions
Transnistria Postcard from JBAT

Field Work Continues for LBI Archival Survey in Romania


  • Collections
  • Projects
  • 2016
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A Conversation on Jewish Identity With Future Leaders of German Jewry


  • Projects
  • Visitors
  • Older
  • Visitors
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Exile in the Spotlight: How Kurt Hirschfeld made Zurich into the World Stage for German Theater


  • Archive
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
Sara Levy's World

Sara Levy’s World: Music, Gender, and Judaism in Enlightenment Berlin


  • Music
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Music
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Preservation in the LBI Library


  • Digitization
  • Library
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Digitization
  • Library
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LBI Materials Now Searchable in More Global Databases


  • Archive
  • Library
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Library
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Family Matters: In Chicago, Generations Gather for Intimate Look at Family Histories Preserved in LBI Archives


  • Archive
  • Genealogy
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Genealogy
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Germany’s Top Justice Official Tackles His Ministry’s Past at LBI


  • Projects
  • Older
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Exile in the Spotlight—LBI to Sponsor Conference on Émigré Theater Giant Kurt Hirschfeld


  • Projects
  • Older
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LBI Partners with Genealogists to Focus on “Family Matters”


  • Archive
  • Collaborations
  • Digitization
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Collaborations
  • Digitization
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From Gleiwitz to Shanghai, Digitized Periodicals offer Snapshots of Jewish Life


  • Archive
  • Digitization
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Digitization
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LBI at Limmud Germany


  • Collaborations
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Collaborations
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Wikipedians Write the Book on LBI Collections


  • Projects
  • Older
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Edythe Griffinger Art Catalogue Will Improve Access to LBI Art Collection


  • Art & Objects
  • Digitization
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Art & Objects
  • Digitization
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Progress Filling Gaps in Frankfurt Wissenschaft des Judentums Collection


  • Collaborations
  • Digitization
  • Library
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Collaborations
  • Digitization
  • Library
Postcard - Suceava in 1906

Discovery in Romania


  • Archive
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
Dr. Miriam Bistrovic

A New Presence in Berlin


  • Archive
  • Collaborations
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Collaborations
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Experiencing 1933, One Day and One Document at a Time


  • Archive
  • Digitization
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Digitization
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Documenting Jewish Life in East Germany


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Library
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Library

Year

Topic

Nesthäkchen Covers

Nesthäkchen Comes to LBI


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2019
  • Library
Judith Marcus & Zoltán Tarr.

The Judith Marcus and Zoltán Tarr Collection


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2019
  • Library
Anneliese Erlanger

The Kindertransport—Compassion within Limits


  • Collections
  • Kindertransport
  • 2018
  • Kindertransport
Michael Sturmfels, descendent of Wolf Zacharias Wertheimer

Visit from a Descendant of Wolf Zacharias Wertheimer (1782–1844)


  • Art & Objects
  • Collections
  • People
  • 2018
  • Art & Objects
Sphinx and Camel Photograph

Spectacular Photographs of Egypt by Way of Hamburg


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • 2018
  • Archive
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The library of Henry (Heinz) Wachs


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2018
  • Library
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Preserving Private Libraries at Leo Baeck Institute


  • Collections
  • Library
  • Projects
  • 2018
  • Library
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Preserving Yesterday’s News with the CJH and Frankfurt University Library


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • 2017
  • Archive
Struck, Hermann. Land Israel: 25 Original-Radierungen.

Art Books From LBI Collections Now Available Through Getty Research Portal


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2017
  • Library
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Research, Exploitation, and Survival: The Story of Jacob Jacobson, a Jewish Archivist in Nazi Germany


  • Collections
  • Projects
  • 2017
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Listening to Records—The Jacob Jacobson Collection in Research


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • 2017
  • Archive
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History by the Foot: Processing Archival Collections at the LBI


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • 2016
  • Archive

Milestone in the Reconstruction of the Freimann Collection


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2016
  • Library
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The Jewish Liturgical Year: Calendars in LBI Collections


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2016
  • Library
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A Voice Still Heard—Music and Musicians in LBI Collections


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • 2016
  • Archive
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Walter Langhammer and the Illumination of India


  • Art & Objects
  • Collections
  • 2016
  • Art & Objects
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Tarnschriften: Camouflaged Publications in Resistance Against the Nazis


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2016
  • Library
Bookmark in a Roedelheim Mahzor

The Roedelheim Mahzor Collection: Change and Continuity


  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2016
  • Library
Transnistria Postcard from JBAT

Field Work Continues for LBI Archival Survey in Romania


  • Collections
  • Projects
  • 2016
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“We have wandered together a long, long way”—The Hans and Eleonore Jonas Collection


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Library
  • 2016
  • Archive
  • Library
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Final Sale in Berlin—Database of Jewish-Owned Businesses in Berlin Now Part of LBI Collections


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Older
  • Archive
Riezler-letters.jpg

Meine Liebe Käthe—A trove of century-old letters adds fuel to WWI debate


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Older
  • Archive
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More than Just a Moment—Unlocking the Value of the LBI Photo Collection


  • Collections
  • Older
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German-Speaking Jews and Zionism: 1862-1941


  • Collections
  • Exhibitions
  • Older
  • Exhibitions
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What was the Wissenschaft des Judentums?


  • Collaborations
  • Collections
  • Library
  • Older
  • Collaborations
  • Library
Handwritten Diary

New Gift to Support Pilot Projects in Transcription and Photograph Digitization


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Digitization
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Digitization
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Jewish Encounters in the Great War: WWI in LBI Collections


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Older
  • Archive
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Showdown at the Sterling Oval: 1942


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Older
  • Archive
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Longing, Prayer, Surrender: Diary of an Incredible Journey Translated into English


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Library
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Library
Preservation of Fürth Megillah

Conservation of the Fürth Megillah


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Older
  • Archive
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Library: A Sermon Heard from Berlin to Philadelphia


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Older
  • Archive
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“Aufbau” – Reconstruction as a Mission


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Digitization
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Digitization
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Documenting Jewish Life in East Germany


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Library
  • Projects
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Library
Cover of the World of Aufbau by Peter Schrag

An Intellectual Resistance


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Digitization
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Digitization
Digitizing Aufbau

A Digital Home for an Émigré Journal


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Older
  • Archive
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Art: New Abstract Works


  • Art & Objects
  • Collections
  • Older
  • Art & Objects
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Archives: Dolly Haas, Felix Pincus, Rose Ausländer


  • Archive
  • Collections
  • Digitization
  • Older
  • Archive
  • Digitization

Year

Topic

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A Conversation with Henry Kaufman on Scholar Rescue


  • People
  • Programs
  • 2017
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Film Scholar Noah Isenberg Will Always Have Casablanca


  • Archive
  • Programs
  • 2017
  • Archive
Gerald Westheimer

Gerald Westheimer in Conversation: A Vision for Scholarship on German-Jewish History


  • Fellowships
  • People
  • Programs
  • Older
  • Fellowships
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Student-playwrights Meet Theresienstadt survivor at LBI


  • Programs
  • Visitors
  • Older
  • Visitors

Topic

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San Diego Jewish Journal on: Racism in German and American Cinema of the Twenties


  • Exhibitions
  • LBI in the News
  • 2019
  • Exhibitions
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The Jewish Daily Forward on “The Art of Exile”


  • Exhibitions
  • LBI in the News
  • 2019
  • Exhibitions
Times of Israel | Online 1938Projekt immerses pupils in turning-point year for German Jews

The Times of Israel on the 1938Projekt


  • 1938Projekt
  • LBI in the News
  • 2019
  • 1938Projekt
ARTICLE:
Interview: Roger Cohen on German-Jewish History in the 21st Century · Oct. 1, 2017
ARTICLE:
Leo Baeck Medal for Eric R. Kandel · Nov. 18, 2015
ARTICLE:
Michael A. Meyer on the History of LBI · Nov. 9, 2015
ARTICLE:
Sara Levy’s World: Music, Gender, and Judaism in Enlightenment Berlin · June 3, 2015