Talent, Ambition, Wealth
Historians Marsha Rozenblit, Deborah Hertz, Lisa Silverman, and Stefan Hofmann discuss the lives of three extraordinary Jewish women who left their imprint on the arts in the 19th century.
To Bigotry No Sanction
A magnificent new cantata, composed by Jonathan Comisar, based on George Washington’s historic Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island.
Letters to Jozef Tiso, President of the Slovak State 1939-1945
Madeline Vadkerty will discuss her book Your Honor Mr. President: Letters to Jozef Tiso and the letters that thousands of ordinary people sent to him regarding the "Jewish question."
Shared History Conference
Three days of discussion and debate to kick off LBI's “Shared History Project” which marks 1,700 years of Jewish life in German-speaking lands.
Family Affairs: Writing Personal Histories
The Center for Jewish History's new "Family Affairs" series explores researching and writing about Jewish experience from a distinctively personal perspective in discussions with leading scholars.
Prince of the Press: David Oppenheim and His Library
Joshua Teplitsky introduces his new book about one of the world's largest collections of Jewish books and the man who used his collection to cultivate power, prestige, and influence.
Phil Rosenthal in Conversation with Marjorie Ingall
The creator of "Everybody Loves Raymond" discusses his German-Jewish family background and tries recipes from CJH collections in conversation with Tablet Magazines Marjorie Ingall.
The Art of Exile: Paintings by German-Jewish Refugees
Showcasing a range of painting styles from the 20th century, it tells the stories of creative individuals uprooted from their homelands, who tried to rebuild their life and career in new lands.
Paint, Pray, Love: Lene Schneider-Kainer “Out of the Box”
Inspired by Marco Polo, artist Lene Schneider-Kainer divorced her husband, left Germany, and painted her way across Asia in the 1920s. LBI Archivist Michael Simonson takes her story "Out of the Box".
From Vienna to New York: Jewish Exiles Remember “Austria” in the Aftermath of the Holocaust
A discussion between scholars of Jewish-Austrian culture and former Jewish-Austrian exiles on how “Old Austria” is remembered in the United States today.