From Mendelssohn to Einstein, from Wolfenbuettel to New York (and back)—Jewish Paths to Modernity
This German adaptation of the LBI’s 2015 exhibition on the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement brought rare items from LBI collections back to their home region in Lower Saxony for the first time.
Crisis and Opportunity: The Cultural Impact of German-Jewish Refugees
In this exhibit, LBI profiles the experiences, struggles, and intellectual achievements of Nazi-era émigrés who came to the US.
Jewish Vienna: Opportunities and Innovations
An exhibition focused on the many Jews who led a revolution in the arts and sciences in fin-de-siècle Vienna. Their innovations—from atonalism to psychoanalysis—still resonate today.
Advancing Modernity: Jewish Berliners in Weimar Germany, 1919–1933
This exhibition focused on the role of Jews in various fields whoe helped make Berlin a cosmopolitan “Weltstadt” and magnet for avant-garde artists of all kinds
Wissenschaft des Judentums: Jewish Studies and the Shaping of Jewish Identity
In the early 19th century, a Jewish scholars in Berlin began to apply historical and critical methods to the study of Jews and Judaism, calling their new field the “Science of Judaism."
1938Projekt | Posts from the Past
LBI presents the year 1938 through the eyes of Jews, whose personal documents detail their experiences and the hardships they suffered as well as the diminishing hope for Jews in Germany and Austria.
