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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

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Burning Words: The Battle of the Books

An exhibition of books from one of the first public debates carried out on the newly invented medium of print in the 16th century, over whether Jewish books should be banned.

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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.

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Shared History Project Traveling Exhibition – Germany

To commemorate 1,700 years of Jewish life in German-speaking lands, two traveling exhibitions are touring the federal and state parliaments in Germany during 2021-2022.

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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."

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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.

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Refuge in the Heights: The German Jews of Washington Heights

This exhibition explores and documents the experience of the German-Jewish refugees of Washington Heights.

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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.

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German Jews at the Eastern Front in WWI: Modernism Meets Tradition

This exhibit documents the encounters between Jews serving in the German Army and the shtetl culture in Eastern Europe that informed new debates about assimilation, peoplehood, and reli

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In our Midst. Facets of Jewish Life in Leipzig in the Modern Era

This exhibition at the City Library of Leipzig illuminates the rich contributions of Jews to the Saxon capital and famous trade fair city.

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