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Meine Liebe Käthe—A trove of century-old letters adds fuel to WWI debate
Letters from Kurt Riezler to Käthe Liebermann written in the early months of WWI. AR 25484 When Günther Roth found himself sifting through the contents of a Baltimore attic in 2009, he did not expect...
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Final Sale in Berlin—Database of Jewish-Owned Businesses in Berlin Now Part...
An entry in the database for the wholesale egg business owned by Jakob Intrator, whose granddaughter Joanne joined Kreutzmüller at LBI on September 30, 2015. Christoph Kreutzmüller On September 30,...
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Leo Baeck Fellowship Program
Rabbi Leo Baeck (1873-1956) The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, and Leo Baeck Institute London announce fellowships that provide a monthly...
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Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellowship
The Bohemian Hebraist Moritz Steinschneider writing at his desk, date unknown. The Leo Baeck Institute is offering a Career Development Award as a personal grant to a scholar or professional in an...
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Field Work Continues for LBI Archival Survey in Romania
LBI’s survey of archives related to German-speaking Jewish communities in Bukovina and Transylvania is now entering its fourth year of field work in Romanian archival repositories. Field archivist and...
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LBI Contributes Paper to UN Holocaust Outreach Program
How has the Leo Baeck Institute contributed to the remembrance of the Holocaust and its victims? What motivated its founders, a group of émigré intellectuals surrounding Martin Buber, Gershom Scholem,...
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Rare Painting by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim Shown at LBI
Freitag Abend [Friday Evening Blessing], by Moritz Daniel OppenheimFreitag Abend [Friday Evening Blessing], an atmospheric painting from 1867 by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, was put on display by LBI at...
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Staff Transitions at Leo Baeck Institute
Long-time staff have moved into new roles in order to better manage LBI’s growing collections, and new staff will help expand access and awareness of LBI collections. Renate Evers, formerly Head...
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Leo Baeck Medal for Eric R. Kandel
The Vienna-born scientist was honored for his contributions to the understanding of memory, both in the lab and as applied to the tumultuous history of the 20th century. At the Leo Baeck Institute...
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Carol Kahn Strauss Thanked for Two Decades of Leadership
At the Annual Award Dinner, LBI President Ronald B. Sobel recognized former International Director Carol Kahn Strauss, who retired at the end of 2015 after 21 years of service. As Executive Director,...
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Moses Mendelssohn Award for Michael A. Meyer
As the Leo Baeck Institute celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2015, LBI president Ronald B. Sobel and board member Joan C. Lessing presented the Moses Mendelssohn Award to historian Michael A. Meyer...
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In Memoriam: Hans George Hirsch
Hans George Hirsch, longtime member of the Board of the Leo Baeck Institute, died on December 15, 2015. In the words of William H. Weitzer, Hirsch had been “a bedrock supporter and advisor to the LBI.”...
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Arthur Obermayer Honored those who Honor Jewish Memory in Germany
On January 10, 2016, Arthur S. Obermayer passed away. Obermayer, an entrepreneur and philanthropist based in the Boston area, had dedicated the later years of his life to strengthening and honoring...
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Germany Honors Ronald B. Sobel
Consul General Brita Wagener and Rabbi Dr. Ronald B. Sobel, president of the Leo Baeck Institute (© Christophe Avril) On October 7, 2015, Ronald B. Sobel, president of the Leo Baeck Institute – New...
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Tarnschriften: Camouflaged Publications in Resistance Against the Nazis
The titles seem designed to elicit a yawn: a treatise on the latest traffic regulations for cyclists, a guide on how to shield potatoes from frost. That was no different in the Germany of the late...
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2015 Gerald Westheimer Fellows
Thanks to the generosity of Professor Gerald Westheimer, LBI supports fellowships for scholars who are early in their careers to pursue research on the social, cultural, and academic aspects of the...
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Between Memory and Oblivion—The Jewish Cemeteries in Vienna
Tim Corbett, Prins Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Jewish History It is early afternoon in late summer in one of Vienna’s old Jewish cemeteries. The trees rustle in the breeze,...
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The Roedelheim Mahzor Collection: Change and Continuity
The Jewish holidays provide structure and meaning to the more quotidian rhythms of life, and the mahzor, the Jewish festival prayer book, has been integral to the ways that generations of Jews have...
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In Memoriam: Fritz Stern
LBI mourns the loss of Fritz Stern, whose probing scholarship on Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries helped explain the rise of National Socialism and the multi-faceted relationship between Germans...
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In Memoriam: Ernest W. Michel
It is with sadness that LBI mourns the passing of Ernest Michel, a longtime Board Member and supporter of the Leo Baeck Institute. Born in Mannheim, Germany in 1923, Michel survived six years of slave...
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