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Teaching Research Skills and German-Jewish History with DigiBaeck 20 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
Shira Klein is Assistant Professor of History at Chapman University in Orange County, California With the launch of LBI’s digital archive, historian Shira Klein immediately recognized a new tool for ...
Transcending Tradition: Jewish Mathematicians in German-Speaking Academic Culture 17 Jul 2013 | 02:01 am
Jacob Philipp Wolfers, “Verzeichnis der [...] Sterne[...]” Berlin, 1843 Before the Emancipation, learned Jews used mathematics primarily as a tool for calculating the Jewish calendar. As opportunities...
LBI Builds Digital Home for Émigré Journal “Aufbau” 24 May 2013 | 11:17 pm
Leo Baeck Institute has completed digitizing all issues of the German-Jewish émigré Journal, Aufbau published between 1934 and 2004, thus ensuring that the entire contents of the most important public...
LBI Focuses on Mendelssohn Family in Exhibit at German Ambassador’s Residence 23 May 2013 | 09:21 pm
German Ambassador Peter Ammon hosted the opening of a new Leo Baeck Institute exhibition at his residence. "The Mendelssohns: A German Family of Scholars, Bankers, and Artists" was curated by the Leo ...
LBI Survey of Archival Materials Related to Jewish Communities in Southern Transylvania and Southern Bukovina 3 Apr 2013 | 10:44 pm
Two Leo Baeck Institute archivists are conducting a systematic inventory of the archival holdings related to German-speaking Jewish communities in Southern Bukovina (the part of historical Bukovina cu...
LBI Survey of Archives in Romania Brings Hidden Traces of German-Jewish Life to Light 3 Apr 2013 | 10:44 pm
LBI archivists are conducting an inventory of archival holdings related to German-speaking Jewish communities in Southern Bukovina and Transylvania, a project that will dramatically increase the acces...
Beer, Art and Revolution: Jewish Life in Munich, 1806 – the present 20 Feb 2013 | 11:42 pm
LBI's current exhibit shows how Jews were instrumental in shaping the traditions and character of Germany’s third largest city, from Löwenbräu beer to the city’s champion soccer club.
Dr. William H. Weitzer Named Executive Director of LBI 9 Jan 2013 | 01:37 am
LBI is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. William H. Weitzer as its new Executive Director, succeeding Carol Kahn Strauss, who will become the Institute’s International Director.
Dr. William H. Weitzer Named Executive Director of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York City 9 Jan 2013 | 01:35 am
For Immediate Release Dr. William H. Weitzer Named Executive Director of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York City The Leo Baeck Institute, a New York City-based research library devoted to the study and...
Margarethe von Trotta: Acceptance of the 2012 Leo Baeck Medal 5 Dec 2012 | 02:34 am
German film director Margarethe von Trotta accepted the Leo Baeck Medal on November 28, 2012 at the Leo Baeck Institutes annual gala award dinner in New York City.
