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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260610T190000
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DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
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SUMMARY:»FREMDE HEIMAT« Deutsch-jüdisches Exil gestern und heute
DESCRIPTION:Wir möchten Sie im Namen der Freunde und Förderer des Leo Baeck Instituts herzlich zu unserer Podiumsdiskussion in Kooperation mit dem Podcast »Der zweite Gedanke« (radio3/rbb) mit anschließendem Empfang einladen. \nFreuen Sie sich auf ein anregendes Gespräch über deutsch-jüdisches Exil gestern und heute. Im Zentrum stehen die Kulturgeschichte der jüdischen Emigration sowie universelle Erfahrungen von Entwurzelung\, Isolation und dem Leben zwischen den Stühlen. Vom Topos des Wandernden Juden über die zerstörten Träume einer deutsch-jüdischen Symbiose bis in die gewaltvolle Gegenwart gehen wir der Frage nach\, ob Flucht und Migration Ankommen bedeuten kann – selbst wenn es ein Ankommen in einer fremden Heimat ist. \nDie Diskussionsrunde besteht aus folgenden Teilnehmenden: \n\nDr. Ursula Krechel setzt sich in ihrem literarischen Werk mit den Themen Verfolgung\, Flucht und Exil in Geschichte und Gegenwart auseinander\, so auch in ihrem jüngsten Buch »Vom Herzasthma des Exils«. Der Text appelliert an ein Umdenken und tiefgreifenden Respekt für jene\, die ihre Heimat verlassen (müssen und mussten). 2025 erhielt sie den Georg-Büchner-Preis.\nProf. Dr. Michael Brenner ist der Internationale Präsident des Leo Baeck Instituts. Er forscht und publiziert zu Themen deutsch-jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur\, zuletzt in seinem Buch »Der lange Schatten der Revolution«. Michael Brenner ist Professor an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und an der American University in Washington D.C.\nDr. Sebastian Schirrmeister ist Literaturwissenschaftler. Er forscht u.a. zur deutschsprachigen Exilliteratur\, zu deutsch-hebräischen Literaturbeziehungen und zu deutsch-jüdischen Archiven. Er ist der Autor von »Das Gastspiel« (2012) und »Begegnung auf fremder Erde« (2019) sowie zahlreicher wissenschaftlicher Aufsätze.\nModeration: Natascha Freundel ist Journalistin mit einem Schwerpunkt auf deutsch-jüdischer Geschichte. Sie ist Redakteurin und Moderatorin der Podcast- und Radiodebatte »Der zweite Gedanke« von radio3 im rbb.\n\n  \nWir freuen uns über ein Grußwort von Frau Julia Friedrich\, Sammlungs- und Ausstellungsdirektorin des Jüdischen Museum Berlin. \nProgramm\n\nab 18:30 Uhr: Einlass\n19 Uhr: Programmbeginn: Begrüßung + Podiumsdiskussion zum Veranstaltungsthema\nab 20:30 Uhr: Empfang\n\n  \nDie Veranstaltung findet in Kooperation mit radio3 statt\, wo der Mitschnitt am 11. Juni 2026 um 19:03 Uhr sowie am 13. Juni 2026 um 13:03 Uhr und im Podcast »Der zweite Gedanke« (u.a. in der ARD Sounds App) zu hören sein wird. \nEinlass nur nach vorheriger Anmeldung. Der Eintritt ist kostenfrei. Die Plätze sind begrenzt\, daher erbitten wir eine zeitnahe Anmeldung\, um Ihnen eine Teilnahme garantieren zu können. \nIn Kooperation mit
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/juedischesexilveranstaltungberlin/
LOCATION:W. M. Blumenthal Akademie\, Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1\, Berlin\, 10969
CATEGORIES:Freunde und Förderer des LBI,Podiumsdiskussion
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SUMMARY:Never Again\, When?: German Memory Culture\, the Holocaust\, and Free Expression
DESCRIPTION:With Irit Dekel and Omri Boehm \n  \n\nThis event is part of LBI’s Forum on Free Speech and Democracy. \nIn a recent article for New German Critique\, sociologist Irit Dekel (Indiana University\, Bloomington) described the phrase “Never Again” as a floating signifier\, “flexible enough to carry different meanings for different audiences while remaining specific enough to galvanize various political actions\, depending on the context and speakers.” In a comprehensive analysis of the use of the phrase in German discourse since October 7\, 2023\, she showed how “Never Again” has been deployed to argue for the singularity of the Holocaust and the need to protect Jews from a feared repetition of the catastrophe. When the same language is invoked to draw universal lessons from the Holocaust\, however\, it can draw both social and legal censure. \nWith philosopher Omri Boehm (The New School)\, Dekel will discuss the origins of the phrase “Never Again” in German history and the ways that Holocaust memory politics impacts free expression in Germany today. \n\n\nAbout the Series: Leo Baeck Institute Forum on Free Speech and Democracy \nMade possible in part by support from the Erna & Heinz Mayer Fund at the LBI \nAs the United States observes its sesquicentennial anniversary\, one of its most cherished political values is also one of its most hotly debated. Is free speech still protected in America? If not\, what poses the greater threat: state repression\, a censorious culture\, or a corporate media environment where free expression belongs to the highest bidder? In a world where hatred quickly metastasizes online – are the people even safe from free speech? \nThe ideas that found expression in the First Amendment and the constitutions of other liberal democracies were shaped and reshaped by Jewish thinkers from Spinoza to Arendt\, enabled processes of Jewish emancipation and religious reform\, and are still seen as undergirding religious freedom in pluralistic societies. \nIn this series\, scholars\, activists\, and public intellectuals will explore these questions through the lens of German-Jewish history\, starting with documents in the LBI collections and mining them for insight into the present. \n\n\nIrit Dekel is an Assistant Professor in Germanic Studies and Jewish Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Her work focuses on the relations between collective memory\, media and the public sphere\, particularly on Holocaust memorialization and the representation of ethnic and religious difference in contemporary Germany. Dekel’s first book\, Mediation at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin (Palgrave\, 2013)\, analyzed how various groups mediate their experience in the Holocaust Memorial. Her second book\, ‘Witnessing Positions: Jews\, Memories and Minorities in Contemporary Germany’ is forthcoming with Indiana University Press in January 2027. Dekel co-edited the Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (2023). \n\n\nOmri Boehm is Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. He teaches and writes on early modern philosophy and philosophy of religion\, with a specific focus on Descartes\, Spinoza and Kant. His books include The Binding of Isaac: A Religious Model of Disobedience (Continuum\, 2007)\, Kant’s Critique of Spinoza (Oxford University Press\, 2014)\, Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel (Penguin Random House\, 2021)\, and Radikaler Universalismus: Jenseits von Identität (Propyläen Verlag\, 2023). In addition to his academic publications\, he has also written for outlets including the LA Review of Books and the New York Times.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/never-again-when-german-memory-culture-the-holocaust-and-free-expression/
LOCATION:LBI New York | Berlin – Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, 10011\, USA
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Podiumsdiskussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260608T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260608T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260512T085111Z
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SUMMARY:Tanz auf dem Vulkan - Eine Revue (Termin München)
DESCRIPTION:Wir laden Sie herzlich zu einer besonderen Veranstaltungsreihe in Kooperation mit Elysium ein\, die Sie in das pulsierende und widersprüchliche Berlin der 1920er-Jahre entführt. Die Inszenierung begeistert dabei so sehr\, dass sie gleich dreimal auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks zur Aufführung kommt. \nZwischen Hyperinflation\, sozialem Elend und politischen Straßenkämpfen entsteht eine faszinierende kulturelle Blüte: Dada\, Bauhaus\, Jazz\, Kabarett – und die Flucht in die schillernde Welt von Kino und Operette. Im Zentrum steht Erwin Piscator\, Begründer des politischen Theaters\, der geprägt von seinen Fronterfahrungen im Ersten Weltkrieg die Bühne als Ort gesellschaftlicher Veränderung versteht. \nIn einer eindrucksvollen Revue wird diese bewegte Zeit lebendig – mit Texten von Erich Mühsam\, Erwin Piscator\, Alfred Polgar\, Kurt Tucholsky u.a.\, begleitet von Musik von Paul Abraham\, Hanns Eisler\, Mischa Spolianski u.a. \nMitwirkende der Abende in Berlin und München:\nGregorij H. von Leïtis (Regie)\nChrista Pillmann (Schauspiel)\nNeelam Brader (Mezzosopran)\nPatrick Lammer (Bariton)\nMasha Yulin (Klavier) \nDie Veranstaltungen stehen unter der Schirmherrschaft von Dr. Felix Klein\, Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für jüdisches Leben in Deutschland und den Kampf gegen Antisemitismus. \n  \n\nCo-Sponsoren: \n\n\n  \nTickets 30\,00 €\, erm. 20\,00 € unter 30 Jahre 10\,00 € (nur an der Abendkasse\, nach Verfügbarkeit)
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/tanz-auf-dem-vulkan-eine-revue-termin-muenchen/
LOCATION:Münchner Künstlerhaus\, Lenbachplatz 8\, München\, 80333\, Germany
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260605T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260605T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260512T084205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T091011Z
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SUMMARY:Tanz auf dem Vulkan - Eine Revue (Termin Berlin)
DESCRIPTION:Wir laden Sie herzlich zu einer besonderen Veranstaltungsreihe in Kooperation mit Elysium ein\, die Sie in das pulsierende und widersprüchliche Berlin der 1920er-Jahre entführt. Die Inszenierung begeistert dabei so sehr\, dass sie gleich dreimal auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks zur Aufführung kommt. \nZwischen Hyperinflation\, sozialem Elend und politischen Straßenkämpfen entsteht eine faszinierende kulturelle Blüte: Dada\, Bauhaus\, Jazz\, Kabarett – und die Flucht in die schillernde Welt von Kino und Operette. Im Zentrum steht Erwin Piscator\, Begründer des politischen Theaters\, der geprägt von seinen Fronterfahrungen im Ersten Weltkrieg die Bühne als Ort gesellschaftlicher Veränderung versteht. \nIn einer eindrucksvollen Revue wird diese bewegte Zeit lebendig – mit Texten von Erich Mühsam\, Erwin Piscator\, Alfred Polgar\, Kurt Tucholsky u.a.\, begleitet von Musik von Paul Abraham\, Hanns Eisler\, Mischa Spolianski u.a. \nMitwirkende der Abende in Berlin und München:\nGregorij H. von Leïtis (Regie)\nChrista Pillmann (Schauspiel)\nNeelam Brader (Mezzosopran)\nPatrick Lammer (Bariton)\nMasha Yulin (Klavier) \nDie Veranstaltungen stehen unter der Schirmherrschaft von Dr. Felix Klein\, Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für jüdisches Leben in Deutschland und den Kampf gegen Antisemitismus. \n  \nIn Kooperation mit dem Österreichischen Kulturforum Berlin. \n\nCo-Sponsor: \n  \nKostenlos – Um Anmeldung wird gebeten. \n  \n 
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/tanz-auf-dem-vulkan-eine-revue-termin-berlin/
LOCATION:Österreichische Botschaft Berlin\, Stauffenbergstr. 1\, Berlin\, 10785\, Deutschland
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260602T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260602T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260602T085503Z
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SUMMARY:Judaism and Gender
DESCRIPTION:Neue jährliche Vorlesung von Buber-Rosenzweig-Institut\, Cornelia Goethe Centrum für Geschlechterforschung und Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem \nFRANKFURT. Es gibt ein neues Vorlesungsformat an der Goethe-Universität: Die Bertha-Pappenheim-Lecture wird sich von nun an einmal im Jahr mit dem Themenkomplex ‚Judaism and Gender‘ befassen. Gemeinsam vom Buber-Rosenzweig-Instituts der Goethe-Universität\, dem Cornelia Goethe Centrum für Geschlechterforschung der Goethe-Universität und dem Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem ins Leben gerufen\, fokussiert die Vorlesung auf die Bedeutsamkeit der Geschlechterforschung für die Interpretation der jüdischen Geschichte. Den Auftakt der neuen Reihe macht ein Vortrag von Prof. Elizabeth Loentz (University of Illinois\, Chicago)\, die \nam Dienstag\, 2. Juni\, 18:15 Uhr\nim Casinogebäude\, Raum 1.801\, Campus Westend \nüber „Affect and Emotion in Bertha Pappenheim’s Activism“ sprechen wird (in englischer Sprache). \n„Die Bertha-Pappenheim Lecture soll die Historiographie zur modernen jüdischen Geschichte mit der interdisziplinären Geschlechterforschung an der Goethe-Universität vernetzen. Nun haben wir zusammen mit der Buber-Rosenzweig-Vorlesung zur jüdischen Geistesgeschichte und der Josef-Horovitz-Lecture zu interreligiösen Dynamiken drei unterschiedliche Vorlesungsformate“\, sagt Prof. Christian Wiese\, Direktor des Buber-Rosenzweig-Instituts und einer der Initiatoren. „Bertha Pappenheim hat den Kampf gegen Antisemitismus\, Klassismus und Sexismus\, ihre jüdische Identität und ihr feministisches Engagement nie getrennt voneinander gedacht. Die Bertha-Pappenheim-Lecture steht für eine solche Perspektive: Judentum und Geschlecht aus einer intersektionalen Perspektive zusammendenken“\, so Dr. Johanna Leinius\, wissenschaftliche Geschäftsführerin des Cornelia Goethe Centrums. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDie Vorlesung erinnert an eine bedeutende Gestalt der jüdischen Geschichte Frankfurts und an die Rolle Frankfurts als Ort jüdischer Wohltätigkeitarbeit für junge Frauen: Bertha Pappenheim (1859-1936) war Feministin und Frauenrechtlerin; sie hat den Jüdischen Frauenbund (1904) mitbegründet sowie das Mädchenwohnheim Neu-Isenburg (1907) ins Leben gerufen. \nElizabeth Loentz ist außerordentliche Professorin und stellvertretende Direktorin der School of Literatures\, Cultural Studies and Linguistics an der University of Illinois\, Chicago. Sie forscht zur deutsch-jüdischen Literatur und Kultur vom späten 19. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert\, zum Jiddischen in Deutschland\, zu Transnationalität und Migration in der Literatur sowie zur ersten deutschen Frauenbewegung. Ausgehend von Bertha Pappenheims Wut angesichts der Ungerechtigkeit in der Gesellschaft thematisiert sie die Rolle von Emotionen für die Wirksamkeit von Aktivismus\, oder wie Pappenheim selbst sagt: „Grollender Zorn erfüllt mich! Ich will ihn behalten\, er soll in mir brennen – solange das besteht\, was ihn zu Recht erregt.“ Loentz spricht auch über das\, was es Pappenheim gekostet hat\, diese Wut insbesondere als jüdische Frau auch zu artikulieren. \nFinanziert wird die künftig jährlich stattfindende Veranstaltung durch die beteiligten Partnerinstitutionen sowie in Kooperation mit dem Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum Potsdam und der Wissenschaftlichen Arbeitsgemeinschaft des Leo Baeck Instituts (WAG). Organisatorinnen und Organisatoren in Frankfurt sind der Judaist und Religionswissenschaftler Prof. Christian Wiese sowie die Erziehungswissenschaftlerin Prof. Bettina Kleiner\, die Anglistin Prof. Heidi Lucja Liedtke\, die Germanistin Prof. Dr. Frederike Middelhoff und die Politikwissenschaftlerin Dr. Johanna Leinius (Cornelia Goethe Centrum).\nDie diesjährige Veranstaltung ist Teil der bundesweiten Aktionswoche „Wissenschaft gegen Faschismus – Verantwortung der Wissenschaft in Zeiten faschistischer Gefahr“\, die vom 1.-7. Juni stattfinden wird. \nEine Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/judaism-and-gender/
LOCATION:Goethe Universität Frankfurt
CATEGORIES:LBI Jerusalem,Veranstaltungsreihe,Vortrag
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260527T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260527T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260401T074538Z
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SUMMARY:The Entanglement Between Literatures
DESCRIPTION:Hebrew and Arabic – Thinking Within War \n\nDr. Lilach Nethanel and Dr. Daniel Behar \nZoom event\, registration required. \nVeranstaltung ist auf HEBRÄISCH!
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/the-entanglement-between-literatures/
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:LBI Jerusalem,Veranstaltungsreihe
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T190000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260520T100837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T100837Z
UID:11792-1779904800-1779908400@fuf-leobaeck.de
SUMMARY:Jewish Refugees in Shanghai
DESCRIPTION:With Meng Yang. \n\nThis lecture will cover the legacy of the history of Jewish refugees in Shanghai\, the social interactions between Jewish refugees and local Chinese people\, perspectives of contemporary Chinese scholars on this history\, and the current situation of the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum. \nThis event is part of Many Promised Lands\, LBI’s 2026 lecture series covering migration of German-Jewish refugees after 1946. \nThis programming is made possible through the generous support of the Levi-Thalheimer Fund for Research and Public History. \n\n\nDr. YANG Meng is an Assistant Professor at Peking University\, where she founded China’s most influential course on Jewish civilization and created the country’s first university-level Yiddish course. She is also a Fellow of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. Her research focuses on global antisemitism\, Holocaust studies\, the history of Jewish exile in Shanghai\, and Sino–Israeli innovation cooperation etc. Please feel free to be in touch: allshallpass@gmail.com
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/jewish-refugees-in-shanghai/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Vortrag
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260526T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260526T213000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260512T080012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T080420Z
UID:11713-1779825600-1779831000@fuf-leobaeck.de
SUMMARY:Book Club: Castle Gripsholm
DESCRIPTION:with Mikael Olsson Berggren \n  \n\nCastle Gripsholm\, the best and most beloved work by Kurt Tucholsky\, is a short novel about an enchanted summer holiday. It begins with an assignment: Tucholsky’s publisher wants him to write something light and funny\, otherwise about whatever Tucholsky wants. A deal is struck and the story is off: about Peter\, a writer; his girlfriend\, known as the Princess; and a summer vacation far from the hurly-burly of Berlin. Peter and the Princess have rented a small house attached to a historic castle in Sweden\, and they have five weeks of long days and white nights at their disposal; five weeks for swimming and walking and sex and talking and visits with Peter’s buddy Karlchen and with Billie\, the Princess’s best friend. It is perfect\, until they meet a weeping girl fleeing the cruel headmistress of a home for children. The vacationers decide they must free the girl and send her back to her mother in Switzerland\, which brings about an encounter with authority that casts a worrying shadow over their radiant summer idyll. Soon they must return to Germany. What kind of fairy tale are they living in? \n(New York Review of Books). \nKurt Tucholsky \nKurt Tucholsky was a German journalist\, satirist\, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure)\, Peter Panter\, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. \nA politically engaged journalist and temporary co-editor of the weekly magazine Die Weltbühne\, he was also a satirist\, an author of satirical political revues\, a songwriter\, and a poet. He saw himself as a left-wing democrat and pacifist and warned against anti-democratic tendencies — above all in politics and the military — and the threat of Nazism. His fears were confirmed when the Nazis came to power in January 1933. In May of that year he was among the authors whose works were banned as „un-German“ and burned; he was also among the first authors and intellectuals whose German citizenship was revoked. \n \n\n\nOur Guest\, Associate Professor Mikael Olsson Berggren \nMikael Olsson Berggren is Visiting Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Languages and Literary Studies at Lafayette College. He received his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2022. Dr. Berggren’s research focuses on the history and cultural representations of transportation networks\, and his work has appeared in The German Quarterly\, The Journal of Transport History\, and Holocaust and Genocide Studies. In 2024\, he received the Max Kade Prize for best article published in The German Quarterly for an article exploring representations of Berlin’s underground metro system in Weimar-era Berlin\, including work by Kurt Tucholsky. His other research interests include co-curricular pedagogy\, the intersections of poetry and short prose\, and the ways in which literature and film engage with Holocaust memory beyond documentary representation.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/book-club-castle-gripsholm/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:LBI Jerusalem,Lesekreis
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260521T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260521T183000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260204T134618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T083952Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Bourgeois Germans and the Third Reich: How One Family Contributed to the Nazi Dictatorship
DESCRIPTION:21 May 2026\, 5:30PM – 07:00 PM \n  \n\nGerman Historical Institute London\, London WC1A 2NJ\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nDuring the Third Reich\, German political\, social\, economic\, and private life was transformed to such an extent that the Holocaust became thinkable and\, ultimately\, possible. Yet many Germans maintained a ‘not Nazi’ subjectivity\, drawing a line between themselves and overly zealous ‘150%’ Nazis. This talk uses the extensive private collection of letters and documents of Annemarie and Heinrich Brenzinger\, Sandra Lipner’s great-grandparents from south-west Germany\, to discuss why bourgeois Germans who were not enthusiastic about Hitler still willingly embraced the Third Reich. \n\n\n\nSandra Lipner is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in History at University College London\, working on the AHRC / DFG project ‘Good Citizens\, Terrible Times: Notions of Individuality\, Community and Responsibility in the Holocaust’. She completed her AHRC- funded PhD in History and German Studies at Royal Holloway\, University of London. Her work explores the use of ego-documents as sources for a history of mentalities of the Third Reich and the early postwar period. In 2023\, she co-curated the exhibition ‘Holocaust Letters’ at the Wiener Holocaust Library\, London. \n\n\n\nThis year’s lecture series explores the diverse ways in which the German past shapes its present – in memory\, identity\, and political culture. From the everyday complicity of the German bourgeoisie under National Socialism to Jewish life and Holocaust commemoration in the GDR\, these lectures illuminate the lingering legacies and unresolved tensions of the 20th century. They also turn outwards\, tracing the paths of German- speaking Jewish refugees outside Europe and questioning the persistence and transformation of antisemitism today. Together\, they offer critical insights into the afterlife of the German past and its significance for the moral and political questions of our time. \n\n\n\nLectures in this series will be held at the German Historical Institute London\, 17 Bloomsbury Square\, London WC1A 2NJ\, and will also be live streamed on Zoom. Admission is free\, but places are strictly limited and must be reserved in advance via Eventbrite. Lectures will begin promptly; latecomers may not be admitted. \n\n\n\nZoom links will be shared with registered participants closer to the date of each event. Further details will be circulated via our mailing list\, social media channels\, and website. \n\n\n\nOrganised by the Leo Baeck Institute London in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London. \nAdmission is free\, please register here. \n\n\n\nOverview of the 2026 Lecture Series
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/bourgeois-germans-and-the-third-reich-how-one-family-contributed-to-the-nazi-dictatorship/
LOCATION:LBI London\, 44 Russell Sq\, London\, WC1B 4JP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LBI London,Veranstaltungsreihe,Vortrag
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260518T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260518T213000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260507T144514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T144628Z
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SUMMARY:The Redemptive Rebellion of Else Lasker-Schüler
DESCRIPTION:The 8th Annual Else Lasker-Schüler Lecture \n  \nIn cooperation with: The Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp\, Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Center\, The German Department at the Hebrew University. \nGreetings:\nDr. Alexander A. Dubrau\nLeo Baeck Institute Jerusalem \nChair:\nDr. Asif Rahamim\nThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem \nProf. Vivian Liska\nUniversity of Antwerp\,\nThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem \n  \nRespondents:\nProf. Ilana Pardes\nThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem \nDana Rubinstein\nThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem \n\nThe evening will take place in English at the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem. You can also join us online.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/the-redemptive-rebellion-of-else-lasker-schueler/
LOCATION:Hebrew University Jerusalem
CATEGORIES:LBI Jerusalem,Podiumsdiskussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260518T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260518T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260505T084306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T091010Z
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SUMMARY:History Reloaded: Jugend\, Erinnerung und neue Formen des Gedenkens
DESCRIPTION:Sabeth Schmidthals ist Geschichts- und Deutschlehrerin und in der historisch-politischen Bildungsarbeit tätig. Für ihr Engagement in der Vermittlung der Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus und in der lokalen Erinnerungsarbeit wurde sie 2020 mit dem Obermayer Award ausgezeichnet. In ihrer Arbeit setzt sie sich insbesondere für ein reflektiertes Geschichtsbewusstsein bei Jugendlichen ein. \nOskar Sonneborn ist Projektkoordinator bei der Stiftung Erinnerung\, Verantwortung und Zukunft. Dort arbeitet er unter anderem im Förderprogramm JUGEND erinnert vor Ort & engagiert\, das Projekte zur Auseinandersetzung mit den Verbrechen des Nationalsozialismus unterstützt. Ein Schwerpunkt seiner Tätigkeit liegt auf der Förderung von Bildungs- und Erinnerungsprojekten mit jungen Zielgruppen sowie der internationalen Zusammenarbeit. \nModeration: Sharon Adler \n\nDas Salongespräch findet in Berlin-Charlottenburg statt. Den genauen Veranstaltungsort teilen wir nach der Anmeldung mit. \nAnmeldefrist: 13. Mai 2026
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/history-reloaded-jugend-erinnerung-und-neue-formen-des-gedenkens/
LOCATION:LBI New York | Berlin – Berlin Office\, Berlin\, Berlin\, 10707
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Podiumsdiskussion,Veranstaltungsreihe,Vortrag
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260506T083525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T083525Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: All Consuming
DESCRIPTION:Germans\, Jews\, and the Meaning of Meat \n\n\nAuthor John Efron will engage in conversation with distinguished historian Michael Brenner and renowned Jewish food authority Joan Nathan. Together\, they will discuss Efron’s book All Consuming: Germans\, Jews\, and the Meaning of Meat from the dual perspective of German-Jewish history and food history. \nMeat is one of the most visible markers of Jewish distinctness and social separation. In his most recent book\, John Efron argues that meat has played an especially important role in the formation of Jewish and Christian identities in Germany from the Middle Ages until today. To an extent not seen elsewhere in Europe\, the importance of meat is reflected in many realms including the visual arts\, literature\, religion\, politics\, commerce\, and home life. Studying the history of meat and its multiple meanings in Germany tells us much about the changing nature of German and German-Jewish identity\, as well as the links between religion\, nationality\, politics\, and food. Above all\, focusing on meat provides us with a singular window into the rich\, fraught\, and ultimately tragic history of German Jewry. \n\n \n\n\nJohn Efron is the Koret Professor of Jewish History at the University of California at Berkeley\, where specializes in the cultural and social history of German Jewry. A native of Melbourne\, Australia\, he has a B.A. from Monash University\, an M.A. from New York University\, and a Ph.D. at Columbia University. In his work\, Efron has focused on the way German Jewry attempted to reinterpret and reinvent Jewish culture in the wake of its complex encounter with modernity. Among his publications are Defenders of the Race: Jewish Doctors and Race Science in Fin-de-Siècle Europe (Yale UP\, 1994); Medicine and the German Jews: A History (Yale UP\, 2001); German Jewry and the Allure of the Sephardic (Princeton UP\, 2016); The Jews: A Modern History (Routledge\, 2025); and All Consuming: Germans\, Jews\, and the Meaning of Meat (Stanford UP\, 2025). \n \n\n\nMichael Brenner is Distinguished Professor of History and Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies at American University in Washington DC\, where he serves as director of the Center for Israel Studies. He also holds the chair of Jewish History and Culture at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. He is the International President of the Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of German-Jewish History and Culture and an elected member of the Bavarian Academy of Science\, the Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana in Italy and the American Academy for Jewish Research. In 2014 he was awarded the order of merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2020 he was the first recipient of the first Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Award for Scholarly Excellence in Research of the Jewish Experience. In 2023 he was awarded the Cultural Prize of Honor of the City of Munich. \nHe serves as member on many advisory committees\, among them the Commission of the German Government to Reappraise the Terror Attack at the Munich Olympics 1972\, the Institute for German and European Studies at the University of Haifa\, and the Jewish Museum Berlin. \nHe published 9 books\, which have been translated in 12 languages\, and edited 19 volumes. His latest publications are In Hitler’s Munich: Jews\, the Revolution\, and the Rise of Nazism (Princeton University Press 2022)\, In Search of Israel: The History of an Idea (Princeton University Press\, 2018)\, and A Short History of the Jews (Princeton University Press 2010). \n\n \n\n\nJoan Nathan is a frequent contributor to The New York Times and other publications. She is the author of twelve books\, including My Life in Recipes: Food\, Family\, and Recipes (2024). Her groundbreaking Jewish Cooking in America and The New American Cookbook both won James Beard Awards and IACP Awards\, and her celebrated King Solomon’s Table won an IACP Award and a Gourmand World Cookbook Award. She lives in Washington\, D.C.\, and on Martha’s Vineyard.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/book-talk-all-consuming/
LOCATION:LBI New York | Berlin – Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, 10011\, USA
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Podiumsdiskussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260514T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260514T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260428T085940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T090257Z
UID:11608-1778781600-1778787000@fuf-leobaeck.de
SUMMARY:Voices from Gaza
DESCRIPTION:How do you create human agency in times of war? – Rawson Basharat\, Editor-in-Chief; Magazine +972\n  \nSeventh session of the annual oral history series\n  \nModerator: Prof. Amos Goldberg\, Hebrew University of Jerusalem \n  \nOnline meeting\, register here.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/voices-from-gaza/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:LBI Jerusalem,Veranstaltungsreihe
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T190000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260506T084739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T084809Z
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SUMMARY:Robert Weltsch: German Zionism and Nationalism in Retrospect
DESCRIPTION:with Kobi Kabalek \n\nThe talk examines the private and public writings of Robert Weltsch (1891-1982)\, a prolific journalist and a prominent German Zionist\, who was a unique observer of his time. As editor in chief of the Berlin-based newspaper Jüdische Rundschau from 1919 to 1938\, Weltsch closely witnessed the destructive side of nationalism in Nazi Germany and warned against similar tendencies he saw among Zionists in the Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine. While he grew ever more critical of the forms of Zionism in the Yishuv\, he was also deeply connected to it\, and Palestine was the only place to which he could flee in 1938 and where he spent the war years. Although shortly after the war Weltsch left for London\, where he worked for many years in the Leo Baeck Institute\, he decided in the late 1970s to spend his last years in Jerusalem. The talk will examine Weltsch’s changing views and contradictory sentiments about Zionism as expressed in private correspondences\, published articles\, and interviews. The first part will discuss Weltsch’s conceptualization of “positive” and “negative” nationalism and his ambivalence toward the nationalistic expressions of political Zionism. The second part will focus on the postwar years and ask how Weltsch reassessed his own responses and views from the 1920s to 1940. Did he acknowledge past miscalculations and false prognoses and wholly embrace Israeli Zionism or rather continued to fight for his old ideas? \nThis event is part of Many Promised Lands\, LBI’s 2026 lecture series covering migration of German-Jewish refugees after 1946. \nThis programming is made possible through the generous support of the Levi-Thalheimer Fund for Research and Public History. \n \n\n\nKobi Kabalek (Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia\, 2013) is Assistant Professor of German and Jewish Studies at Penn State University since 2019. His research focuses on historical perceptions\, moral sentiments\, emotions\, and memory in Holocaust testimonies\, historical writing\, and popular culture. Recent publications: Rescue and Remembrance: Imagining the German Collective after Nazism (University of Wisconsin Press\, 2025); “No Moment of Peace: Terror\, Panic\, and Horror in Responses to Nazi Violence against Jews\, 1933 and 1938\,” Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Spring 2026); “‘The Exception Proves the Rule’ in the Memory of the ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ in Israel\,” Journal of Israeli History (2025); “‘Trained Incapacity’: German Conceptions of the Holocaust and the ‘Fight against Antisemitism’ after 7 October 2023\,” Journal of Genocide Research (2026); “Between Nationalism and Internationalism: Robert Weltsch and the Colonial Dilemma in WWII Palestine\,” AJS Review (2024).
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/robert-weltsch-german-zionism-and-nationalism-in-retrospect/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Vortrag
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260429T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260429T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260401T074321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T074321Z
UID:11296-1777489200-1777494600@fuf-leobaeck.de
SUMMARY:Literature in Times of Crisis: For the Lying Dead
DESCRIPTION:Testimony\, Solidarity\, and Politics in the Work of Esther Dishereit \nDr. Irit Dekel and Dr. Lilach Naishtat\n \nZoom event\, registration required. \n\nVeranstaltung ist auf HEBRÄISCH!
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/literature-in-times-of-crisis-for-the-lying-dead/
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:LBI Jerusalem,Veranstaltungsreihe
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260420T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260420T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260401T080507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T102034Z
UID:11304-1776708000-1776713400@fuf-leobaeck.de
SUMMARY:BACKUP der Geschichte 2.0 - Play to Remember
DESCRIPTION:Computerspiele und Citizen Science als Räume der Erinnerung \nDr. Alina Bothe ist Historikerin und Leiterin mehrerer Forschungsprojekte zur Geschichte des Holocaust am Selma Stern Zentrum für Jüdische Studien Berlin-Brandenburg. Außerdem ist sie Mitinitiatorin des Projekts „#LastSeen. Bilder der NS-Deportationen“\, das fotografische Quellen zu NS-Deportationen sammelt\, erforscht und digital zugänglich macht. \nDr. Felix Zimmermann ist Referent für Games-Kultur\, politische Bildung und Extremismus bei der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) in Bonn. Schwerpunkte seiner Arbeit sind Game-Developer als Zielgruppe und Multiplikatoren politischer Bildung sowie Games als Vermittlungsmedium in den Bereichen Demokratiebildung und Erinnerungskultur. \nSharon Adler ist Journalistin\, Publizistin und Fotografin. Sie ist Gründerin und Herausgeberin des Frauen-Online-Magazins AVIVA-Berlin und Mitherausgeberin der Interviewreihe „Jüdinnen in Deutschland nach 1945“ im Deutschland Archiv Online der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Für das Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin moderierte sie u. a. Panels und Gespräche zu Themen wie Exil\, Resilienz und Erinnerungskultur. \nAnmeldung HIER (Anmeldefrist: 15. April 2026)
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/backup-der-geschichte-2-0-play-to-remember/
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Veranstaltungsreihe
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260416T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260416T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260401T073418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T073418Z
UID:11292-1776362400-1776367800@fuf-leobaeck.de
SUMMARY:Virtual Witnessing
DESCRIPTION:Emotional Remembrance through Interactions with AI-based Representations of Holocaust-Survivors \n  \nBerit Zimmerling\, University of Tübingen \nModerator: Dr. Daniel Mahla\, University of Haifa \n  \nZoom Event\, Registration Required.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/virtual-witnessing/
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:LBI Jerusalem,Vortrag
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260310T123901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T125229Z
UID:11167-1776281400-1776286800@fuf-leobaeck.de
SUMMARY:Still Talking. Celebrating Lore Segal in Performance
DESCRIPTION:Mi.\, 15. Apr. 2026\, 19:30–21:00 GMT-4 \nCenter for Jewish History\n15 W. 16th St.\nNew York\, NY 10011 \nGet your tickets here. \n\n\nOn April 15th\, 2026\, WORDTheatre will bring Lore Segal’s final short story collection\, Still Talking\, to life through performances by James Cromwell (Succession)\, Toni Kalem (The Sopranos)\, Mary Beth Peil (Dawson’s Creek)\, Penny Fuller (All the President’s Men)\, Cynthia Adler (Happyish) & Laila Robins (The Walking Dead). Cellist Susan Salm will provide musical accompaniment. Curated\, produced & directed by WORDTheatre’s Founder & Artistic Director\, Cedering Fox. \nThis program is the closing celebration of the Leo Baeck Institute’s exhibition „And That’s True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal.“ \nTalent\nJames Oliver Cromwell is an esteemed actor and activist. Known for his extensive work as a character actor\, he has received a Primetime Emmy Award as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Babe (1995). Other notable roles include in L.A. Confidential (1997)\, Deep Impact (1998)\, Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013)\, and Succession (2018–2023)\, for which he earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor. \nMary Beth Peil is known for her long career on stage and screen\, including her Tony-nominated performance in The King and I (1985) on Broadway. On television\, she is recognized for roles in Dawson’s Creek (1998–2003) and The Good Wife (2009–2016). \nToni Kalem is an actress known for her various television credits\, including guest appearances on Starsky and Hutch\, MacGyver\, Another World\, and Police Woman. During the sixth season of The Sopranos\, Kalem was elevated from guest star to series regular for her character Angie Bonpensiero. \nPenny Fuller is an actress known for her extensive work on Broadway and television\, winning an Emmy for playing Mrs. Kendal in The Elephant Man and earning Tony nominations for Applause (as Eve Harrington) and The Dinner Party. A versatile performer since the 1960s\, she’s recognized for roles in All the President’s Men\, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\, and Sunday in the Park with George. \nCynthia Adler is one of the top commercial voice-overs and narrators in America\, having worked extensively with HBO\, Discovery Channel\, and PBS. She was the voice of many cartoon characters for Hanna Barbara\, and for the animated feature “Fantastic Planet.” She has dubbed leading roles in numerous foreign films\, such as Swept Away\, and Seven Beauties\, for Lina Wertmueller\, 1900 for Bernardo Bertolucci\, and Scenes From A Marriage for Ingmar Bergman. Her on-screen film credits include Che Cosa? for Italian Television\, Hangin’ Out With Cici\, for ABC\, George Romero’s Knightriders\, and Banana’s Is My Business for PBS. \nLaila Robins is known for her stage and screen work\, including films such as Planes\, Trains\, and Automobiles (1987)\, An Innocent Man (1989)\, and True Crime (1999). On television\, she has appeared in Homeland (2014)\, The Blacklist (2013)\, and The Boys (2019). \nAuthor\nLore Segal was born on March 9\, 1928\, in Vienna\, the only child of solidly middle-class parents; her father\, Ignatz Groszmann\, was chief accountant at a bank\, while her mother\, Franzi (Stern)\, was a homemaker. Her life changed dramatically\, however\, shortly after Hitler’s annexation of Austria\, when she was one of a group of 500 Jewish schoolchildren quickly sent to England. For the next thirteen years she lived in several countries and with many different families—earning a B.A. from Bedford College\, London\, along the way—before finally achieving her independence and settling in New York. In 1961\, Lore Groszmann married David Segal\, an editor; they had two children\, Beatrice and Jacob\, before David’s sudden death in 1970. In addition to her writing career\, Segal held teaching appointments at Columbia University\, Princeton University\, Bennington College\, Sarah Lawrence College\, the University of Illinois at Chicago\, and Ohio State University\, from which she retired in 1995. She was an active writer into her nineties
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/still-talking-celebrating-lore-segal-in-performance/
LOCATION:LBI New York | Berlin – Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, 10011\, USA
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260414T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260414T090000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20251117T153207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T101205Z
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SUMMARY:Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents
DESCRIPTION:Personal narratives such as diaries\, letters\, memoirs\, and autobiographies often capture experiences of migration\, exile\, and cultural transition that are less visible in other forms of documentation. This conference seeks to explore how ego-documents function as records of transnational experience\, linguistic negotiation\, and cultural hybridity. Ego-documents allow for what Iriye and Saunier (2009) termed the ‘links and flows’ between states and the history of ‘people\, ideas\, products\, processes and patterns’ to be elucidated. The study of the diary or the letter for example allows the scholar insight into peoples’ movement ‘over\, across\, through\, beyond\, above\, under\, or in-between polities and societies’. Whilst a notoriously ‘slippery’ term in various parts of the humanities and social sciences\, transnationality prompts a wide array of avenues with which conference participants can traverse.\n\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to announce that Professor Eva Kovacs (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute) will deliver the keynote address\, focusing on the history of Jewish life in Hungary through ego-documents. We invite proposals from scholars at all career stages\, especially early career researchers\, that address life-writing and ego-documents in transnational and multilingual contexts. Papers may focus on individual case studies\, comparative approaches\, methodological innovation\, or theoretical reflections. \nPossible themes include (but are not limited to): \n\nGerman-Jewish ego-documents and cultural identity\nEuropean life-writing from mediterranean to Eastern European contexts\nDigital humanities approaches to multilingual personal narratives\nHistorical perspectives on life-writing across cultures\nColonial and postcolonial life-writing traditions\nWomen’s life-writing and gendered voices across borders\nLiterary influence and cross-linguistic creative dialogues\nContemporary digital life-writing in global contexts\nScript-switching and multimodal ego-documents\nMigration narratives and transcontinental archives\nIndigenous life-writing and linguistic sovereignty\n\n\nTuesday\, 14 April 2026 (one-day conference)\nUniversity of Southampton\n\nFormat: In-person \n  \n\nThis event is made possible through funding from the MHRA and the GHS\, as well as institutional support from the organisers’ universities and research institutes. Additional funding applications are underway\, which we hope will further support participation and accessibility. \nCall for papers: https://www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10/call-papers-crossing-borders-transnational-perspectives-life-writing-and-ego-documents \n\n        .      \n  \n       
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/crossing-borders-transnational-perspectives-on-life-writing-and-ego-documents/
LOCATION:University of Southhampton
CATEGORIES:Konferenz,LBI London
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260407T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260407T190000
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SUMMARY:Challenges\, Traps and Dead Ends: Navigating the Labyrinth of Personal Accounts in Holocaust Studies
DESCRIPTION:University of Southampton Highfield Campus\n7 April 2026\, 1:48PM – 02:48 PM\n\n\n\n\n  \nDuring the past seven decades\, tens of thousands of Shoah survivors have told or written their personal experiences within the framework of various research and documentation projects. Many of the survivors who gave testimonies between 1945 and 1947 reappeared three or four decades later in the new interview projects. They retold their stories: in other words\, they were able to take part in discussions about their testimonies and try to articulate their opinion and criticism. The memory communities of the catastrophe will soon cease to exist\, turning the living testimonies into historical materials of the archives. The other fundamental change has been brought about by the archival turn and the digital revolution and especially the public accessibility of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. Today\, almost all prominent testimony archives offer online access.The technical conditions have thus changed radically\, but have our research questions kept up with this change as well? What can personal accounts be used for in Holocaust research\, and how? In this lecture\, Professor Kovacs will attempt to address the questions that have preoccupied researchers working with personal sources for decades and remain difficult to answer even today. \nÉva Kovács\, Prof. Dr.\, sociologist\, acting director of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) and a Research Professor at Eötvös Lóránt University\, Centre for Social Sciences (ELTE–TK) in Budapest. Kovács studied sociology and economics at the Corvinus University in Budapest\, PhD 1994\, Habilitation 2009. Her research fields are the history of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe\, research on memory politics and social remembrance\, and Jewish identity in Hungary and Slovakia. She has been teaching qualitative research methodology for decades\, with a particular focus on interview methods. She has authored six monographs\, edited twelve volumes\, published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals\, co-curated exhibitions in Budapest\, Berlin\, Bratislava\, Krems\, Prague\, Vienna\, and Warsaw. She is the founder of the audio-visual archive “Voices of the Twentieth Century” in Budapest and between 2012 and 2025\, she led various European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) projects at the VWI. \n  \nIn person/online \nAdmission is free\, please register ➚ here. \n  \nThis is the keynote speech for the Crossing Borders conference. To book tickets for the main conference\, please visit https://www.lbilondon.ac.uk/crossing-borders-2026
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/challenges-traps-and-dead-ends-navigating-the-labyrinth-of-personal-accounts-in-holocaust-studies/
LOCATION:University of Southhampton
CATEGORIES:Konferenz,LBI London,Vortrag
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T213000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
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SUMMARY:Book Club: The Art of Being a Stranger
DESCRIPTION:Di.\, 31. März 2026\, 20:00–21:30 MESZ \nOnline. \nAdmission is free\, get your ticket here. \nKaren Bermann grew up in the mad orbit of her father\, Fritz\, the rebellious child of a Viennese Orthodox Jewish family who fled Europe alone as an adolescent in the late 1930s. An irreverent\, comic\, rageful man with three names\, who spoke three languages\, lived on three continents\, and always kept his papers in order\, Fritz lived a life shaped by survival. In this memoir\, told in alternating voices in brief\, lyrical episodes\, Bermann explores not only the mystery of her father but also the inheritance he passed on: intergenerational trauma\, fragile familial bonds\, and a fraught sense of belonging. \nThe Art of Being a Stranger is a darkly funny narrative told in poetry\, prose\, and mixed-media drawings. While her father taught her how to save herself\, Bermann realized early on that what she truly needed was to be saved from him. Set against the backdrop of 1960s and 1970s New York City\, The Art of Being a Stranger is a poignant comic-drama that offers an intimate\, layered exploration of parents and children in the shadow of history. \nText: University of Toronto Press \nGuest and Author: Karen Bermann \nKaren Bermann is professor emerita of architecture at Iowa State University. She worked on sweat equity rehabilitation in her native New York in the 1970s and 80s\, studied architecture at The Cooper Union\, and taught design and drawing in Iowa and in Rome\, where she lives now \n 
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/book-club-the-art-of-being-a-stranger/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Lesekreis
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260325T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260325T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260310T100528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T100528Z
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SUMMARY:Out of the Camp – Simon Bernfeld\, Biography (1860-1940)
DESCRIPTION:Join Us For An Evening In Honor Of The Book by Dr. Maya Shabbat.\n  \nChair: Dr. Ahuva Liberles\nGreetings: Prof. Guy Miron\nSpeakers: Dr. Emma Zohar\, Prof. Shmuel Feiner\, Prof. Motti Zalkin\nRespondent: Dr. Maya Shabbat \n  \nThe event will take place at the institute\, you can also join via Zoom\nFree admission\, registration required. \n  \nThe event will be held in Hebrew!
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/out-of-the-camp-simon-bernfeld-biography-1860-1940/
LOCATION:LBI Jerusalem\, 33 Bustenai Street\, Jerusalem\, 9104201\, Israel
CATEGORIES:LBI Jerusalem,Lesung
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260325T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260325T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260310T112919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T113005Z
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SUMMARY:»Auf dem Schreibtisch der Braunschweiger Löwe. Lebenserinnerungen eines jüdischen Arztes« von Walter Heinemann (1883–1968)
DESCRIPTION:Mittwoch\, 25. März 2026\, 18:00 \n\n\n\nCampus Charité Mitte\, Carl-Westphal-Hörsaal\, Alte Nervenklinik Bomhoefferweg 3 \n  \n\n\n\nBegrüßung: Lydia Stötzer (GeDenkOrt.Charité – Wissenschaft in Verantwortung) \n\n\n\nGrußwort: Dr. Miriam Bistrovic (Berliner Direktorin des Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin) \n  \n\n\n\nNew York\, Ende der 1950er Jahre: Der aus Braunschweig stammende Arzt Walter Heinemann (1883-1968) sitzt an seinem Schreibtisch und blickt auf sein Leben zurück. Während er seine Erinnerungen auf einer Schreibmaschine zu Papier bringt\, fällt sein Blick auf eine Bronzefigur\, die ihn bereits seit mehr als 50 Jahren begleitet. Es handelt sich um eine Miniaturausgabe des Braunschweiger Löwen\, eines Wahrzeichens seiner Heimatstadt. Heinemann war 1935 aus Deutschland nach Palästina geflohen\, 1936 über England weiter in die USA gelangt. Dort\, im Exil\, hatte er sich eine neue Existenz aufgebaut. In seinen Memoiren schildert er seinen persönlichen und beruflichen Werdegang: Von seiner Kindheit in Braunschweig\, dem Medizinstudium in Berlin\, der Niederlassung als Magen-Darm-Spezialist in Braunschweig bis hin zu seiner Emigration und dem Neuanfang in New York. Dabei schildert er auch die antisemitischen Anfeindungen\, denen er und seine Familie vielfach ausgesetzt gewesen waren. Auf vielfältige Weise hatte er sich im sozialen und kulturellen Bereich engagiert und als Vorsitzender die Geschicke der Jüdischen Gemeinde seiner Heimatstadt geleitet. Das Manuskript der Heinemannschen Lebenserinnerungen lagerte jahrzehntelang im New Yorker Leo Baeck Institute. Nun haben die Braunschweiger Stadtarchivarin Meike Buck\, der Internist Harro Jenss und der Medizinhistoriker Benjamin Kuntz die Memoiren Walter Heinemanns – ausführlich kommentiert und reich bebildert – herausgegeben. Im Rahmen der Buchvorstellung berichten die Herausgeber:innen von ihren Recherchen und stellen das Leben und Wirken Walter Heinemanns vor. Als Lesung werden die Kapitel über seine Berliner Jahre (1901 bis 1912) vorgetragen. Heinemann studierte in dieser Zeit in Berlin und arbeitete dann als Assistenzarzt am Rudolf-Virchow-Krankenhaus. Zu den ärztlichen Persönlichkeiten\, mit denen er in dieser Zeit selbst in Berührung gekommen ist\, zählen Robert Koch\, Ernst von Bergmann\, Max Rubner\, Friedrich Kraus\, Rahel Hirsch\, August von Wassermann\, Alfred Goldscheider\, Moritz Borchardt und Leopold Kuttner. Heinemanns mit Anekdoten gespickte Schilderungen machen ein Stück Berliner Medizingeschichte erlebbar. Es begrüßen Dr. Miriam Bistrovic\, die Berliner Direktorin des Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin\, und Lydia Stötzer\, die Leiterin der Geschäftsstelle des GeDenkOrt.Charité – Wissenschaft in Verantwortung. \n\n\n\nDer Eintritt ist frei\, eine Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/auf-dem-schreibtisch-der-braunschweiger-loewe-lebenserinnerungen-eines-juedischen-arztes-von-walter-heinemann-1883-1968/
LOCATION:Carl-Westphal-Hörsaal\, Bonhoefferweg 3\, Berlin
CATEGORIES:Buchvorstellung,LBI New York | Berlin
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260319T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260319T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260218T101016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T101016Z
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SUMMARY:The Galilee and Western Negev Project
DESCRIPTION:Discourse Culture as a Documentary Tool\nJoin Us for the Fifth Meeting of the Annual Oral History Series\n  \nDr. Omer Einav\, Yad Yaari\nModerator: Neta Shapira\, University of Haifa \nOnline meeting\, for registration ➚ click here. \n  \nDie Veranstaltung ist auf Hebräisch!
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/the-galilee-and-western-negev-project/
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:LBI Jerusalem,Veranstaltungsreihe
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20251215T153519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T153827Z
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SUMMARY:Kindertransport in British Memory and Culture
DESCRIPTION:A Roundtable Discussion \nThis event brings together scholars and individuals with personal connections to the Kindertransport to explore its legacy in British memory and culture. The discussion will examine historical narratives\, cultural representations\, and the continuing significance of the Kindertransport in shaping British identity. \nOnline (hosted by the Leo Baeck Institute London in collaboration with the British-German Association) \nMore information to follow.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/kindertransport-in-british-memory-and-culture/
CATEGORIES:LBI London,Podiumsdiskussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T183000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260310T121633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T121633Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Older Jews and the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Do.\, 19. März 2026\, 17:00–18:30 GMT-4 \nCenter for Jewish History New York \nAdmission is free\, get your tickets here. \n  \n\n\n\nJoin the Claims Conference\, the Leo Baeck Institute\, and the editors and contributors of the newly published book for a discussion about the experiences of German and Austrian older adults during and after the Holocaust. \nHow did older German and Austrian Jews experience the Holocaust? What do we know about care for older and aging survivors immediately after the Holocaust? How has this history informed the efforts of the Claims Conference on behalf of Jewish Holocaust survivors over the years? The volume editors and contributors\, all Holocaust historians\, will discuss these and other questions at the launch of their groundbreaking book that explores the multifaceted lives of elderly Jewish victims and survivors\, Older Jews and the Holocaust: Persecution\, Displacement\, and Survival (Wayne State University Press\, coming out on March 17\, 2026). \nBooks will be available for purchase and signing. \nWith Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany \nSupported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance \nProject Partners: The Ernst Hecht Charitable Foundation\, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, and the Wiener Holocaust Library. \n\n\nSpeakers: \nDr. Elizabeth Anthony is the director of Visiting Scholar Programs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack\, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. Her book\, The Compromise of Return: Viennese Jews after the Holocaust\, was co-published by Wayne State University Press and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 and was a commended finalist for The Wiener Holocaust Library’s Ernst Fraenkel Book Prize. Anthony was co-editor of and a contributor to Freilegungen: Spiegelungen der NS-Verfolgung und ihrer Konsequenzen\, Jahrbuch des International Tracing Service (2015). She also has published chapters in Lessons and Legacies Volume XII (2017); The Future of Holocaust Memorialization: Confronting Racism\, Antisemitism\, and Homophobia through Memory Work (2015); and the Nürnberger Institut für NS-Forschung und jüdische Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts Jahrbuch 2010. Anthony received a PhD in history at Clark University in 2016. \nDr. Christine Schmidt is Acting Co-Director of The Wiener Holocaust Library. Her research has focused on the history of postwar tracing and documentation efforts\, the concentration camp system in Nazi Germany\, and comparative studies of collaboration and resistance in France and Hungary. She is currently writing a social history and archival biography of a collection of survivor accounts recorded by The Wiener Library in the 1950s-60s. She has a forthcoming chapter in Holocaust Memory in the United Kingdom in the 1960s (Bloomsbury\, 2025). Schmidt has recently published articles in the Journal of Transport History\, the European Review of History\, American Imago\, Culture Unbound\, and The Journal of Holocaust Research\, and is co-editing (with Sandra Lipner\, Clara Dijkstra\, and Charlie Knight) Letters and the Holocaust: Methodology\, Cases\, and Reflections (Bloomsbury\, 2025) and (with Suzanne Bardgett and Dan Stone) Survivors of Nazi Persecution – Beyond Camps and Forced Labour (Palgrave\, 2025). \nDr. Joanna Sliwa is a Historian at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) where she also administers the Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies\, and the University Partnership in Holocaust Studies. Joanna’s research concerns the history of the Claims Conference\, compensation for Holocaust survivors\, and Jewish property restitution. Joanna’s own scholarship focuses on the Holocaust in Poland and on Polish Jewish history. She is the author of Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust (Rutgers University Press\, 2021)\, which received the 2020 Ernst Fraenkel Prize from The Wiener Holocaust Library\, and The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust (with Elizabeth White; Simon and Schuster\, 2024). \nChen Yurista is Chief Experience Officer at the Claims Conference. An attorney\, licensed to practice in Israel and in the US\, Chen previously served as the Executive Director of the Israeli office of the Claims Conference\, worked on the Swiss Banks settlement\, and was the CEO of the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel. He graduated with honors from the faculties of Law and Economics at Tel Aviv University and holds an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. In his current position Chen continually evaluates practices\, methods and strategies to improve the Claims Conference’s interactions with survivors in over 45 countries. Chen is a third generation to Holocaust survivors from Poland and from Germany.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/book-launch-older-jews-and-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:LBI New York | Berlin – Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, 10011\, USA
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Podiumsdiskussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260318T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260318T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260224T102420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T102420Z
UID:11097-1773860400-1773865800@fuf-leobaeck.de
SUMMARY:Cultural Translation: In Memory of Prof. Zohar Shavit
DESCRIPTION:Join Us for an Evening in Memory of Prof. Zohar Shavit Dedicated to Her Book: \nCultural Translation: The Haskalah Library and the Making of the Modern Jew\n  \nMemorial Speeches: Prof. Yaakov Shavit\nChair: Dr. Maya Shabat\nParticipating: Dr. Tal Kugman\, Dr. Natalie Naimark Goldberg\, Prof. Dorothea Salzer \nThe event will take place at the Institute\, you can also join online.\nAdmission is free but pre-registration is required. \n  \nDie Veranstaltung ist auf HEBRÄISCH!
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/cultural-translation-in-memory-of-prof-zohar-shavit/
CATEGORIES:Buchvorstellung,LBI Jerusalem
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260310T120956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T120956Z
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SUMMARY:67th Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture by Marsha Rozenblit
DESCRIPTION:Di.\, 17. März 2026\, 18:30–20:30 \nCenter for Jewish History (map)\n15 W. 16th St.\nNew York\, NY 10011 \n  \n  \nWas New York like Vienna? How Jewish Refugees from Austria\, 1938-1941\, Made America into a New Version of the Habsburg Monarchy \n  \n\nJews who fled Nazi Austria after the Anschluss in 1938 went to many places\, but primarily to the United States\, where they tried to make new homes for themselves. In so doing\, many of them imagined that democratic America resembled the old Habsburg Monarchy\, with its tolerance for ethnic diversity. They even imagined that the American president\, Franklin Delano Roosevelt\, was like the beloved Habsburg Emperor Franz Joseph\, and New York was like Vienna. This talk will explore how Jews from Austria coped with American realities and used nostalgia for the Habsburg Monarchy as a way to adjust to their new lives in America. \nAbout our Speaker \n\n\n\n\n\nMarsha L. Rozenblit is the Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Maryland\, where she has been on the faculty since 1978. A social historian of the Jews of the Habsburg Monarchy and its successor states\, she is the author of two scholarly books: The Jews of Vienna\, 1867-1914: Assimilation and Identity (State University of New York Press\, 1983); and Reconstructing a National Identity: The Jews of Habsburg Austria during World War I (Oxford University Press\, 2001). She has also co-edited two books: Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe (Berghahn Press\, 2005); and World War I and the Jews: Conflict and Transformation in Europe\, the Middle East\, and America (Berghahn Press\, 2017); and she has written over 35 scholarly articles on such topics as Jewish religious reform in nineteenth century Vienna\, Jewish courtship and marriage in 1920s Vienna\, and German-Jewish schools in Habsburg Moravia. She served as the president of the Association for Jewish Studies\, 2009-2011. \n\n\nAdmission is free\, get your tickets here.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/67th-leo-baeck-memorial-lecture-by-marsha-rozenblit-2/
LOCATION:LBI New York | Berlin – Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, 10011\, USA
CATEGORIES:LBI New York | Berlin,Lesung
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260311T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20260311T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260211T081218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T082958Z
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SUMMARY:Reading Time: Yiddish\, Gender\, and Nostalgia in Ashkenazi Judaism
DESCRIPTION:In the Wheels of Time\nFifth Meeting in the Annual Series\nProf. Aya Elyada (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)Dr. Yemima Hovav (Herzog College) \nOnline meeting\, registration required. \nDie Vernstaltung ist in Hebräisch!
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/reading-time-yiddish-gender-and-nostalgia-in-ashkenazi-judaism/
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:LBI Jerusalem,Lesekreis
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260304T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260304T213000
DTSTAMP:20260611T084936
CREATED:20260114T114212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T125653Z
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SUMMARY:Tell Me a Lore: Revisiting the Children's Books of Lore Segal
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of LBI’s programming series surrounding our exhibition And That’s True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal \nIn addition to penning four novels and numerous short stories\, Lore Segal received acclaim for her work for children. Tell Me a Mitzi and The Story of Mrs. Lovewright and Purrless\, Her Cat are two of her well-known works. Professor Ellen Handler Spitz (Yale University) will give scholarly insights into Lore Segal’s work for children. Sarah Lynn Baker\, Executive Director of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators\, as well as artists Paul O. Zelinsky\, Sergio Ruzzier\, and Sophie Blackall will join the conversation. \n\n\nMi.\, 4. März 2026\, 20:00–21:30 MEZ \nOnline\, free of admission\, get your tickets here.
URL:https://fuf-leobaeck.de/event/tell-me-a-lore-revisiting-the-childrens-books-of-lore-segal/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Buchvorstellung,LBI New York | Berlin,Lesekreis,Vortrag
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