LBI Film Club – Double Feature
OnlineHannah Cohen’s Holy Communion (2013) & The Blond Boy from the Casbah (2023) The Leo Baeck Institute London is delighted to invite you to a special double‑feature online screening from...
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Buchvorstellung: »Nicht alles ist erlaubt, nicht alles ist verboten«
Goethe Universität FrankfurtDie deutsch-israelischen Beziehungen in den Geisteswissenschaften (1950–1990) Vor dem Hintergrund des Spannungsfelds zwischen den Schatten der Shoah, diplomatischen Erwartungen, der Wiedergutmachungspolitik und universitären Konkurrenzen geht die Studie der Frage nach, wann und wie sich die ersten akademischen Kontakte zwischen der Bundesrepublik und Israel in den Geisteswissenschaften entwickelten. Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David ist Leiterin des Leo Baeck...
Annual Oral History Workshop
OnlineVideo Documentation as a Gateway to Family Continuity Dr. Shula Mola, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Chair: Dr. Roni Mikel-Arieli, Ben-Gurion University Online event, register here. Das Event wird in Hebräisch abgehalten!
Exhibition Opening: And That’s True Too
LBI New York | Berlin - Center for Jewish History 15 W 16th St, New York, USAThe Life and Work of Lore Segal The program will be livestreamed on our YouTube here. On January 22, LBI will open its first exhibition of 2026 And That's True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal. Aside from the unveiling of the exhibition, the opening event will feature renowned actor Toni Kalem...
Book Club: It Will Yet Be Heard
OnlineA Polish Rabbi's Witness of the Shoah and Survival Dr. Joanna Sliwá will join the LBI Book Club in January to discuss the book It Will Yet Be Heard: A Polish Rabbi's Witness of the Shoah and Survival by Leon Thorne. Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer once described Dr. Leon Thorne’s memoir as a...
Martin Buber’s Dialogic Thought as a Philosophy of Action
LBI Jerusalem 33 Bustenai Street, Jerusalem, IsraelEvening in honor of Dr. Assaf Ziderman’s book: Martin Buber’s Dialogic Thought as a Philosophy of Action Moderator: Rachel Livne-Freudenthal Speakers: Miri Rozmarin, Or Sharf Responder: Assaf Ziderman The event will take place at the institute, you can also join online. Admission is free but pre-registration is required. The event will be held...
Time-Related Issues in German-Jewish History
zoomTime and Holiness in German-Jewish Tradition Prof. Amir Eshel (Stanford University) and Prof. Galili Shahar (Tel Aviv University) Online meeting, for registration click here.
67th Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture by Marsha Rozenblit
LBI New York | Berlin - Center for Jewish History 15 W 16th St, New York, USAWas New York like Vienna? How Jewish Refugees from Austria, 1938-1941, Made America into a New Version of the Habsburg Monarchy Jews 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...
In Search of the Political in the Memory of an East German Village
zoomReflections on an Oral History Teaching Project in 2025 Dr. Agnès Arp, University of Erfurt & Dr. Axel Doßmann, Berlin Moderator: Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David, Leo Baeck Institute Zoom event, registration required.
Book Club: The Artificial Silk Girl
OnlineProfessor Didem Uca will join LBI to discuss The Artificial Silk Girl This enthralling tale of a “material girl” in 1930s Berlin is the masterpiece of a literary icon, rediscovered and restored to the same heights as such luminaries as Isherwood and Brecht. In 1931 a young woman writer living in Germany penned her answer...
Tell Me a Lore: Revisiting the Children’s Books of Lore Segal
OnlineThis event is part of LBI's programming series surrounding our exhibition And That's True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal In addition to penning four novels and numerous...
Reading Time: Yiddish, Gender, and Nostalgia in Ashkenazi Judaism
zoomIn the Wheels of Time Fifth Meeting in the Annual Series Prof. Aya Elyada (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)Dr. Yemima Hovav (Herzog College) Online meeting, registration required. Die Vernstaltung ist...
67th Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture by Marsha Rozenblit
LBI New York | Berlin - Center for Jewish History 15 W 16th St, New York, USADi., 17. März 2026, 18:30–20:30 Center for Jewish History (map) 15 W. 16th St. New York, NY 10011 Was New York like Vienna? How Jewish Refugees from Austria, 1938-1941, Made America into a New Version of the Habsburg Monarchy Jews who fled Nazi Austria after the Anschluss in 1938 went to many...
Cultural Translation: In Memory of Prof. Zohar Shavit
Join Us for an Evening in Memory of Prof. Zohar Shavit Dedicated to Her Book: Cultural Translation: The Haskalah Library and the Making of the Modern Jew Memorial Speeches: Prof. Yaakov Shavit Chair: Dr. Maya Shabat Participating: Dr. Tal Kugman, Dr. Natalie Naimark Goldberg, Prof. Dorothea Salzer The event will take place at the...
Book Launch: Older Jews and the Holocaust
LBI New York | Berlin - Center for Jewish History 15 W 16th St, New York, USADo., 19. März 2026, 17:00–18:30 GMT-4 Center for Jewish History New York Admission is free, get your tickets here. Join 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....
Kindertransport in British Memory and Culture
A Roundtable Discussion This 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. Online (hosted by the Leo Baeck Institute London in collaboration with...
The Galilee and Western Negev Project
zoomDiscourse Culture as a Documentary Tool Join Us for the Fifth Meeting of the Annual Oral History Series Dr. Omer Einav, Yad Yaari Moderator: Neta Shapira, University of Haifa...
»Auf dem Schreibtisch der Braunschweiger Löwe. Lebenserinnerungen eines jüdischen Arztes« von Walter Heinemann (1883–1968)
Carl-Westphal-Hörsaal Bonhoefferweg 3, BerlinMittwoch, 25. März 2026, 18:00 Campus Charité Mitte, Carl-Westphal-Hörsaal, Alte Nervenklinik Bomhoefferweg 3 Begrüßung: Lydia Stötzer (GeDenkOrt.Charité – Wissenschaft in Verantwortung) Grußwort: Dr. Miriam Bistrovic (Berliner Direktorin des Leo Baeck Institute - New York | Berlin) New York, Ende der 1950er Jahre: Der aus Braunschweig stammende Arzt Walter Heinemann (1883-1968) sitzt an seinem...
Out of the Camp – Simon Bernfeld, Biography (1860-1940)
LBI Jerusalem 33 Bustenai Street, Jerusalem, IsraelJoin Us For An Evening In Honor Of The Book by Dr. Maya Shabbat. Chair: Dr. Ahuva Liberles Greetings: Prof. Guy Miron Speakers: Dr. Emma Zohar, Prof. Shmuel Feiner, Prof. Motti Zalkin Respondent: Dr. Maya Shabbat The event will take place at the institute, you can also join via Zoom Free admission, registration...
Book Club: The Art of Being a Stranger
OnlineDi., 31. März 2026, 20:00–21:30 MESZ Online. Admission is free, get your ticket here. Karen Bermann grew up in the mad orbit of her father, Fritz, the rebellious child of...
Challenges, Traps and Dead Ends: Navigating the Labyrinth of Personal Accounts in Holocaust Studies
University of SouthhamptonUniversity of Southampton Highfield Campus 7 April 2026, 1:48PM - 02:48 PM During the past seven decades, tens of thousands of Shoah survivors have told or written their personal...
Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents
University of SouthhamptonPersonal 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...
Still Talking. Celebrating Lore Segal in Performance
LBI New York | Berlin - Center for Jewish History 15 W 16th St, New York, USAMi., 15. Apr. 2026, 19:30–21:00 GMT-4 Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th St. New York, NY 10011 Get your tickets here. On 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...
Virtual Witnessing
zoomEmotional Remembrance through Interactions with AI-based Representations of Holocaust-Survivors Berit Zimmerling, University of Tübingen Moderator: Dr. Daniel Mahla, University of Haifa Zoom Event, Registration Required.
BACKUP der Geschichte 2.0 – Play to Remember
Computerspiele und Citizen Science als Räume der Erinnerung Dr. Alina Bothe ist Historikerin und Leiterin mehrerer Forschungsprojekte zur Geschichte des Holocaust am Selma Stern Zentrum für Jüdische Studien Berlin-Brandenburg. Außerdem ist...