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.
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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...
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 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...
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:...
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,...
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 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...
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 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...
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 sie Mitinitiatorin des Projekts „#LastSeen. Bilder der NS-Deportationen“, das fotografische Quellen zu NS-Deportationen sammelt, erforscht und digital zugänglich macht. Dr. Felix Zimmermann ist Referent für Games-Kultur,...
Literature in Times of Crisis: For the Lying Dead
zoomTestimony, Solidarity, and Politics in the Work of Esther Dishereit Dr. Irit Dekel and Dr. Lilach Naishtat Zoom event, registration required. Veranstaltung ist auf HEBRÄISCH!
Robert Weltsch: German Zionism and Nationalism in Retrospect
OnlineThe talk examines the private and public writings of Robert Weltsch, a prolific journalist and a prominent German Zionist.
Voices from Gaza
OnlineHow do you create human agency in times of war? – Rawson Basharat, Editor-in-Chief; Magazine +972 Seventh session of the annual oral history series Moderator: Prof. Amos Goldberg,...
Book Talk: All Consuming
LBI New York | Berlin - Center for Jewish History 15 W 16th St, New York, USAAuthor John Efron will engage in conversation with historian Michael Brenner and Joan Nathan. They will discuss Efron's book All Consuming.
History Reloaded: Jugend, Erinnerung und neue Formen des Gedenkens
LBI New York | Berlin – Berlin Office Berlin, BerlinSabeth 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. Oskar Sonneborn ist Projektkoordinator bei der Stiftung Erinnerung,...
The Redemptive Rebellion of Else Lasker-Schüler
Hebrew University JerusalemThe 8th Annual Else Lasker-Schüler Lecture in Jerusale is about the Redemptive Rebellion of Else Lasker-Schüler.
POSTPONED: Bourgeois Germans and the Third Reich: How One Family Contributed to the Nazi Dictatorship
LBI London 44 Russell Sq, London, United Kingdom21 May 2026, 5:30PM - 07:00 PM German Historical Institute London, London WC1A 2NJ During 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...
Book Club: Castle Gripsholm
OnlineWith Mikael Olsson Berggren, we discuss Kurt Tucholsky’s Castle Gripsholm and its fragile balance between summer idyll and political unease.
Jewish Refugees in Shanghai
OnlineThis lecture will cover the legacy of the history of Jewish refugees in Shanghai and the social interactions with local Chinese people.
The Entanglement Between Literatures
zoomHebrew and Arabic – Thinking Within War Dr. Lilach Nethanel and Dr. Daniel Behar Zoom event, registration required. Veranstaltung ist auf HEBRÄISCH!
Judaism and Gender
Goethe Universität FrankfurtElizabeth Loentz eröffnet in Frankfurt die neu ins Leben gerufene Bertha Pappenheim Lecture zum Thema Judaism and Gender.
Tanz auf dem Vulkan – Eine Revue (Termin Berlin)
Österreichische Botschaft Berlin Stauffenbergstr. 1, Berlin, DeutschlandWir laden Sie zu einer besonderen Veranstaltungsreihe ein, die Sie in das pulsierende und widersprüchliche Berlin der 1920er-Jahre entführt.
Tanz auf dem Vulkan – Eine Revue (Termin München)
Münchner Künstlerhaus Lenbachplatz 8, München, GermanyWir laden Sie zu einer besonderen Veranstaltungsreihe ein, die Sie in das pulsierende und widersprüchliche Berlin der 1920er-Jahre entführt.
Never Again, When?: German Memory Culture, the Holocaust, and Free Expression
LBI New York | Berlin - Center for Jewish History 15 W 16th St, New York, USAWith Boehm, Dekel will discuss the origins of the phrase “Never Again” and the ways that Holocaust memory politics impacts free expression.
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»FREMDE HEIMAT« Deutsch-jüdisches Exil gestern und heute
W. M. Blumenthal Akademie Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, BerlinWir 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. Freuen Sie...