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Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem is one of the three centers of Leo Baeck Institute which was founded by Jews of German origin, the last generation of a thousand years old Jewish community. Its purpose is the research of the history and culture of Jews in Germany and other German speaking countries. The institute was established in 1955 by the "Council of Jews from Germany" and is named in honor of Rabbi Leo Baeck, the last representative of German speaking Jewry and its prominent leader before and during the Shoa. The Institute works through three centers - in Jerusalem, London and New York and its Berlin branch, an office of the Freunde und Foerderer des Leo Baeck Institutes in Frankfurt and the Wissenschaftliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft des Leo Baeck Instituts in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. The Holocaust brought the history of German Jewry to an abrupt end; therefore, its last generation finding itself in a unique historical situation, felt itself obliged to preserve the memory and the spiritual values created by this Jewish community and to pass on its cultural heritage to future generations. |
Where we are
Leo
Baeck Institute Email:
leobaeck@netvision.net.il |
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Hours: Sun - Thurs: 8.00-13.00 Afternoon: by appointment |
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Although the task of all three centers is basically the same, each center has developed its own particular activities in the course of time.
| LBI
New-York
Center, has in its library and archive
one of the largest collections of documents concerning German Jewry. |
LBI London publishes the Yearbook and maintains inter-alia contact with European scholars. | LBI Jerusalem is responsible for the publication of the Juedischer Almanach and books in Hebrew and German. It advances studies of the History of Middle European Jewry at the Israeli Universities and encourages new generations of historians researching Jewish-German history. |
All three centers regularly hold local and international conferences on a large variety of themes.
For annual LBI scholarships (Milgot 2010) click here:
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Executive Committee of the LBI Jerusalem
Prof. Steven Aschheim Hebrew University, Jerusalem Prof. Shmuel Feiner Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan Dr. Rachel Freudenthal Alma College Tel Aviv Prof. Dov Kulka Hebrew University, Jerusalem Prof. Hagit Lavsky Hebrew University, Jerusalem Prof. Robert Liberles Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva Mr. Shlomo Mayer Director of LBI Jerusalem Dr. Guy Miron Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies,
Jerusalem Prof. Paul Mendes-Flohr Hebrew University, Jerusalem Dr. Alon Rachamimov Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv Prof. Zohar Shavit Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv Dr. Itzchak Steiner Prof. Yfaat Weiss Hebrew University, Jerusalem Mr. Usi Werner
Prof.
Yossi Mali
Hebrew
University, Jerualem
Mr.
Shimon Stein
Former Israel ambassador in Germany
Treasurer Leo Baeck Institute International
Mr.
David Witztum
Israel
Television