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New Exhibition on Jewish Berliners in Weimar Germany held in Ambassador’s...
(© Germany.info / Zacarias Garcia) On Monday, March 17, Ambassador Peter Ammon hosted the opening of a new Leo Baeck Institute exhibition at his residence. “Advancing Modernity: Jewish Berliners in...
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Exhibition: Facing History: Portraits from the LBI Art Collection
Artist unknown. Unidentified mother and daughter. Germany, mid-19th century.These portraits of a mother and daughter show the cultural dynamics in a German-Jewish family of the mid-19th century. The...
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German Jews at the Eastern Front in WWI: Modernism Meets Tradition
The German Army marching into Neu Sendec during WWI. Bundesarchiv. The outbreak of World War I in 1914 was greeted by a wave of nationalist fervor all across Europe. When Germany enthusiastically...
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Wissenschaft des Judentums: Jewish Studies and the Shaping of Jewish Identity
The Bohemian Hebraist Moritz Steinschneider writing at his desk, date unknown. In the early 19th century, a group of Jewish scholars in Berlin began to apply historical and critical methods to the...
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In our Midst. Facets of Jewish Life in Leipzig in the Modern Era
JUNE 28 – SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 Exhibit at the Leipziger Stadtbibliothek Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz 10/11, 04107 Leipzig Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 am – 7pm, Wednesday 1 pm – 7 pm, Saturday 10 am-2...
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Crisis and Opportunity: The Cultural Impact of German-Jewish Refugees
In this exhibit, LBI profiles the experiences, struggles, and intellectual achievements of Nazi-era émigrés who came to the US. Drawing on the rich resources of the LBI archives, supplemented with...
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Burning Words: The Battle of the Books
February 8, 2016 – June 3, 2016 David Berg Rare Book Room, Center for Jewish History Michael Wolgemut, The Burning of the Jews during the Time of the Plague (Schedels Weltchronik), woodcut, 1493...
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ZIONISMUS: The German Roots of Zionism
Undated (likely pre-WWI) postcard from the Jewish National Fund AR 2536. This postcard depicts the certificate awarded for a donation to support the planting of A Homeland for the Jews? A refuge from...
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Stolen Heart: The Theft of Jewish Property in Berlin’s Historic Center,...
March 29, 2016 – December 31, 2016 Katherine and Clifford H. Goldsmith Gallery, Center for Jewish History “Stolen Heart” is on view March 29 – October 2016 at the Center for Jewish History. Rendering...
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Becoming “German Jews” in America
Cohen Davis Co., a novelty shop in downtown Portland c. 1890. Courtesy of the Oregon Jewish Museum. As America’s first large wave of Jewish immigrants in the 19th century, German Jews built some of the...
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