Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026On 22 October, Alexander Walther will explore Jewish Holocaust memory and antifascism in the GDR, drawing on personal documents and the work of Arnold Zweig and Helmut Eschwege. Free lecture, in person and online: lbilondon.ac.uk/walther-26 1114
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It was a pleasure to welcome guests from Austria's cultural and diplomatic community to the Leo Baeck Institute London this week. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/10... 130
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Between 1933 and 1940, some 60,000 Jewish refugees fled Nazi-ruled countries for Palestine, more than half of them German Jews, or "Yekkes," as they became known. Read our full Snapshot here: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/sna... 030
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Mark Lilla, Professor of Humanities at Columbia University, delivers the second annual Eva Reichmann Lecture on 25 October, opening LBI New York's conference "Between Revolution and Reaction". 25 October, 6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UK time. Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/49ha9lj... 000
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026German-Jewish Libraries After the Holocaust: A History of Disappearance, by Anna Hołzer-Kawałko, has just been published as the latest addition to our German Jewish Cultures series with Indiana University Press. Read more here: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/publications...lbilondon.ac.ukGerman-Jewish Libraries After the Holocaust | Leo Baeck Institute LondonGerman-Jewish Libraries After the Holocaust illuminates the final years of the long history of Jewish communal and institutional libraries in Germany. These valuable depositories, with centuries of… 000
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@wienerlibrary.bsky.social @rutgersupress.bsky.social 001
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On 5 October, the Wiener Holocaust Library hosts a book talk with Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer on their new book, Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust. 5 October, 3:00–4:30pm. Details here: lbilondon.ac.uk/events/book-love-loss 111
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We're pleased to share an upcoming event featuring Miriam Rürup, a valued member of LBI London's Editorial Board for our Schriftenreihe series and our Fellowship Advisory Board. More information: www.jmberlin.de/digital-lect... 020
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The 2nd annual Eva Reichmann Lecture takes place on 25 October, with Mark Lilla, opening the conference "Between Revolution and Reaction" at LBI New York. The lecture is free and open to all, streaming online. 25 October, 6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UK time. Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/49ha9lj... 010
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Our latest LBI Film Club screening is live today. Outsider. Freud (Yair Qedar, 2025), a poetic and award-winning documentary exploring Sigmund Freud's Jewish identity, marginalisation, and exile, is now available to watch free online on our website. Watch now: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-...lbilondon.ac.ukFilm Club: Outsider. Freud | Leo Baeck Institute LondonThe Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to invite you to another free online screening from the LBI Film Club, starting on Thursday 24th September 2026. 020
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-speaking Jewry is now inviting submissions for its 2028 Year Book Essay Prize. Full rules and details on how to enter are available on the LBI website: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/publications... Closing date 1 March 2027 065
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to invite you to another free online screening from the LBI Film Club, starting this Thursday.. Outsider. Freud 24th September – 30th September 2026 020
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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Join us on 5 October at the Wiener Holocaust Library for a book talk with Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer on their new book, Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust. 5 October 2026, 3:00–4:30pm, Wiener Holocaust Library. Full details: lbilondon.ac.uk/events/book-... 133
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026bsky.app/profile/ilcs...bsky.appInstitute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (@ilcs.bsky.social)The national centre for research in languages, cultures and societies, at the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/ Starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures… 000
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026LBI London is delighted to share news of a new collaborative Reading and Research Group, "Liberalism in Exile," run by the ILCS at the University of London and the Academic Working Group of the LBI in Germany. Find out more: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/research-pol... 121
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A new conference report by LBI London intern Katharina Hadassah Wendl on the 2026 British Association for Jewish Studies (BIAJS) meeting is now available on our website. Read the full report: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07... #BIAJS2026 141
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just over a week to go until our next LBI Film Club screening. From 24 to 30 September, we're streaming Outsider. Freud (Yair Qedar, 2025) free online. Details here: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-... 021
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We are pleased to share the publication of a new title in our German Jewish Cultures series, published by Indiana University Press: German-Jewish Libraries After the Holocaust: A History of Disappearance, by Anna Hołzer-Kawałko. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/publications... 0102
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to invite you to another free online screening from our LBI Film Club, starting Thursday 24 September 2026. Find out more: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-... #GermanStudies #JewishStudies #GermanHistory #JewishHistory #LBILondon #SigmundFreud 022
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We are pleased to share that an article by former LBI London intern Katharina Hadassah Wendl has been published in the latest issue of the AJR Journal. The piece is adapted from her original LBI Snapshot on the 1938/9 calendar of the Jüdischer Frauenbund. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/09... 031
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026L'shanah tovah u'metukah! To mark the Jewish New Year, we're sharing a piece of nineteenth-century commercial print culture: an advertising card issued by the French chocolate manufacturer Chocolat Poulain, from the Jewish Museum of Switzerland. Wishing our community a peaceful, healthy New Year. 0125
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Leo Baeck Institute London is seeking an experienced Librarian & Archivist to take responsibility for the development, organisation and accessibility of its specialist library and archival collections. More info and how to apply: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies/li...lbilondon.ac.ukJob Vacancy: Librarian & Archivist | Leo Baeck Institute LondonLeo Baeck Institute London 034
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A clue for our next Film Club… This month we’ll be diving into the story of a pioneering intellectual whose impact reached far beyond his own field and continues to shape cultural and academic conversations today. Can you guess the person? Full event details will be announced shortly. 000
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026On 5 September 1791, Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer was born near Berlin into one of the wealthiest Jewish families in Prussia. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/09... Image: Wiki 111
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We note the passing of Gloria Steinem, the pioneering feminist writer and activist who died this week at 92. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/09... #LeoBaeckInstituteLondon #LBILondon #GloriaSteinem #JewishHeritage #GermanJewishHistory #WomensHistory #JewishHistory #AcademicResearch Images: Wikilbilondon.ac.ukRemembering Gloria Steinem (1934–2026) | Leo Baeck Institute LondonWe note the passing of Gloria Steinem, the pioneering feminist writer and activist who died this week at 92. 030
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026On the night of 31 August 1928, a new work by Bertolt Brecht, with music by a young Jewish composer from Dessau opened at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07... 142
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Our Snapshot, “The Wait and the Fight: Creation of the Jewish Brigade, 1939–1944”, traces the long campaign by the Yishuv to fight Nazi Germany under a distinct Jewish flag and the eventual formation of the Jewish Brigade Group in 1944. Read the full Snapshot: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/sna... 071
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A rare 1938/39 calendar produced by the Jüdische Frauenbund, now held in the LBI London Pamphlet Collection, sheds light on how German‑Jewish women used the rhythms of family and religious life to sustain identity under mounting Nazi persecution. Read more: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/sna... 030
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The Institute of Classical Studies Library, our neighbours in Senate House, has mounted a small exhibition on Dr Victor Ehrenberg on the third-floor landing - 'Catalogue of My Antiques: the Story of Victor Ehrenberg’s Collection'. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/08... 030
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Meet Ahuvia Goren, whose research traces how early modern Italian Jews grappled with uncertainty, unbelief, and new scientific ideas, situating Jewish thought within wider transformations in European knowledge and belief. Read the full interview: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/05... 072
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In 1941, in wartime Jerusalem, a group of German‑Jewish refugees compiled Ariel: Ein Almanach für Literatur‑Graphik‑Musik, an interdisciplinary almanac that brought together poetry, visual art, and music in the German language. Read our full Snapshot: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/sna... 042
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026In a candid interview conducted in February 2025, Anthony Grenville, a prominent academic and historian, shared insights into his life, family history, and contributions to the study of German-Jewish exile. Listen to the interview here: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/lbi... @ghilondon.bsky.social 042
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026We are pleased to share our latest Snapshot of German-Jewish History and Culture: Reassembling Culture: A German-Jewish Almanac in Jerusalem, which is now available to read on our website: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/sna... 032
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Meet Daniel Herskowitz, whose research explores modern German-Jewish thought and its engagement with major philosophical traditions. Read the full interview: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/06... 051
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026We are thrilled that the LBI London library collection has reached its new home at Senate House Library, following its successful move from Queen Mary University of London last month. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/05... @senatehouselib.bsky.social 021
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Last week, the Channel 4 documentary series ‘Dictator: The Hitler Interviews’ featured historical testimony from the late Dr Edgar Feuchtwanger OBE (1924–2025), historian and long-standing member of the Board of LBI London. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/08... 040
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Congratulations to Amitai Glass Stegman, from LBI’s 2023/4 fellowship cohort, on his article in Jewish Studies Quarterly. In this piece, he looks at late antique debates on fasting in Sasanian Mesopotamia. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07... @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social 032
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Congratulations to Avinoam J. Stillman, from LBI’s 2023/4 fellowship cohort, on the publication of his article ‘An Inheritance of Dreams’. It appears in the latest volume of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/06... @livunipress.bsky.socialliverpooluniversitypress.co.ukContents | Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry 38,How did Jewish men and women in early modern east-central Europe respond to their dreams? Some answers to this question emerge from a manuscript written by Yehuda Katz, a Jewish man from… 083
Reposted by Leo Baeck Institute LondonThe Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 03/08/2026📣Call for applications now open for an EHRI Transnational Workshop taking this December The workshop - Documentation as Resistance: Methodologies for Reconstructing Early Postwar Transnational Jewish Knowledge Networks - will take place at the Library wienerholocaustlibrary.org/2026/07/07/e...wienerholocaustlibrary.org 085
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Meet Ágnes Kelemen, whose doctoral research examines Hungarian Jewish émigré students who left Hungary in response to the numerus clausus law of 1920 and its quota on Jewish access to higher education. Read the full interview: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/05... 061
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026LBI Fellow Jordan Katz Publishes New Book on Jewish Midwives Congratulations to Jordan Katz, from LBI’s 2016/17 fellowship cohort, on the publication of her monograph Delivering Knowledge, which appeared in April 2026 with Stanford University Press. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/06... 0114
Reposted by Leo Baeck Institute LondonThe Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Join us for the London launch of Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust by Dr Sofia Pantouvaki Drawing on more than twenty years of research, the book explores the experience of Auschwitz prisoners through the lens of dress and clothing 🗓️ 8 September, 6:30 - 8pm buff.ly/e5Cjfwowienerholocaustlibrary.orgBook Launch and Special Exhibition: Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust, with Sofia Pantouvaki - The Wiener Holocaust LibraryThe Wiener Holocaust Library is pleased to host the London launch of Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust by Dr Sofia Pantouvaki, recently published by Bloomsbury. Dr Pantouvaki… 186
Reposted by Leo Baeck Institute LondonSonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 30/07/2026On Aug. 5th, I'll lead a Lower East Side walking tour for YIVO "In the Footsteps of Yiddish Women Writers." We'll learn about the Yiddish press and some of the best-known women writers, as well as some of the protagonists of my latest research. @uclhjs.bsky.social www.yivo.org/Women-Writer...yivo.orgIn the Footsteps of Yiddish Women Writers: A Walking Tour | YIVO Institute for Jewish ResearchIn this Lower East Side walking tour led by Dr. Sonia Gollance, participants will visit sites associated with both celebrated and less-familiar women writers. 0184
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Earlier this year, intern Tatiana Martin joined LBI London to explore historical memory, oral history and the institute’s collections. Read Tatiana’s interview here: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/06... 020
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026On 28 July 1929, Yehuda Bacon was born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, into an Orthodox Jewish family. He turns 97 this year. That he survived to this age is, by any measure, extraordinary. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07... 000