Congratulations 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.social

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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…

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📣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...

Meet 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...

LBI 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...

Join 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/e5Cjfwo

Book Launch and Special Exhibition: Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust, with Sofia Pantouvaki - The Wiener Holocaust Library

The 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…

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On 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...

In the Footsteps of Yiddish Women Writers: A Walking Tour | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

In this Lower East Side walking tour led by Dr. Sonia Gollance, participants will visit sites associated with both celebrated and less-familiar women writers.

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Earlier 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...

On 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...

We hope you enjoyed Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn! What did you think of the film? Don’t miss our next free screening – subscribe to the LBI Film Club newsletter to stay in the loop: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/mailing-list

To mark its 70th anniversary, LBI London, LBI Jerusalem, and LBI New York have launched Talk Baeck, a new interview series celebrating the scholars who have shaped the study of German-speaking Jewry in recent decades. Watch the interview: talkbaeck.com/interview/pr... @leobaeckjeru.bsky.social

Prof. Richard Bessel - Talk Baeck

Richard Bessel shares in this interview the trajectory of his life and academic career. Born in a transatlantic household to a German mother who escaped Nazi persecution and an American father who…

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In 1941, as WWII engulfed Europe, a group of German-Jewish refugees published ‘Ariel: Ein Almanach für Literatur-Graphik-Musik’ that brought together poetry, visual art, and music by some of the most significant German-Jewish writers and artists of the age. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/sna...

Reassembling Culture: A German-Jewish Almanac in Jerusalem | Leo Baeck Institute London

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Last week, LBI London welcomed Dr Susanne Frane and Martine Brucker from the German Embassy in London to our new offices at Senate House, and to the LBI Library at its new home in Senate House Library. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07... @uk.diplo.de

Our July newsletter is out this week, with updates on upcoming events, new research, and news from LBI London. To receive it directly to your inbox, subscribe at the link below. lbilondon.ac.uk/mailing-list/

Senate House Library has written about the arrival of the LBI London library collection in Bloomsbury, and it is worth a read. www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...

English Heritage has unveiled a new blue plaque at 49 Hallam Street in Marylebone, marking Stefan Zweig’s former London home. The plaque recognises the Austrian Jewish writer’s years in exile in London, where he lived from 1936 to 1939 after fleeing Nazi Austria. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07...

With the Wimbledon Championships underway, we look back at the remarkable legacy of British-Jewish tennis pioneer Angela Buxton (1934–2020), whose historic triumph 70 years ago this year remains a powerful story of excellence and solidarity. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07...

Last week, the 2025-26 Leo Baeck Fellows gathered at the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture, the Simon Dubnow Institute in Leipzig, for their summer workshop. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07...

The Leo Baeck Institute London will be well represented at the British Association for Jewish Studies (BIAJS) 2026 conference, which takes place next week at Birkbeck, University of London. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07... @ankahajkova.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social

From the courts of Austria to the grass of Wimbledon, the story of Liesl Herbst nee Westreich (1903-1990) is one of talent, resilience and survival, first recounted in a 2023 biography by her granddaughter. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07... Image: Wiki

We 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...

Gustav Mahler at 166: A Life Between Two Worlds www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07... Image: Gustav Mahler, photographed in 1907 by Moritz Nähr. #GustavMahler #MahlerBirthday #GermanJewishHistory #ClassicalMusic #MusicHistory #ViennaHistory #SenateHouseLibrary

LBI 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...

LBI Fellows Honoured with International Award for Innovative Graphic History www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/06...

Today is your last chance to watch Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn for free 🎬 Our free film club screening closes tonight, so if you have been meaning to watch it, now is the time. 🔗 www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-...

Catch Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn, the newest LBI Film Club feature, streaming free online until Thursday: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-...

The Leo Baeck Institute London is delighted to announce that Ido Ben Harush has been awarded the 2027 LBI Year Book Essay Prize for German-Jewish Studies for his essay, “Idolatry and Textolatry: Media Crisis from Mendelssohn to Flusser”. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/06...

The clock is ticking – Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn is free to watch until Thursday 🎬 No sign-up, no paywall. 🔗 www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-...

Watch the latest LBI Film Club screening, Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn, free online until Thursday: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-...

Now published: my contribution to ‘Geschichte(n) der deutsch-jüdischen Diaspora,’ an initiative of the @mmzpotsdam.bsky.social and the Leo Baeck Institutes: diaspora.jewish-history-online.net/article/van-....

Site of Transmigration and Long-time Diasporic Centre: The Netherlands as a Home to German-speaking Jews

As a neighbouring country with a reputation of tolerance, the Netherlands was seen as an Einwanderungsland (country of immigration) for tens of thousands of German-speaking Jews during the 1930s. Esti...

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Stream the latest LBI Film Club - Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn - FREE online till Thursday www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-...