Bustenai St. 33, Jerusalem
Tel. +972-2-563 37 90
Fax +972-2-566 95 05
E-mail: leobaeck@netvision.net.il
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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, 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
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Baeck Institute Bustenai St. 33, Jerusalem Tel. +972-2-563 37 90 Fax +972-2-566 95 05 E-mail: leobaeck@netvision.net.il |
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For more details on how to get to us from the entry of the city (from the direction of Tel Aviv) click here.
Anybody can become a member of the Leo Baeck Institute. Members can get the Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook and/or the Juedische Almanach, depending on the kind of Membership they involve in.
For more details, please click our membership page
Although the task of all three centers is basically the same, each center has developed its own particular activities in the course of time.
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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.
Doctoral Theses
The Leo Baeck Institute awards different scholarships and prizes for students registered at Israeli Universities and institutes of higher learning
Milgot
Students and scholars who perform
research work on German Jewry may join the circle of the doktoranden.
Executive Committee of the LBI Jerusalem
Prof. Steven Aschheim Hebrew
University, Jerusalem Prof. Zwi
Bacharach Bar Ilan
University, Ramat Gan Prof. David
Bankier Hebrew
University Jerusalem, Yad Vashem
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