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We cordially invite you to celebrate the exhibition opening with us!


After a brief welcome, Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David, Director of the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem, will present the project behind the exhibition. The Library of Lost Books is a worldwide search for the library of the…

A Review Session with the Library of Lost Books Team and our British Book Detectives


The Library of Lost Books team from the Leo Baeck Institutes in London and Jerusalem will host a roundtable discussion with students, teachers, and educators who have participated in…

Our latest exhibition brings the story of the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies in Berlin (1872–1942) and its library into the heart of London.


The Library of Lost Books is an international project which aims to commemorate and educate about the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies…

Can women hold rabbinical office? This was one of the questions discussed at the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies, Berlin, in the 1920s and 1930s. And no one was better suited to provide an answer to this than Regina Jonas, a student at the Higher Institute who became the…

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