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LBI Pamphlet Collection - Now available online
We’re delighted to announce a major milestone for the Leo Baeck Institute London: our digitised pamphlet collection is now available online via DigiBaeck!
German President becomes LBI Patron for 70th Anniversary
The Leo Baeck Institute celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2025 with President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier as its new patron.
Germany and Israel mark 60 years of diplomatic relations
On 12 May 1965, the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Israel formally established diplomatic relations – just two decades after the Shoah.
Feeding Berlin: Lina Morgenstern and the Fight for Women’s Rights
Lina Morgenstern (1830–1909) was a pioneering German social reformer, feminist, writer, and pacifist, whose influence shaped public welfare and women’s rights in 19th-century Germany. 
Remembering the Nazi Book Burnings
On this day in 1933, university students across Germany burned over 25,000 books deemed ‘un-German’ in a chilling display of state-sanctioned intolerance.
Yom HaShoah
This Yom HaShoah, we pause to remember the six million Jewish men, women, and children murdered during the Holocaust, as well as the countless others who suffered under Nazi persecution.
LBI at 70 – Hermann Heller: A Pioneer of Social Democracy
As part of the Leo Baeck Institute’s 70th anniversary celebrations, we spotlight the life and thought of Hermann Heller (1891–1933), a leading German constitutional scholar and social philosopher, celebrated for his defence of democracy and opposition to National Socialism.
Library of Lost Books wins Bronze at German PR Awards
The international project Library of Lost Books, spearheaded by the Leo Baeck Institutes in Jerusalem and London, has been awarded the Bronze Prize in the category Activation and Mobilisation at the prestigious German PR Awards 2025.

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