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Celebrating 70 Years of the Leo Baeck Institute London
We’re marking our anniversary with a new short film! Discover our mission, our history, and why our work remains vital today.
IWD 2025
This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the remarkable women who have shaped German-Jewish history and culture.
Moritz Lazarus: A Leading Figure in Liberal Judaism
Moritz Lazarus, a prominent intellectual of the 19th century, played an important role in shaping liberal Jewish thought. His ideas on societal integration and individual freedom were groundbreaking for his time.
Library of Lost Books Workshop at the Martin-Buber-Institute for Jewish Studies, Cologne
The Leo Baeck Institute’s Library of Lost Books project continues to uncover fascinating historical insights through its various research initiatives.
Library of Lost Books now on mobile
Exciting news! The Library of Lost Books website is now optimised for mobile devices. Explore the history of Nazi book looting in English, German, Czech, and Hebrew, all from your smartphone.
LBI London Receives Rare Bust of Talmud Translator Lazarus Goldschmidt
The Leo Baeck Institute London has recently acquired a significant piece of German-Jewish cultural history: a plaster bust of Dr. Lazarus Goldschmidt, the renowned scholar who translated the Babylonian Talmud into German.
Call For Papers - Beyond Camps and Forced Labour: Current International Research On Survivors of Nazi Persecution
The Leo Baeck Institute London, in collaboration with Birkbeck, University of London, and The Wiener Holocaust Library, announces the Call for Papers for the Eighth International Multidisciplinary Conference on Survivors of Nazi Persecution.
70 Years of Preserving German-Jewish Heritage
In May 1955, a group of prominent German-speaking Jewish scholars and thinkers gathered in Jerusalem with a shared mission: to safeguard the history and culture of a community nearly lost to the Holocaust. This moment marked the founding of the Leo Baeck Institute.

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