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German Embassy visit to LBI London
On July 13, 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.
LBI BIAJS report
From July 13 to 15, the campus of Birkbeck, University of London, was filled with illuminating conversations, discussions and debates about Space and Place in Jewish Studies.
Stefan Zweig honoured with new blue plaque
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.
LBI London at BIAJS 2026
The Leo Baeck Institute London will be well represented at the British Association for Jewish Studies (BIAJS) 2026 conference, which takes place 13 - 15 July at Birkbeck, University of London.
Gustav Mahler at 166: A Life Between Two Worlds
On 7 July 1860, Gustav Mahler was born in Kalischt, Bohemia, into a Jewish family. He went on to become one of the greatest composers and conductors in the history of Western music, a figure whose nine completed symphonies pushed the Romantic tradition to its outer limits.
LBI Library Collection in the News
Senate House Library has written about the arrival of the LBI London library collection in Bloomsbury, and it is worth a read.
Fellows in Leipzig: A Summer Workshop
At the end of June, 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.
Two Outsiders, One Trophy: Angela Buxton and the 1956 Wimbledon Doubles
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.

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