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Welcome to the publications page of the LBI London, where you can explore our rich collection of works on German-Jewish history and culture. Our publications are divided into three main series:

 

  • Leo Baeck Institute Year Book: Published by Oxford University Press, this flagship journal has been a premier platform for academic research in German-Jewish studies since 1956, featuring diverse perspectives and primary documents.
  • Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts: This academic series, launched in 1959, offers monographs and edited volumes covering a broad spectrum of historical topics from the Enlightenment to the modern era.
  • German Jewish Cultures: Published by Indiana University Press, this series showcases innovative research at the intersection of Jewish and German studies, embracing a wide range of methodologies and historical periods.
Selma Stern

XXV, 1615 pages. ISBN: 978-3-16-163621-9 DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-163621-9

Introduction by Robert Weltsch

 

I. RELIGIOUS TRENDS

MOSHE SCHWARCZ: Religious Currents and General Culture

MICHAEL A. MEYER: Jewish Religious Reform and Wissenschaft des Judentums: The Positions of Zunz, Geiger and Frankel

 

II. EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION

JACOB TOURY: Jewish Manual Labour and Emigration: Records from some Bavarian Districts (1830–1857)

HERBERT A. STRAUSS: The Immigration and Acculturation of the German Jew in the United States of America

 

III. JEWS IN AUSTRIAN AND…

Introduction by Robert Weltsch

 

I. STAGES OF CULTURAL RAPPROCHEMENT

SELMA STERN-TAEUBLER: The First Generation of Emancipated Jews

SIEGFRIED STEIN: Liebliche Tefilloh: A Judaeo-German Prayer-Book Printed in 1709

CURT D. WORMANN: German Jews in Israel: Their Cultural Situation Since 1933

 

II. JEWS IN POLITICS

ARTHUR PRINZ: New Perspectives on Marx as a Jew

WERNER E. MOSSE: The Conflict of Liberalism and Nationalism and its Effect on German Jewry

 

III.…

Hans Liebeschütz

Von Georg Simmel zu Franz Rosenzweig

Ruth Kestenberg-Gladstein

XV, 418 pages. ISBN: 978-3-16-163620-2 DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-163620-2

Introduction by Robert Weltsch

 

I. EMANCIPATION

ERNEST HAMBURGER: One Hundred Years of Emancipation

REINHARD RÜRUP: Jewish Emancipation and Bourgeois Society

ROBERT A. KANN: Assimilation and Antisemitism in the German-French Orbit in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century

 

II. A FINANCIAL TYCOON

KURT GRUNWALD: “Windsor-Cassel” - The Last Court Jew: Prolegomena to a Biography of Sir Ernest Cassel

 

III. VOCATIONAL TRAINING

E. G. LOWENTHAL: The Ahlem Experiment: A…

Horst Fischer

VIII, 232 pages. ISBN: 978-3-16-163619-6 DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-163619-6

Introduction by Robert Weltsch

 

I. IN SEARCH OF A WAY OF LIFE

HANS LIEBESCHÜTZ: Hermann Cohen and his Historical Background

REUVEN MICHAEL: The Unknown Heinrich Graetz: From his Diaries and Letters

JACOB TOURY: Organizational Problems of German Jewry: Steps towards the Establishment of a Central Organization (1893–1920)

 

II. INTELLECTUAL AND POLITICAL RELATIONS

CARL COHEN: Martin Bucer and his Influence on the Jewish Situation

JOHANNA PHILIPPSON: Constantin Frantz

ROBERT A…

Introduction by Robert Weltsch

 

I. INSTITUTES OF JEWISH EDUCATION

RICHARD FUCHS: The “Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums” in the Period of Nazi Rule: Personal Recollections

ISI JACOB EISNER: Reminiscences of the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary

 

II. JEWS IN POLITICS AND LITERATURE

ROBERT A. KANN: Friedrich Julius Stahl: A Re-examination of his Conservatism

PAUL BREINES: The Jew as Revolutionary: The Case of Gustav Landauer

ELIAS HURWICZ: Shay Ish Hurwitz and the Berlin He-Athid: When…

Kurt Wilhelm (Editor)

XXVII, 796 (2 Bde.) pages. ISBN: 978-3-16-163618-9 DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-163618-9

Fritz Homeyer

X, 155 pages. ISBN: 978-3-16-163626-4 DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-163626-4

Jacob Toury

XI, 387 pages. ISBN: 978-3-16-158916-4 DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-158916-4

Arnold Paucker (Editor)

XX, 615 pages. ISBN: 978-3-16-163616-5 DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-163616-5

Introduction by Robert Weltsch

 

I. JEWISH THOUGHT

HANS LIEBESCHÜTZ: Between Past and Future: Leo Baeck’s Historical Position

NATHAN ROTENSTREICH: On Mendelssohn’s Political Philosophy

ISMAR SCHORSCH: Moritz Güdemann: Rabbi, Historian and Apologist

JOSEF FRAENKEL: Moritz Güdemann and Theodor Herzl

 

II. POLICY IN CHANGING CONDITIONS

JACOB TOURY: “The Jewish Question”: A Semantic Approach

HERBERT STRAUSS: Pre-Emancipation Prussian Policies towards the Jews…

Introduction by Robert Weltsch

 

THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF THE LEO BAECK INSTITUTE

SIEGFRIED MOSES: The First Ten Years of the Leo Baeck Institute

 

I. PHILANTHROPY, POLITICS AND IDEAS

James Simon: Industrialist, Art Collector, Philanthropist

ZOSA SZAJKOWSKI: Jewish Relief in Eastern Europe 1914–1917

H. G. REISSNER: The German-American Jews (1800–1850)

GERSHOM SCHOLEM: Walter Benjamin

ADOLPH LOWE: In Memoriam Franz Oppenheimer

WILLI HOFFER: Siegfried…

Leopold Zunz

1964. 510 Seiten. unveränderte eBook-Ausgabe 2024; Originalausgabe 1964.
Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts (SchrLBI) 11
DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-163570-0
Gefördert durch: Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat

Introduction by Robert Weltsch

 

I. SEMANTICS AND HISTORIOGRAPHY

ALEX BEIN: The Jewish Parasite: Notes on the Semantics of the Jewish Problem, with special Reference to Germany

HANS LIEBESCHÜTZ: Max Weber’s Historical Interpretation of Judaism

GEORG HERLITZ: Three Jewish Historians: Isaak Markus Jost – Heinrich Graetz – Eugen Taeubler

REUWEN MICHAEL: Graetz and Hess

EDUARD ROSENBAUM: A Profession in Transition: The German Rabbinate 1910–1939

ZOSA SZAJKOWSKI: The Struggle for Yiddish…

Introduction by Robert Weltsch

 

I. GREAT TEACHER, GREAT PHILANTHROPIST, GREAT SCIENTIST

ERWIN ROSENTHAL: Ismar Elbogen and the New Jewish Learning

S. ADLER-RUDEL: Moritz Baron Hirsch: Profile of a great Philanthropist

RUDOLF A. STERN: Fritz Haber: Personal Recollections

FRITZ HABER: Letters to Chaim Weizmann

 

II. PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE AND ART

NOAH JONATHAN JACOBS: Salomon Maimon’s Relation to Judaism

GERSHON WEILER: Fritz Mauthner: A Study in Jewish Self-…

Introduction by Robert Weltsch

 

I. FIGHTERS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS

STERN-TÄUBLER SELMA: The German Jew in a Changing World

MOSHE RINOTT: Gabriel Riesser: Fighter for Jewish Emancipation

ALFRED HIRSCHBERG: Ludwig Hollaender, Director of the C. V.

KURT WILHELM: Benno Jacob, a Militant Rabbi

JOHANNA PHILIPPSON: The Philippsons, a German-Jewish Family 1775–1933

 

II. JEWS IN ECONOMIC LIFE

EDUARD ROSENBAUM: M. M. Warburg & Co. Merchant Bankers of Hamburg: A Survey of the first…

Hans Kohn

72 pages. ISBN: 978-3-16-163568-7 DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-163568-7

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