Last night, BBC Panorama featured LBI London Executive Board Member Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger, who spoke about how “people use the cover of criticising the actions of the Israeli government to be antisemitic”.
Read more: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/julia-neuber...
Ahead of our free online screening, LBI London spoke with Sir Bernard Zissman about Theodor Herzl: The Man Behind Israel – a film that explores one of the most important figures in modern Jewish history.
Watch the film FREE here until April 24: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/film-club-he...
We are pleased to share a new interview with Sir Bernard Zissman, one of the producers of Theodor Herzl: The Man Behind Israel, ahead of our free online film club screening.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOaX...
Watch the film FREE here starting this Thursday: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/film-club-he...
After the significant interest in our recent roundtable, ‘Kindertransport in British Memory and Culture’, we are pleased to release the full recording across all platforms.
Available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/kindertransp...
Congratulations, Sonia! Looking forward to this.
A new edited volume, Holocaust Letters: Methodologies, Cases and Reflections, has recently been published, featuring a chapter by LBI London Director Joseph Cronin.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/03...
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Boxes are open again! After several years in storage, archival materials and institutional records belonging to the Leo Baeck Institute London have arrived at our new base at Senate House in Bloomsbury.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/03...
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936), the trailblazing Jewish feminist known as ‘Anna O.’ in Freud’s studies, who overcame personal hardship to lead social reform.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/sna...
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The Leo Baeck Institute London and the British-German Association are pleased to invite you to
KINDERTRANSPORT IN BRITISH MEMORY AND CULTURE: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Please join us online only on
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 7.00 – 8.00 PM (GMT)
Book now: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/kindertransp...
The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to announce the programme for its 2026 Lecture Series:
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/02...
The Leo Baeck Institute London and the British-German Association are pleased to invite you to
KINDERTRANSPORT IN BRITISH MEMORY AND CULTURE: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 7.00 – 8.00 PM (GMT)
Book now: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/kindertransp...
The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to announce the programme for its 2026 Lecture Series:
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/02...
The Leo Baeck Institute London is delighted to invite you to a special double‑feature online screening from the LBI Film Club, available free of charge for one week beginning Monday, 19 January 2026.
Join us via our website:
👉 www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-...
Congratulations to the organisers and presenters at the 8th International and Interdisciplinary Beyond Camps and Forced Labour Conference @bcflconference.bsky.social ! It hosted over 200 scholars from around the world, including from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social
The three-day conference ‘Beyond Camps and Forced Labour: Current International Research on Survivors of Nazi Persecution’ is under way in London, running from 7–9 January 2026.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/confe...
And we begin! Acting Co-Director of the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Dr @ceschmidt.bsky.social giving the first opening remarks, followed shortly by Professor David Feldman, Director of @bisa-bkk.bsky.social !
Dear Friends,
We’re delighted to share our latest Snapshot of German-Jewish History and Culture: Life and Death (Mask) of Gershom Scholem which is now available to read on our website.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/sna...
As we light the Hanukkah candles, their glow reminds us of the power of hope and perseverance in dark times. May the light of Hanukkah bring comfort, unity, and the strength to keep shining against hate.
Image: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/flipbooks/dr...
The LBI London relocated to Senate House last month, bringing us closer to our academic partner Birkbeck and the venue for many of our lectures.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
The inaugural Eva Reichmann Memorial Lecture was held last Thursday evening at The Wiener Holocaust Library, as part of the Leo Baeck Institute’s 70th anniversary celebrations.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
We are pleased to announce the Leo Baeck Institute London’s 70th Anniversary Biennial Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Frank McDonough at Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, on 23 October 2025 at 6:30pm.
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/biennial
The Leo Baeck Institute London is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to explore intersections between German-Jewish and British history, including the history of the British Empire.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies
The Leo Baeck Institute London announces the rescheduled third lecture in the LBI London Lecture Series 2025.
Join Prof Erin Hochman online, 7pm (UK time) Thu 9 October, for Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period.
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
@ghilondon.bsky.social
The Leo Baeck Institute London offers internships of varying length to students specialising in German-Jewish studies or a related field.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies
Hugo Haase (1863–1919) was a lawyer, Social Democrat, and later co‑founder of the USPD. Discover his role in German politics and Jewish experiences of democracy in our latest feature: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/lbi...
The Leo Baeck Institute warmly wishes Shanah Tovah to all who celebrate.
This image comes from Dreams of Childhood, a German-Jewish children’s book from our collection. Explore the flipbook here: lbilondon.ac.uk/flipbooks/dr...
Meet the Leo Baeck Fellows: Anna Marion Weber, 2024/25 cohort
We are delighted to introduce Anna Marion Weber, whose doctoral research explores Jewish identity and cultural life in post-war Germany
lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...
Jeden Tag bis zum Historikertag eine Fachsektion! Heute:
Deutsch-jüdische Geschichtsschreibung nach der Shoah. Historische Bilanz, Zukunftsperspektiven und gegenwärtige Herausforderungen
mit: @philipplenhard.bsky.social und Miriam Rürup (Sektionsleitung)
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Edgar Feuchtwanger OBE (1924–2025) at the age of 100.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...
New Publication: ‘Constructing Identity and Belonging in the Diaries and Memoirs of Kindertransport Refugees’
🔗 Read it online (paid access): doi.org/10.1093/leob...
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...
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