Leo Baeck Institute New York

Leo Baeck Institute
The Leo Baeck Institute in the Center for Jewish History on 16th Street in Manhattan
The Leo Baeck Institute in the Center for Jewish History on West 16th Street in Manhattan
Leo Baeck Institute New York is located in Manhattan
Leo Baeck Institute New York
Location within New York City
Established1955; 69 years ago (1955)
Location15 West 16th Street
New York City, New York
Coordinates40°44′17″N 73°59′38″W / 40.738056°N 73.993889°W / 40.738056; -73.993889
TypeResearch institute
Executive directorDr. William Weitzer
PresidentDavid G. Marwell[1]
HistorianDr. Frank Mecklenburg[2]
Public transit accessSubway:
14th Street – Union Square
Websitewww.lbi.org

The Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI) is a research institute in New York City dedicated to the study of German-Jewish history and culture, founded in 1955. It is one of three independent research centers founded by a group of German-speaking Jewish émigrés at a conference in Jerusalem in 1955. The other Leo Baeck institutes are Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem and Leo Baeck Institute London, and the activities of all three are coordinated by the board of directors of the Leo Baeck Institute. It is also a founding partner of the Center for Jewish History, and maintains a research library and archive in New York City that contains a significant collection of source material relating to the history of German-speaking Jewry, from its origins to the Holocaust, and continuing to the present day.[3] The Leo Baeck Medal has been awarded by the institute since 1978 to those who have helped preserve the spirit of German-speaking Jewry in culture, academia, politics, and philanthropy.[4]

  1. ^ "Board of Trustees". Leo Baeck Institute.
  2. ^ "Staff Directory". Leo Baeck Institute.
  3. ^ Leo Baeck Institute; Folio Corporation (1999). Weltsch, Robert; Paucker, Arnold; Grenville, John (eds.). Leo Baeck Institute Year Book. Volumes I-XL, 1956-1995 (CD-ROM) (in German and Yiddish). New York: Leo Baeck Institute. ISBN 978-1-571-81183-7. OCLC 54877908. Retrieved July 23, 2015. Online Resource
  4. ^ "Honors". Leo Baeck Institute.