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Remembering Leo Baeck: legacy and responsibility
Staff from the Leo Baeck Institute London joined colleagues, friends and supporters in Berlin on 2 November 2026 for a gala dinner marking the 70th anniversary of Leo Baeck’s death.
Jonathan Skolnik appointed co-editor of AJS Perspectives
LBI London congratulates Jonathan Skolnik on his appointment as co-editor of *AJS Perspectives*, the magazine of the Association for Jewish Studies.
New book in the German Jewish Cultures series
The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to announce the publication of Witnessing Positions: Jews, Memories, and Minorities in Contemporary Germany by Irit Dekel, the latest title in the LBI’s German Jewish Cultures series.
Philippe Sands receives Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
LBI London congratulates Professor Philippe Sands KC on receiving the 2026 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. The award recognises his work as a lawyer, writer and advocate for international law and human rights.
LBI Executive Board member Cathy Gelbin on growing up Jewish in the GDR
A new interview with Professor Cathy Gelbin, member of the LBI London executive board, offers a personal account of Jewish life, identity and memory in the German Democratic Republic.
A childhood in exile: new oral history
A new oral history published by the Leo Baeck Institute London records the experiences of a man who left Czechoslovakia as a young child in 1939 and grew up in wartime Britain.
Remembering Arno Paucker, ten years on
Today, 13 October 2026, we remember Dr Arnold Paucker OBE, known to colleagues and friends by his birth name of Arno, on the tenth anniversary of his death.
New article by LBI London Research Fellow Dr Alexander Brown
We are pleased to announce that Dr Alexander Brown, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Leo Baeck Institute London, has published a new article in Memory Studies.

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