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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. 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. Volumes I-XL, 1956-1995 (CD-ROM) (in German and Yiddish).
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Leo Baeck Institute is a founding member of the Center for Jewish History and a research library and archive in New York that contains the most significant collection of source material relating to the history of German-speaking Jewry, from its origins to Holocaust History, and continuing to the present day. In 1955, the Leo Baeck Institute for the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry was founded internationally, and Leo Baeck was the international president. It was at that time that the Leo Baeck Institute in New York was first established. London 1956–1999; New York 2000. : Check date values in: |year= ( help ) CS1 maint: year ( link )
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Research library and archive in New York The Leo Baeck Institute ( LBI ) is a founding partner of the Center for Jewish History and a research library and archive in New York that contains the most 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.Volumes I-XL, 1956-1995 (CD-ROM) (in German and Yiddish).
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founding member of the center for jewish history and a research library and archive in new york that contains t
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research institute in new york city dedicated to the study of german-jewish history and culture
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