Established

1955

Affiliate Since

1976

Membership

247

Annual Dues

$200 (with LBI Year Book); $100 (no Year Book)

Annual Meeting

June

Publication

Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, annually; LBI News

Primary Contact

Frank Mecklenburg, fmecklenburg@lbi.cjh.org

Address

15 W. 16th St., New York, NY 10011-6301

Statement of Purpose: To promote the documentation of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry from the 18th century until its destruction by the Nazis. The Leo Baeck Institute is a research, study, and lecture center and maintains an 80,000-volume library, archives, and art collection.

Find more information in the AHA Directory of History Departments and Organizations

Officers

President
David G. Marwell

Vice President
Michael A. Bamberger

Vice President
David W. Detjen

Vice President
Joan C. Lessing

Treasurer
Amy Houston

Secretary
Dennis Baum

Executive Director
Markus Krah
Leo Baeck Inst.
E-mail: mkrah@lbi.cjh.org

Director of Research and Chief Archivist
Frank Mecklenburg
Leo Baeck Inst.
E-mail: fmecklenburg@lbi.cjh.org

Director of Collections
Renate Evers
Leo Baeck Inst.
E-mail: revers@lbi.cjh.org

Archivist and Head, Public Outreach
Michael Simonson
Leo Baeck Inst.
E-mail: msimonson@lbi.cjh.org

Head Archivist
Hermann Teifer
Leo Baeck Inst.
E-mail: hteifer@lbi.cjh.org

Updated 4/13/23