Congratulations to Amitai Glass, from LBI’s 2023/4 fellowship cohort, on his article in Jewish Studies Quarterly. In this piece, he looks at late antique debates on fasting in Sasanian Mesopotamia.
The article examines a comparative discussion in the Babylonian…
Congratulations to Jordan Katz, from LBI’s 2016/17 fellowship cohort, on the publication of his monograph Delivering Knowledge, which appeared in April 2026 with Stanford University Press. The book is based on her doctoral research on Jewish midwives in Early Modern Europe.
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Two former Leo Baeck Institute London fellows, Stefanie Fischer (2009/10 cohort) and Kim Wünschmann (2007/8 cohort), have been awarded Silver in the International Creative Media Award (ICMA) in the category of Concept and Innovation for their recent publication Oberbrechen: A German…
Congratulations to Avinoam J. Stillman, from LBI’s 2023/4 fellowship cohort, on the publication of his article “An Inheritance of Dreams”. It appears in the latest volume of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry.
In the article, Stillman looks at how Early Modern Jewish…
Earlier this year, Tatiana Martin joined LBI London as an intern, bringing a strong background in Modern and Medieval Languages and a deep interest in historical memory in twentieth-century Europe. During her placement, she interviewed a guest for our podcast, carried out translation and digital…
LBI London intern Katharina Hadassah Wendl has published an article exploring the work of a 1920s Neo-Orthodox woman. Raised in Frankfurt’s Neo-Orthodox community, Gella Sänger became the ‘first woman to have authored and published a handbook on Jewish law’.
Her…
Last night, 20 April, BBC Panorama broadcast ‘Antisemitism: Why British Jews Are Afraid’, an episode examining the rise in antisemitism in the UK and its effect on Jewish life in Britain.
LBI London Executive Member Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger spoke in the…
The Leo Baeck Institute London has welcomed Tatiana Martin as its new intern. A graduate of the University of Cambridge, she recently completed a degree in German and Spanish and will begin an MA in European History later this year.
Her academic interests include…
LBI London recently sat down with Dr Monja Stahlberger, who has just completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute, where her research explored how German-Jewish exile families transmitted cultural memory across generations and national borders. Drawing on…
