Leo Baeck Institute New York
The Leo Baeck Institute in the Center for Jewish History on West 16th Street in Manhattan | |
| Established | 1955 |
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| Location | 15 West 16th Street New York City, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°44′17″N 73°59′38″W / 40.738056°N 73.993889°W |
| Type | Research institute |
| Executive director | Dr. William Weitzer |
| President | David G. Marwell |
| Historian | Dr. Frank Mecklenburg |
| Public transit access | Subway: 14th Street – Union Square |
| Website | www |
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. 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.