Product Description: The Leo Baeck Institute, which has offices in London, New York, and Jerusalem, has a long and distinguished history. It was founded in 1955 for the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Central European Jewry and named in honor of the man who was the last representative figure of German Jewry in Germany during the Nazi period...read more
9781571811844 | Berghahn Books, January 1, 2000, cover price $59.95 | About this edition: The Leo Baeck Institute, which has offices in London, New York, and Jerusalem, has a long and distinguished history.
Product Description: "It is the best group portrait of German Jewry that we have." -- Washington Post Book World"... weaves a fascinating social tapestry of German Jewry from 1780 to 1945.... Richarz's introduction furnishes a probing analytic overview of German Jewish social history...read more