Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF THE LEO BAECK INSTITUTE IS TO STUDY AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF GERMAN-SPEAKING JEWRY.
The mission of the Leo Baeck Institute is to study and preserve the to study and preserve the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry.
LIBRARY - THE LIBRARY OF THE LEO BAECK INSTITUTE IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE REPOSITORY FOR BOOKS DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF GERMAN-SPEAKING JEWRY. OVER 80,000 VOLUMES AND 900 PERIODICAL TITLES PROVIDE IMPORTANT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MATERIAL. RICH IN RARITIES RANGING FROM EARLY 16TH CENTURY WRITINGS, TO MOSES MENDELSSOHN AND HEINRICH HEINE, and FIRST EDITIONS AND DEDICATION COPIES OF WORKS BY MORE RECENT PROMINENT WRITERS, MANY OF ITS VOLUMES WERE SALVAGED FROM FAMOUS JEWISH LIBRARIES THAT WERE CONFISCATED AND DISPERSED BY THE NAZIS. MOST OF THE COLLECTION DEALS WITH CENTRAL EUROPEAN JEWRY DURING THE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES. IT ALSO INCLUDES MATERIAL DATING BACK AS FAR AS THE 16TH CENTURY AND IS AS CURRENT AS THE JEWISH POPULATION IN GERMANY TODAY. THE FOCUS OF THE COLLECTION IS ON THE DIVERSE CULTURE OF GERMAN-SPEAKING JEWRY, ESPECIALLY IN THE ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND RELIGION.
ARCHIVES - THE LEO BAECK INSTITUTE ARCHIVES IS THE OUTSTANDING collection of original documents OF ITS KIND. INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DEPOSITED THEIR DOCUMENTS AT THE LBI. FAMILY PAPERS, COMMUNITY HISTORIES, AND BUSINESS AND PUBLIC RECORDS DATE BACK CENTURIES AND TOUCH UPON VIRTUALLY EVERY PHASE OF GERMAN-JEWISH LIFE. A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF OVER 2,000 MEMOIRS OFFERS RARE INSIGHTS INTO THE LIVES OF GERMAN JEWS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE FROM 1790 TO THE POST-WAR ERA.
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES - THE LEO BAECK INSTITUTE IS EXPLORING HOW ITS MISSION TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF GERMAN-SPEAKING JEWRY APPLIES TO GERMANY TODAY. IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING A BRANCH OF THE ARCHIVES AND A SMALL OFFICE in germany, THE INSTITUTE HAS EXPANDED ITS ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN GERMAN AND IS HOLDING LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS IN GERMANY. THE GOAL OF THESE ACTIVITIES IS TO BRING THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE GERMAN-JEWISH DIASPORA BACK TO SCHOLARS IN GERMANY, TO TODAYS GERMAN JEWS, AND TO THE GERMAN PUBLIC.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| William H Weitzer | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 35 | $209,370 |
| Frank Mecklenburg | DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH | 35 | $116,447 |
| Kenneth A Bamberger | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| David Sorkin | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Marian Scheuer Sofaer | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Raymond Vj Schrag | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Charles E Scheidt | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Elliot G Sander Lee | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Robert S Rifkind | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Nemitz | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Michael A Meyer | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| David Marwell | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Abraham F Lowenthal | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Ralph E Loewenberg | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Joan C Lessing | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Josef Joffe | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Michael G Jesselson | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Werner Gundersheimer | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| James N Dreyfus | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Bernard Blum | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Ira H Jolles | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Dennis Baum | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Amy Houston | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| David Detjen | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Michael A Bamberger | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Ronald B Sobel | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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