The meeting about the book "Leo Baeck. Ostatni rabin Rzeszy"
We invite you to a meeting devoted to the book „Leo Baeck. Ostatni rabin Rzeszy”.
We meet to tell you about an extraordinary publication devoted to an exceptional person. In 2023, the District Museum in Leszno organized an international popular science conference aimed at presenting the life and work of Leo Baeck – a rabbi, theologian and thinker associated with Leszno. Today we share with you the result of those works – a book that is the aftermath of this event.
The meeting will be attended by the director of the Museum, Dr. Kamila Szymańska, and the editor of the publication, Patrycja Paprota-Kosel.
During the event, you will be able to buy the book "Leo Baeck. Ostatni rabin Rzeszy". We cordially invite you and see you there.
We meet to tell you about an extraordinary publication devoted to an exceptional person. In 2023, the District Museum in Leszno organized an international popular science conference aimed at presenting the life and work of Leo Baeck – a rabbi, theologian and thinker associated with Leszno. Today we share with you the result of those works – a book that is the aftermath of this event.
The meeting will be attended by the director of the Museum, Dr. Kamila Szymańska, and the editor of the publication, Patrycja Paprota-Kosel.
During the event, you will be able to buy the book "Leo Baeck. Ostatni rabin Rzeszy". We cordially invite you and see you there.
When and where?
The event will take place on May 23 (Thursday) at 6.00 p.m. in the District Museum in Leszno, 31 G. Narutowicza Street.
About the book „Leo Baeck. Ostatni rabin Rzeszy”
The publication "Leo Baeck. Ostatni rabin Rzeszy" is the aftermath of a conference devoted to Leo Baeck, an outstanding rabbi, philosopher and religious activist of the twentieth century. It contains texts by the speakers: professor Michael A. Meyer, professor Miriam Rürup, Dariusz Czwojdrak, Janusz Oszytko and Adrian Gendera, as well as professor Rafał Witkowski and Patrycja Paproty-Kosel, showing the life, activities and legacy of Baeck in the local and international context. Of particular value is the section containing translations of source texts published for the first time in Polish – both statements about Baeck and his own publications.
Who was Leo Baeck?
Leo Baeck was born on May 23, 1873 in Leszno as the son of Ewa and Samuel Baeck, the longest serving rabbi in this town. Leo Baeck graduated from the Jan Amos Comenius Gymnasium in Leszno, and then undertook theological and philosophical studies in Wrocław and Berlin. After their completion, he served as a rabbi in Opole, Düsseldorf and Berlin. During World War I, he was a field rabbi. In later years, he chaired the Representation of German Jews in the Reich. He was the last serving rabbi of the Reich.
Leo Baeck lived and acted during one of the most difficult periods in Jewish history, involving Nazi Germany, World War II, and the Holocaust. Despite being deported to the Terezín camp, he managed to survive the war. After graduating, he continued his activities as a representative of progressive Judaism, supporting the reconstruction and development of Jewish communities. He was one of the most prominent Jewish philosophers of the twentieth century, and his most important work remains The Essence of Judaism.
In 1955, an international research institute was founded to study the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry. Leo Baeck, after whom the institute was named, became its first president. The institute has branches in Jerusalem, New York|Berlin and London. Leo Baeck died on November 2, 1956 in London.
Leo Baeck lived and acted during one of the most difficult periods in Jewish history, involving Nazi Germany, World War II, and the Holocaust. Despite being deported to the Terezín camp, he managed to survive the war. After graduating, he continued his activities as a representative of progressive Judaism, supporting the reconstruction and development of Jewish communities. He was one of the most prominent Jewish philosophers of the twentieth century, and his most important work remains The Essence of Judaism.
In 1955, an international research institute was founded to study the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry. Leo Baeck, after whom the institute was named, became its first president. The institute has branches in Jerusalem, New York|Berlin and London. Leo Baeck died on November 2, 1956 in London.
Buy the book now
The book "Leo Baeck. Ostatni Ostatni rabin Rzeszy" is available for purchase in the Museum's online store HERE.