The Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem for the Study of German-Jewish History and Culture is an international academic research institute established to promote research into German and Central European Jewry in the modern era and to further the liberal heritage of German Judaism in contemporary Israeli society.

The annual convention for German studies is renewing the tradition of an annual workshop on German History.

The volume sheds light on various chapters in the long and multifaceted history of Protestant-Jewish relations, from the Reformation to the present.

In our research group, we intend to define the role of Jewish and Zionist history within environmental history and examine in what ways it is different and/or similar to other case studies.

The historical archive of the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem consists of many collections that document the life of German Jewry: It consists of diaries, correspondences, newspaper clippings, songs, official documents, photos, manuscripts, prayers etc.

Between the poles of friendship and animosity we find a broad range of emotions, extending from love to hate; and from the friendship of soul-mates through ambivalence to repugnance. A variety of areas – in the new Friendship and Animosity almanac.