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[Übersetzen nach: English] Titelblatt Visual History of Nations, Israel (1948)

History of the Jewish People

The subject History of the Jewish People deals with the history and culture of the Jewish people over a period of more than two and a half thousand years

  • from the era of the Second Temple to contemporary history,
  • in its entirety as well as in its manifold manifestations,
  • in continuity and change in the various epochs and spaces.

The illustration above shows the title page designed by Artur Szyk for "Visual History of Nations, Israel (1948)" (© CC The Arthur Szyk Society, Burlingame, CA).

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History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman
25 June 2025 18:00 - 20:00 UTC+02:00

Litigation as a social practice in the early modern period

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24 June 2025 17:30 - 19:30 UTC+02:00

Eva Szepesi and her daughter Anita Schwarz in conversation at the Intercultural Center

History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman
28 April 2025 18:00 - 20:00 UTC+02:00

A Jewish pediatrician in Auschwitz

History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman
5 February 2025 18:00 - 20:00 UTC+01:00

Timo Büchner's book "»Reichsbürger« im Südwesten. Die Akte Ingo K. aus Bobstadt" was published exactly one year after the court ruling and sheds light on the crime and its background.

History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman
28 November 2024 19:00 - 21:00 UTC+01:00

The Friends of the University invite

History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman
21 November 2024 18:00 - 20:30 UTC+01:00

A project of the Leo Baeck Institutes in Jerusalem and London in cooperation with the Heidelberg School of Jewish Studies

History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman
5 July 2024 19:00 - 00:00 UTC+02:00

with Rav Prof. Birgit Klein

History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman
17 June 2024 16:15 - 17:45 UTC+02:00

Lecture by Rab. Prof. Dr Birgit Klein