The final installment of the Society for the History of
Czechoslovak Jews’ lecture series entitled “Jewish Thought in
Bohemian Lands and Slovakia from Late Renaissance to World War
II.” Michael Brenner, of the University of Munich discussed
research from his new book “Prophets of the Past.” “Prophets” is
the first book to examine in depth how modern Jewish historians
have interpreted Jewish history. Brenner reveals that perhaps no
other group has used their shared history for so many different
ideological and political purposes as the Jews. Leo Baeck
Institute and The Asia Society present a lecture by Paul Mendes-
Flohr about the fascinating relationship between German-Jewish
intellectuals Albert Einstein and Martin Buber and the Bengal
Poet Rabindranath Tagore. Professor Jonathan Steinberg is the
author of the highly acclaimed new book Bismarck: A Life.
Steinberg describes the political genius of the man who
dominated his era. Bismarck’s belief in Prussia’s cohesion and
authority, and in a nationalism that co