Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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As we celebrate 70 years of the Leo Baeck Institute New York, we’re taking a look back at our humble beginnings—inside the former apartment of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein at 1239 Broadway! 🎶📖

What once stored Bernstein’s shirts soon held rare books, personal memoirs, and Jewish community records—laying the foundation for one of the most important archives of German-Jewish history.

Today, LBI has digitized millions of pages, preserving this history for future generations. 🎥✨

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