Institutional Profile
The Institute was founded in March 1992 in honor of Joseph Zwi Carlebach, the last Chief Rabbi of the Hamburg Jewish community. This was a joint academic initiative in partnership with the Joseph Carlebach Workgroup of the University of Hamburg and the Institute for the History of the German Jews.
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In accordance with the partnership agreements, the Institute organized eleven International Carlebach Conferences and coordinated long-term academic cooperation programs. These included an annual student seminar conducted in collaboration with the University of Magdeburg, held regularly for twenty years between 1997 and 2017.
From its founding until 2015, the Institute was led by its founder, Prof. Dr. Miriam Gillis-Carlebach. In May 2015, the directorship was assumed by Prof. Dr. George Yaakov Kohler.
Introducing the JCI History:
Selected papers on Institute founding and the first years
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