In the Holy Roman Empire in the early 1500s, there was a campaign to burn all Jewish books. A legal scholar named Johannes Reuchlin wrote a pamphlet called Augenspiegel that convinced the powers-that-be that these texts had historical and scholarly value. Historian and author Erika Rummel joins Mark to tell this remarkable tale, which features everything from political power grabs to bribery to a Middle Ages version of a flame war.
LBI Presents is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York | Berlin and Antica Productions.
Hosted by Mark Oppenheimer.
Executive Producers include Laura Regehr, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producer is Emily Morantz. Associate audio editor is Cameron McIver. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson.
LBI Presents - Episode 9: Food as Power
LBI Presents - Episode 8: Propaganda for Breakfast
LBI Presents - Episode 7: Life Doesn’t Last, Art Doesn’t Last
LBI Presents - Episode 6: Ghosts of Your Family Past
LBI Presents - Episode 5: Fact, Fiction, and Finding Yourself
LBI Presents - Episode 4: The Art of Exile
LBI Presents - Episode 3: History in a Box
LBI Presents - Episode 2: Where To From Here?
LBI Presents - Episode 1: Archives of Love
Introducing LBI Presents
Unpacking Exile
Episode 12: Before Dr. Ruth
Episode 11: Art at the End of the World
Episode 10: From Refugee to Radical
Episode 9: The Missing Maidens
Episode 8: Shanghai - The Last Resort
Episode 7: Love in the Time of Fascism
Exile: Season 2 is coming soon
Episode 6: The Science of Escape
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