German Events NYCBook Talk: Place Envy
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- Center for Jewish History
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- Free
Michael Lowenthal discusses Place Envy with Kirkus Reviews editor Tom Beer, exploring family history, Jewish identity, queer belonging and travel.
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- In person
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- Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011, Flatiron, Manhattan
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- Leo Baeck Institute
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Michael Lowenthal joins Tom Beer, editor-in-chief of Kirkus Reviews, to discuss Place Envy: Essays in Search of Orientation. The collection follows Lowenthal’s search for belonging as a writer, an agnostic Jew and a gay traveler, linking family history with encounters across countries and communities.
The German-Jewish connection includes his Holocaust-refugee grandparents, an uncle who died at Bergen-Belsen and the family history he explores in his grandmother’s German hometown. The conversation is presented by the Leo Baeck Institute, which preserves the history and culture of German-speaking Jews.
The in-person talk takes place December 1, 2026, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street. General admission is free; reserve through the ticket link on the organizer’s page.
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Leo Baeck Institute program on German-Jewish family history and the legacy of the Holocaust.