Statement on the exhibition “100 Misunderstandings about and among Jews”
Feb 4, 2023 | JMW News
The Jewish Museum Vienna comments on the ongoing discussion of the exhibition "100 Misunderstandings about and among Jews". | more
Escape into death
Jan 27, 2023 | JMW News
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the more than 1,000 persecuted Viennese Jewish women and men who fled to their deaths by taking their own lives before they could be annihilated by the National Socialists. | more
Not blind in any eye. Karl Pfeifer (1928-2023)
Jan 24, 2023 | JMW News
The Jewish Museum Vienna mourns the death of Karl Pfeifer. | more
Oil for eight days
Dec 20, 2022 | JMW News
And then the miracle happened: the oil kept burning and burning and did not run out until the replenishment arrived eight days later. | more
Lueger’s lies
Nov 29, 2022 | JMW News
At Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz in Vienna’s 1st district, the installation Lueger Temporary was made available to the public in October 2022. The Jewish Museum Vienna participates by attaching ten selected quotes. | more
Jewish Museum Vienna receives the artwork “Endsieger sind dennoch wir”
Nov 25, 2022 | JMW News
The FRIENDS of the Jewish Museum Vienna have purchased the artwork Endsieger sind dennoch wir (We Are the Ultimate Winners Nevertheless) by the Viennese artists Sophie Lillie and Arye Wachsmuth for the museum’s collection. | more
How a museum visit brought two old friends back together after almost 50 years
Sep 21, 2022 | JMW News
At a children’s birthday party in autumn 2021, I meet Christina Fadler, who tells me that she recently visited the Jewish Museum Vienna with her mother, Christel Fadler. During their tour of the permanent exhibition at Museum Dorotheergasse, they also take a look at the digital presentation of Margit Dobronyi’s photographic archive. Numerous photos are […] | more
Jewish museums matter!
Sep 13, 2022 | JMW News
Congratulations to the Jewish Museum Hohenems, which has received this year’s Austrian Museum Prize! | more
In memory of Lily Renée (1921–2022)
Aug 30, 2022 | JMW News
More than 101 years ago, Lily Renée, later celebrated as a pioneer of female comics artists, was born as Lily Renée Willheim in Vienna. She passed away in New York on August 24 of this year. | more
Rosh Hashana
Aug 3, 2022 | JMW News
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated in autumn and lasts for two days. “Rosh” means head, “shanah” is the year, so the head of the year is its beginning. The phonetic association with the Austrian New Year’s wish “Guten Rutsch” (literally “a good slide”) at the turn of the calendar year on December […] | more