Expo Window: The First and Last Generation
Jan 3, 2025 | JMW News
The first expo window deals with the topics climate activism, climate protection and what a museum can contribute to that. | more
Expo Window: “Making Room for God.” The Day of Atonement
Jan 3, 2025 | JMW News
On the occasion of Yom Kippur, the expo window at the Dorotheergasse Museum explores the theme of reconciliation. | more
Expo Window: October 7, 2023
Jan 3, 2025 | JMW News
Directly after the brutal attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, by the terrorist organization Hamas, the Ukrainian-Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi set out to portray the terrible events in pictures. | more
Expo Window: There be Dragons
Jan 3, 2025 | JMW News
Photographic work: Lisl PongerText: Daniela Pscheiden Unexplored areas on medieval maps were shown to be populated with dragons, leviathans, and sea monsters. European voyages of discovery soon changed this perception. In this installation, Europe is represented by the seafarer Christopher Columbus (c. 1451–1506) and a Frontex official peering out to sea. The former set out […] | more
Goodbye and Hello! Reflections and Prospects: Year-End Review
Dec 18, 2024 | JMW News
Year-end transitions offer a chance to reflect – celebrating successes and learning from challenges.2024: A Year of Social Engagement and RefelctionThis year, the Jewish Museum Vienna embraced social engagement as part of the exhibition “Who Cares? Jewish Responses to Suffering”. Beyond participating in numerous social projects, the museum initiated its own, such as fundraising campaigns, […] | more
Honoring the Past and Shaping the Future: The JMW 130th Anniversary Gala at Christie’s
Nov 29, 2024 | JMW News
On November 9, 2024, a special gala dinner took place at Christie’s New York. This event launched the beginning of the Jewish Museum Vienna’s 130th anniversary year, which will be celebrated in 2025 with numerous exhibitions, events, and other special projects. On this day in 1938, the Nazi terror was unleashed during the November Pogroms. […] | more
The Third Generation in dialogue: Robert Rotifer
Oct 31, 2024 | JMW News
Accompanying and complementing our current exhibition The Third Generation. The Holocaust in Family Memory, we conducted interviews with relatives of the Third (and sometimes also the Fourth) Generation and asked them about their quite personal dealing with the story of their grandparents, as well as about the perception of their generation. You can read these […] | more
In memoriam – Lore Segal (1928-2024)
Oct 28, 2024 | JMW News
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Obituary Dr. Helga Feldner-Busztin (1929 – 2024)
Oct 25, 2024 | JMW News
Dear Dr. Feldner-Busztin, Dear Helga, Since I now know that it can help the living to write letters to the deceased, the obituary for you will now take this form. We did not really know each other, but since you are represented several times in the Jewish Museum Vienna, this seems a viable way to […] | more
Share Your Singer – Connecting More Memories of Emil Singer
Aug 27, 2024 | JMW News
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