Whereas in traditional Judaism the tallit is only worn by men, today more and more women see it as their right to wear a prayer shawl. On the occasion of the Pride month we present you a rainbow tallit from our collection. | more
Textiles comprise a significant part of the Judaica collection of the Jewish Museum Vienna. These works are now being digitized and partially restored. | more
The Jewish Museum Vienna comments on the ongoing discussion of the exhibition "100 Misunderstandings about and among Jews". | more
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
The Jewish Museum Vienna mourns the death of Karl Pfeifer. | more
And then the miracle happened: the oil kept burning and burning and did not run out until the replenishment arrived eight days later. | more
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
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
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
Congratulations to the Jewish Museum Hohenems, which has received this year’s Austrian Museum Prize! | more