From March 11, the exhibition "Three with a Pen" can be visited in the Austrian Cultural Forum New York. In this blog curator Sabine Bergler talks about the three protagonists and travelling | more
Because of the museum´s closure the rickshaw and Victoria Blitz are a little bit bored. Hence they are talking about the exhibition "Little Vienna" once again | more
Actually, a blog article on the “New Year of the Trees” (Hebrew: Tu BiShvat), celebrated this year on January 28th, was planned. On January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp was liberated by the Red Army. In 2005, the United Nations established this date as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Two texts. Two themes. Two dates. | more
This blog leads Hannah Landsmann to the Shanghai exhibition, where she introduces the Grauaug family | more
The Hebrew alphabet has 22 characters. If you enter “Hebrew” as a search term in the museum inventory, 606 objects are listed. Did you know that Yiddish and Ladino are written in Hebrew letters? | more
Do you know where Fünfhaus lies and where Sechshaus is located? A Kiddush cup from the Fünfhauser Temple and plaques for charitable institutions from the synagogue in Sechshaus can be found at the Jewish Museum Vienna | more
...you will find 78 entries in the inventory of the Jewish Museum Vienna, including the family name Glück, “Glückwünsche” (congratulations) and blessings for the Jewish New Year in autumn, birthday wishes (“Glückwünsche”) and closings at the end of letters | more
Born in Odessa in 1850, Johann Kremenetzky (also Kremenezky) was an entrepreneur, inventor and Zionist | more
This form of Hanukkah menorah is called the bench-style type. The technical terms from the silversmith’s workshop describe the menorah as wrought, engraved, chased and textured | more
The Hebrew term “tzedaka” means justice. What is meant by this is the obligation to charity which is written in the Torah | more