Discover Jewish Vienna Your Way
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Plan the Right Jewish Tour of Vienna
If you searched for a Jewish tour Vienna visitors can actually use, this page makes the choice clearer: start with the self-guided audio tour for fast access, or book a private guide for a deeper in-person experience.
Why travelers choose this route
Vienna’s Jewish history is spread across several neighborhoods and centuries, so the biggest problem for most visitors is not interest, but clarity. They know they want Judenplatz, the Stadttempel, Leopoldstadt, Stolpersteine, memorials, kosher food options, and enough context to understand what they are seeing.
The self-guided tour is best for independent travelers who want immediate access, offline usability, and the freedom to stop for prayer, food, photography, or reflection. The private option is best for families, groups, educators, and heritage travelers who want live questions, customized pacing, and a guide who can adapt the route.
What makes a good Jewish tour in Vienna
A strong Jewish Vienna experience has to balance practical navigation with historical weight. Judenplatz is not just a square; it is a key site for understanding medieval Jewish Vienna and memory culture. The Stadttempel is not just a synagogue stop; it represents continuity, survival, and living Jewish communal life.
That is why this page uses natural language around the landmarks people actually search for, whether they phrase it as Jewish Quarter Vienna, Stadttempel tour, Jewish walking tour, synagogue tour, or self-guided heritage route.
Helpful pages to continue your planning
If you want the most focused neighborhood route, start with the Jewish Quarter tour page.
If you are still comparing options, the free self-guided Vienna tour page helps visitors understand the route style before committing.
If logistics matter as much as history, use the Kosher and Shabbat guide for Vienna to plan meals, groceries, minyanim, and practical stops around your tour day.
If you want more background before walking the city, browse the Jewish Vienna books page. You can also visit the Vienna Jewish Museum.
Founded by Leo Rudnitsky, the project is built around historically grounded storytelling, practical route design, and real visitor needs rather than generic tourism copy.
For direct questions or private bookings, contact office@jewishinvienna.com.
Jewish History in Vienna, Austria for Visitors Today
Many visitors searching for Jewish history in Vienna are already in Austria or planning a short stay in Vienna, Austria. Because the historic center is compact, many Jewish landmarks can be visited within a few hours, making it ideal for last-minute itineraries.
For travelers currently in Vienna, Austria, key Jewish sites such as Judenplatz, the Stadttempel, and the Vienna Jewish Museum are all located in the city center and are easily accessible on foot or by public transport.
Where to Visit Jewish Vienna if You Are Already in Austria
If you are already in Austria and searching for where to visit Jewish Vienna, the most important locations are concentrated in central Vienna, Austria.
A practical route includes Judenplatz for medieval Jewish history and Holocaust memory, the Stadttempel for synagogue life, and the Vienna Jewish Museum for deeper cultural context.
Visit the Vienna Jewish Museum.
This combination helps visitors understand Jewish Vienna across different historical periods, even within a short visit.
What are the main Jewish sites to visit in Vienna, Austria?
The main Jewish sites to visit in Vienna, Austria include Judenplatz, the Stadttempel synagogue, the Vienna Jewish Museum, and Leopoldstadt. Together they represent medieval Jewish Vienna, synagogue continuity, Holocaust memory, and modern Jewish cultural life.
Understanding Vienna Synagogue Tours
Visitors often search for Vienna synagogue tours when they are looking for access to Jewish religious sites in Vienna, Austria. In practice, synagogue visits are typically centered around the Stadttempel, the main synagogue of Vienna.
Due to security and access limitations, synagogue visits are often part of a broader Jewish Vienna experience rather than standalone tours. The most meaningful approach combines synagogue history with nearby landmarks such as Judenplatz and the Jewish Museum.
This broader context helps visitors understand not only the architecture of the synagogue, but also its role in the continuity of Jewish life in Vienna, Austria.
How Jewish Vienna Fits into Jewish Europe
Jewish Vienna, Austria is part of a wider network of important Jewish cities in Europe, including Prague, Budapest, Krakow, and Berlin. What makes Vienna unique is the way Jewish history connects to imperial culture, intellectual life, psychoanalysis, music, and Zionism.
Because of this, Jewish landmarks in Vienna are not only historically important, but also intellectually significant within the broader story of European history.
Choose the Format That Fits Your Trip
Start fast with the self-guided route, book a private guide for a deeper live experience, or use the kosher and Shabbat guide to organize the practical side of your day in Vienna.
Self-Guided Audio & Video Tour
Instant $9.99 access for independent travelers who want a structured Jewish Vienna route with historical context, offline usability, and the freedom to move at their own pace.
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Best for families, groups, educators, missions, and heritage travelers who want live questions, customized pacing, and a deeper Vienna Jewish experience.
Book private tour →Kosher & Shabbat Guide
Plan restaurants, groceries, minyanim, and Shabbat logistics around your tour day so the history and the practical side of Jewish Vienna work together smoothly.
Open free guide →Why This Format Works for Travelers
“We wanted something clear and practical, not just general sightseeing copy. This gave us structure, context, and the flexibility to stop when we wanted.”
“We were only in Vienna for a short stop and needed a route that made sense. It helped us understand what to prioritize and why each site mattered.”
“The strongest part was the balance between history and navigation. It felt built for real Jewish travelers, not just generic tourists.”
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- ✓ Full self-guided audio + video tour for Jewish Vienna
- ✓ Route notes for Judenplatz, Stadttempel area, Leopoldstadt, and memorial stops
- ✓ Flexible pacing for prayer, kosher meals, photos, or reflection
- ✓ Useful for travelers comparing a self-guided route vs. a private tour
- ✓ Practical planning support through related kosher and Shabbat pages
Frequently Asked Questions
About the Project
Founded by Leo Rudnitsky, Jewish in Vienna is built around historically grounded storytelling, practical route design, and real visitor needs rather than generic tourism copy.
The goal is simple: make Jewish Vienna easier to understand, easier to navigate, and more meaningful to experience, whether you choose a self-guided route or a private guided tour.
The project is designed for travelers who want clarity around landmarks like Judenplatz, the Stadttempel, Leopoldstadt, memorials, kosher food, and the broader story of Jewish life in Vienna.
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✨ The Star Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, 1914–1916 Some paintings are more than masterpieces—they are fragments of a vanished world. Klimt’s Elisabeth Lederer was one of his final portraits, painted on the eve of both his own death and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Lederers were among his most important patrons, part of the glittering, intellectual Jewish elite of pre-war Vienna—a world of revolution, Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams, Wiener Werkstätte design, salons, collectors, and modernism that would soon be shattered. Only weeks after Kristallnacht in November 1938, the Gestapo looted the family’s Klimts. The Nazis separated the Jewish portraits, stored the rest at Immendorf Castle, and those works were destroyed by fire in 1945. Against all odds, Elisabeth survived. Her journey from that moment to becoming the star lot of sothebys Leonard Lauder sale speaks to survival, restitution, and the importance of wartime provenance research: • Commissioned by August & Serena Lederer • Restituted after the war to their son Erich • Acquired by Serge Sabarsky, New York • Purchased by Leonard Lauder in 1985 A provenance as important as the painting itself. Klimt depicts Elisabeth in an ethereal, modern gown draped with an authentic imperial Chinese dragon robe—a ceremonial garment reserved for emperors. He transforms her into an empress—a symbol of female power and modern identity—reflecting both his fascination with Asian art and the cosmopolitan sophistication of the Lederers. It is said Klimt could never bring himself to declare the painting finished; Serena finally visited his studio, pronounced it complete, and carried it home herself. A mother’s eye, and perhaps a mother’s instinct to preserve what would soon become memory. Klimt’s auction record stands at $108.7M. Elisabeth Lederer is expected to exceed $150M—an extraordinary convergence of art, history, and the last surviving traces of the lost world of pre-war Vienna. — For those building or refining significant collections, I’m always available to discuss opportunities confidentially. #GustavKlimt #Sothebys #Vienna1900 #Provenance #JewishVienna #Masterpiece
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✨ The Star Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, 1914–1916 Some paintings are more than masterpieces—they are fragments of a vanished world. Klimt’s Elisabeth Lederer was one of his final portraits, painted on the eve of both his own death and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Lederers were among his most important patrons, part of the glittering, intellectual Jewish elite of pre-war Vienna—a world of revolution, Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams, Wiener Werkstätte design, salons, collectors, and modernism that would soon be shattered. Only weeks after Kristallnacht in November 1938, the Gestapo looted the family’s Klimts. The Nazis separated the Jewish portraits, stored the rest at Immendorf Castle, and those works were destroyed by fire in 1945. Against all odds, Elisabeth survived. Her journey from that moment to becoming the star lot of sothebys Leonard Lauder sale speaks to survival, restitution, and the importance of wartime provenance research: • Commissioned by August & Serena Lederer • Restituted after the war to their son Erich • Acquired by Serge Sabarsky, New York • Purchased by Leonard Lauder in 1985 A provenance as important as the painting itself. Klimt depicts Elisabeth in an ethereal, modern gown draped with an authentic imperial Chinese dragon robe—a ceremonial garment reserved for emperors. He transforms her into an empress—a symbol of female power and modern identity—reflecting both his fascination with Asian art and the cosmopolitan sophistication of the Lederers. It is said Klimt could never bring himself to declare the painting finished; Serena finally visited his studio, pronounced it complete, and carried it home herself. A mother’s eye, and perhaps a mother’s instinct to preserve what would soon become memory. Klimt’s auction record stands at $108.7M. Elisabeth Lederer is expected to exceed $150M—an extraordinary convergence of art, history, and the last surviving traces of the lost world of pre-war Vienna. — For those building or refining significant collections, I’m always available to discuss opportunities confidentially. #GustavKlimt #Sothebys #Vienna1900 #Provenance #JewishVienna #Masterpiece
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✨ The Star Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, 1914–1916 Some paintings are more than masterpieces—they are fragments of a vanished world. Klimt’s Elisabeth Lederer was one of his final portraits, painted on the eve of both his own death and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Lederers were among his most important patrons, part of the glittering, intellectual Jewish elite of pre-war Vienna—a world of revolution, Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams, Wiener Werkstätte design, salons, collectors, and modernism that would soon be shattered. Only weeks after Kristallnacht in November 1938, the Gestapo looted the family’s Klimts. The Nazis separated the Jewish portraits, stored the rest at Immendorf Castle, and those works were destroyed by fire in 1945. Against all odds, Elisabeth survived. Her journey from that moment to becoming the star lot of sothebys Leonard Lauder sale speaks to survival, restitution, and the importance of wartime provenance research: • Commissioned by August & Serena Lederer • Restituted after the war to their son Erich • Acquired by Serge Sabarsky, New York • Purchased by Leonard Lauder in 1985 A provenance as important as the painting itself. Klimt depicts Elisabeth in an ethereal, modern gown draped with an authentic imperial Chinese dragon robe—a ceremonial garment reserved for emperors. He transforms her into an empress—a symbol of female power and modern identity—reflecting both his fascination with Asian art and the cosmopolitan sophistication of the Lederers. It is said Klimt could never bring himself to declare the painting finished; Serena finally visited his studio, pronounced it complete, and carried it home herself. A mother’s eye, and perhaps a mother’s instinct to preserve what would soon become memory. Klimt’s auction record stands at $108.7M. Elisabeth Lederer is expected to exceed $150M—an extraordinary convergence of art, history, and the last surviving traces of the lost world of pre-war Vienna. — For those building or refining significant collections, I’m always available to discuss opportunities confidentially. #GustavKlimt #Sothebys #Vienna1900 #Provenance #JewishVienna #Masterpiece
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✨ The Star Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, 1914–1916 Some paintings are more than masterpieces—they are fragments of a vanished world. Klimt’s Elisabeth Lederer was one of his final portraits, painted on the eve of both his own death and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Lederers were among his most important patrons, part of the glittering, intellectual Jewish elite of pre-war Vienna—a world of revolution, Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams, Wiener Werkstätte design, salons, collectors, and modernism that would soon be shattered. Only weeks after Kristallnacht in November 1938, the Gestapo looted the family’s Klimts. The Nazis separated the Jewish portraits, stored the rest at Immendorf Castle, and those works were destroyed by fire in 1945. Against all odds, Elisabeth survived. Her journey from that moment to becoming the star lot of sothebys Leonard Lauder sale speaks to survival, restitution, and the importance of wartime provenance research: • Commissioned by August & Serena Lederer • Restituted after the war to their son Erich • Acquired by Serge Sabarsky, New York • Purchased by Leonard Lauder in 1985 A provenance as important as the painting itself. Klimt depicts Elisabeth in an ethereal, modern gown draped with an authentic imperial Chinese dragon robe—a ceremonial garment reserved for emperors. He transforms her into an empress—a symbol of female power and modern identity—reflecting both his fascination with Asian art and the cosmopolitan sophistication of the Lederers. It is said Klimt could never bring himself to declare the painting finished; Serena finally visited his studio, pronounced it complete, and carried it home herself. A mother’s eye, and perhaps a mother’s instinct to preserve what would soon become memory. Klimt’s auction record stands at $108.7M. Elisabeth Lederer is expected to exceed $150M—an extraordinary convergence of art, history, and the last surviving traces of the lost world of pre-war Vienna. — For those building or refining significant collections, I’m always available to discuss opportunities confidentially. #GustavKlimt #Sothebys #Vienna1900 #Provenance #JewishVienna #Masterpiece
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«Сделать невидимое видимым» А вот и история о загадочных столбах со звездой Давида которые можно найти в разных районах Вены. #jewishvienna#jüdischeswien#jewish#jewishhistory
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«Сделать невидимое видимым» А вот и история о загадочных столбах со звездой Давида которые можно найти в разных районах Вены. #jewishvienna#jüdischeswien#jewish#jewishhistory
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«Сделать невидимое видимым» А вот и история о загадочных столбах со звездой Давида которые можно найти в разных районах Вены. #jewishvienna#jüdischeswien#jewish#jewishhistory
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«Сделать невидимое видимым» А вот и история о загадочных столбах со звездой Давида которые можно найти в разных районах Вены. #jewishvienna#jüdischeswien#jewish#jewishhistory
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«Сделать невидимое видимым» А вот и история о загадочных столбах со звездой Давида которые можно найти в разных районах Вены. #jewishvienna#jüdischeswien#jewish#jewishhistory
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I wish to thank newlondonsynagogue for hosting a wonderful album presentation for JEWISH VIENNA. Special thanks to noemiflute, norman.lebrecht and Richard Black! 📸: Julian Futter #jewishvienna
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I wish to thank newlondonsynagogue for hosting a wonderful album presentation for JEWISH VIENNA. Special thanks to noemiflute, norman.lebrecht and Richard Black! 📸: Julian Futter #jewishvienna
Read more →I wish to thank newlondonsynagogue for hosting a wonderful album presentation for JEWISH VIENNA. Special thanks to noemiflute, norman.lebrecht and Richard Black! 📸: Julian Futter #jewishvienna
Read more →I wish to thank newlondonsynagogue for hosting a wonderful album presentation for JEWISH VIENNA. Special thanks to noemiflute, norman.lebrecht and Richard Black! 📸: Julian Futter #jewishvienna
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Das 2017 eröffnete Mahnmal Aspangbahnhof erinnert im 3. Bezirk an Jüd*innen, die zwischen 1939 und 1942 aus Wien in die Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager deportiert wurden. Es wurde von Brigitte Prinzgau und Wolfgang Podgorschek gestaltet. Näheres unter: https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Mahnmal_Aspangbahnhof #holocaust #shoah #juedischeswien #jewishvienna #mahnmalaspangbahnhof #neveragain
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Das 2017 eröffnete Mahnmal Aspangbahnhof erinnert im 3. Bezirk an Jüd*innen, die zwischen 1939 und 1942 aus Wien in die Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager deportiert wurden. Es wurde von Brigitte Prinzgau und Wolfgang Podgorschek gestaltet. Näheres unter: https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Mahnmal_Aspangbahnhof #holocaust #shoah #juedischeswien #jewishvienna #mahnmalaspangbahnhof #neveragain
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Das 2017 eröffnete Mahnmal Aspangbahnhof erinnert im 3. Bezirk an Jüd*innen, die zwischen 1939 und 1942 aus Wien in die Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager deportiert wurden. Es wurde von Brigitte Prinzgau und Wolfgang Podgorschek gestaltet. Näheres unter: https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Mahnmal_Aspangbahnhof #holocaust #shoah #juedischeswien #jewishvienna #mahnmalaspangbahnhof #neveragain
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Das 2017 eröffnete Mahnmal Aspangbahnhof erinnert im 3. Bezirk an Jüd*innen, die zwischen 1939 und 1942 aus Wien in die Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager deportiert wurden. Es wurde von Brigitte Prinzgau und Wolfgang Podgorschek gestaltet. Näheres unter: https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Mahnmal_Aspangbahnhof #holocaust #shoah #juedischeswien #jewishvienna #mahnmalaspangbahnhof #neveragain
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Das 2017 eröffnete Mahnmal Aspangbahnhof erinnert im 3. Bezirk an Jüd*innen, die zwischen 1939 und 1942 aus Wien in die Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager deportiert wurden. Es wurde von Brigitte Prinzgau und Wolfgang Podgorschek gestaltet. Näheres unter: https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Mahnmal_Aspangbahnhof #holocaust #shoah #juedischeswien #jewishvienna #mahnmalaspangbahnhof #neveragain
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Das 2017 eröffnete Mahnmal Aspangbahnhof erinnert im 3. Bezirk an Jüd*innen, die zwischen 1939 und 1942 aus Wien in die Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager deportiert wurden. Es wurde von Brigitte Prinzgau und Wolfgang Podgorschek gestaltet. Näheres unter: https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Mahnmal_Aspangbahnhof #holocaust #shoah #juedischeswien #jewishvienna #mahnmalaspangbahnhof #neveragain
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Das 2017 eröffnete Mahnmal Aspangbahnhof erinnert im 3. Bezirk an Jüd*innen, die zwischen 1939 und 1942 aus Wien in die Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager deportiert wurden. Es wurde von Brigitte Prinzgau und Wolfgang Podgorschek gestaltet. Näheres unter: https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Mahnmal_Aspangbahnhof #holocaust #shoah #juedischeswien #jewishvienna #mahnmalaspangbahnhof #neveragain
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Das 2017 eröffnete Mahnmal Aspangbahnhof erinnert im 3. Bezirk an Jüd*innen, die zwischen 1939 und 1942 aus Wien in die Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager deportiert wurden. Es wurde von Brigitte Prinzgau und Wolfgang Podgorschek gestaltet. Näheres unter: https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Mahnmal_Aspangbahnhof #holocaust #shoah #juedischeswien #jewishvienna #mahnmalaspangbahnhof #neveragain
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Das 2017 eröffnete Mahnmal Aspangbahnhof erinnert im 3. Bezirk an Jüd*innen, die zwischen 1939 und 1942 aus Wien in die Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager deportiert wurden. Es wurde von Brigitte Prinzgau und Wolfgang Podgorschek gestaltet. Näheres unter: https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Mahnmal_Aspangbahnhof #holocaust #shoah #juedischeswien #jewishvienna #mahnmalaspangbahnhof #neveragain
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The Backstory: The Stadttempel (City Synagogue) In the novel, Vienna on Fire, Greta Kolbe comes to the aid of a rabbi left beaten and bloodied in the street outside the Stadttempel by a gang of young Brownshirts led by her ex-boyfriend-turned-Nazi, Hans Jaeger. Due to centuries of antisemitism, Vienna’s Orthodox Jewish synagogue was built in 1824 between two five-story elongated apartment buildings so that only the synagogue’s wooden front doors could be seen from the street. Completed in 1826, its umbrella dome, oval main prayer hall surrounded by twelve columns supporting two balconies for women, and a sky-blue ceiling with stars made it one of Western Europe’s most innovative synagogues. The Hebrew inscription over the wooden doors translates: "Enter into his gates with thanks--giving and into his courts with praise" (Psalms, 100:5,4). Check out other readers' comments about Vienna on Fire or purchase an e-book, paperback, and hardcover using the LINK IN BIO. #stadttempel #citiysynsgogue #jewishquarter #viennajews #synagogue #seitenstettengasse #jewishvienna #kristallnacht #nightofbrokenglass
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Galaabend anlässlich des 30-jährigen Jubiläums des Jüdischen Museums im Palais Eskeles. Vielen Dank, liebe Barbara Staudinger, an alle, die diesen wunderschönen Abend möglich gemacht haben. 📷: Ouriel Morgensztern | JMW #jmw #jüdischesmuseum #jewishvienna #jewishmuseumvienna #palaiseskeles #dorotheergasse #innerestadt #wienliebe #meinwien
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Galaabend anlässlich des 30-jährigen Jubiläums des Jüdischen Museums im Palais Eskeles. Vielen Dank, liebe Barbara Staudinger, an alle, die diesen wunderschönen Abend möglich gemacht haben. 📷: Ouriel Morgensztern | JMW #jmw #jüdischesmuseum #jewishvienna #jewishmuseumvienna #palaiseskeles #dorotheergasse #innerestadt #wienliebe #meinwien
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Galaabend anlässlich des 30-jährigen Jubiläums des Jüdischen Museums im Palais Eskeles. Vielen Dank, liebe Barbara Staudinger, an alle, die diesen wunderschönen Abend möglich gemacht haben. 📷: Ouriel Morgensztern | JMW #jmw #jüdischesmuseum #jewishvienna #jewishmuseumvienna #palaiseskeles #dorotheergasse #innerestadt #wienliebe #meinwien
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Galaabend anlässlich des 30-jährigen Jubiläums des Jüdischen Museums im Palais Eskeles. Vielen Dank, liebe Barbara Staudinger, an alle, die diesen wunderschönen Abend möglich gemacht haben. 📷: Ouriel Morgensztern | JMW #jmw #jüdischesmuseum #jewishvienna #jewishmuseumvienna #palaiseskeles #dorotheergasse #innerestadt #wienliebe #meinwien
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Galaabend anlässlich des 30-jährigen Jubiläums des Jüdischen Museums im Palais Eskeles. Vielen Dank, liebe Barbara Staudinger, an alle, die diesen wunderschönen Abend möglich gemacht haben. 📷: Ouriel Morgensztern | JMW #jmw #jüdischesmuseum #jewishvienna #jewishmuseumvienna #palaiseskeles #dorotheergasse #innerestadt #wienliebe #meinwien
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Galaabend anlässlich des 30-jährigen Jubiläums des Jüdischen Museums im Palais Eskeles. Vielen Dank, liebe Barbara Staudinger, an alle, die diesen wunderschönen Abend möglich gemacht haben. 📷: Ouriel Morgensztern | JMW #jmw #jüdischesmuseum #jewishvienna #jewishmuseumvienna #palaiseskeles #dorotheergasse #innerestadt #wienliebe #meinwien
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#tbt to our recent trip to Vienna, Austria, where we recorded oral histories, screened our film, and presented our work to researchers and the public. 1️⃣Beautiful flowers and a welcoming sign spotted along the Danube 🌸 2️⃣Esther Wratschko sings a bit of “Unter dem himl ligt di shtot buenos ayres (Unter the heavens lies the city of Buenos Aires)” a song about Jewish s€x trafficking in Argentina from the early 20th century. She sang it at the end of her oral history as an example of the unaccompanied Yiddish song genre she specializes in, and the way she and her musical partner Isabel Frey feature historical Yiddish songs that have contemporary political relevance. 🎶 3️⃣Oral history director Christa speaks about the Yiddish Book Center to a group of fellows at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies 🎤 4️⃣Audience watches Avrom Sutzkever on screen during Ver Vet Blaybn? screening at CineCentre in the first district of Vienna 📽️ 5️⃣Fortunoff Archives director Stephen Naron poses a question to Christa Whitney after our Austrian premiere screening of Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?) at Cine Center in Vienna, Austria. - Photo from Teresa Preis of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (c) VWI 🎞️ 6️⃣Yiddish journalist Philip Schwartz interviewed at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) 📰 7️⃣A delicious coffee Christa enjoyed after a visit to the first district site of the Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna ☕️ 8️⃣Memorial to victims of Nazi tyranny at the former site of the Gestapo building in Vienna ✡️ 9️⃣Oral history director Christa enjoys a post-swim popsicle with her old pal, Yiddish singer, ethnomusicologist, and musician Benjy Fox-Rosen, whose oral history is in our collection 🏊♀️ #vienna #oralhistory #yiddish #yiddishinvienna #yiddisharoundtheworld #JewishVienna #fieldwork #behindthescenes
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#tbt to our recent trip to Vienna, Austria, where we recorded oral histories, screened our film, and presented our work to researchers and the public. 1️⃣Beautiful flowers and a welcoming sign spotted along the Danube 🌸 2️⃣Esther Wratschko sings a bit of “Unter dem himl ligt di shtot buenos ayres (Unter the heavens lies the city of Buenos Aires)” a song about Jewish s€x trafficking in Argentina from the early 20th century. She sang it at the end of her oral history as an example of the unaccompanied Yiddish song genre she specializes in, and the way she and her musical partner Isabel Frey feature historical Yiddish songs that have contemporary political relevance. 🎶 3️⃣Oral history director Christa speaks about the Yiddish Book Center to a group of fellows at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies 🎤 4️⃣Audience watches Avrom Sutzkever on screen during Ver Vet Blaybn? screening at CineCentre in the first district of Vienna 📽️ 5️⃣Fortunoff Archives director Stephen Naron poses a question to Christa Whitney after our Austrian premiere screening of Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?) at Cine Center in Vienna, Austria. - Photo from Teresa Preis of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (c) VWI 🎞️ 6️⃣Yiddish journalist Philip Schwartz interviewed at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) 📰 7️⃣A delicious coffee Christa enjoyed after a visit to the first district site of the Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna ☕️ 8️⃣Memorial to victims of Nazi tyranny at the former site of the Gestapo building in Vienna ✡️ 9️⃣Oral history director Christa enjoys a post-swim popsicle with her old pal, Yiddish singer, ethnomusicologist, and musician Benjy Fox-Rosen, whose oral history is in our collection 🏊♀️ #vienna #oralhistory #yiddish #yiddishinvienna #yiddisharoundtheworld #JewishVienna #fieldwork #behindthescenes
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#tbt to our recent trip to Vienna, Austria, where we recorded oral histories, screened our film, and presented our work to researchers and the public. 1️⃣Beautiful flowers and a welcoming sign spotted along the Danube 🌸 2️⃣Esther Wratschko sings a bit of “Unter dem himl ligt di shtot buenos ayres (Unter the heavens lies the city of Buenos Aires)” a song about Jewish s€x trafficking in Argentina from the early 20th century. She sang it at the end of her oral history as an example of the unaccompanied Yiddish song genre she specializes in, and the way she and her musical partner Isabel Frey feature historical Yiddish songs that have contemporary political relevance. 🎶 3️⃣Oral history director Christa speaks about the Yiddish Book Center to a group of fellows at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies 🎤 4️⃣Audience watches Avrom Sutzkever on screen during Ver Vet Blaybn? screening at CineCentre in the first district of Vienna 📽️ 5️⃣Fortunoff Archives director Stephen Naron poses a question to Christa Whitney after our Austrian premiere screening of Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?) at Cine Center in Vienna, Austria. - Photo from Teresa Preis of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (c) VWI 🎞️ 6️⃣Yiddish journalist Philip Schwartz interviewed at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) 📰 7️⃣A delicious coffee Christa enjoyed after a visit to the first district site of the Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna ☕️ 8️⃣Memorial to victims of Nazi tyranny at the former site of the Gestapo building in Vienna ✡️ 9️⃣Oral history director Christa enjoys a post-swim popsicle with her old pal, Yiddish singer, ethnomusicologist, and musician Benjy Fox-Rosen, whose oral history is in our collection 🏊♀️ #vienna #oralhistory #yiddish #yiddishinvienna #yiddisharoundtheworld #JewishVienna #fieldwork #behindthescenes
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#tbt to our recent trip to Vienna, Austria, where we recorded oral histories, screened our film, and presented our work to researchers and the public. 1️⃣Beautiful flowers and a welcoming sign spotted along the Danube 🌸 2️⃣Esther Wratschko sings a bit of “Unter dem himl ligt di shtot buenos ayres (Unter the heavens lies the city of Buenos Aires)” a song about Jewish s€x trafficking in Argentina from the early 20th century. She sang it at the end of her oral history as an example of the unaccompanied Yiddish song genre she specializes in, and the way she and her musical partner Isabel Frey feature historical Yiddish songs that have contemporary political relevance. 🎶 3️⃣Oral history director Christa speaks about the Yiddish Book Center to a group of fellows at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies 🎤 4️⃣Audience watches Avrom Sutzkever on screen during Ver Vet Blaybn? screening at CineCentre in the first district of Vienna 📽️ 5️⃣Fortunoff Archives director Stephen Naron poses a question to Christa Whitney after our Austrian premiere screening of Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?) at Cine Center in Vienna, Austria. - Photo from Teresa Preis of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (c) VWI 🎞️ 6️⃣Yiddish journalist Philip Schwartz interviewed at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) 📰 7️⃣A delicious coffee Christa enjoyed after a visit to the first district site of the Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna ☕️ 8️⃣Memorial to victims of Nazi tyranny at the former site of the Gestapo building in Vienna ✡️ 9️⃣Oral history director Christa enjoys a post-swim popsicle with her old pal, Yiddish singer, ethnomusicologist, and musician Benjy Fox-Rosen, whose oral history is in our collection 🏊♀️ #vienna #oralhistory #yiddish #yiddishinvienna #yiddisharoundtheworld #JewishVienna #fieldwork #behindthescenes
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#tbt to our recent trip to Vienna, Austria, where we recorded oral histories, screened our film, and presented our work to researchers and the public. 1️⃣Beautiful flowers and a welcoming sign spotted along the Danube 🌸 2️⃣Esther Wratschko sings a bit of “Unter dem himl ligt di shtot buenos ayres (Unter the heavens lies the city of Buenos Aires)” a song about Jewish s€x trafficking in Argentina from the early 20th century. She sang it at the end of her oral history as an example of the unaccompanied Yiddish song genre she specializes in, and the way she and her musical partner Isabel Frey feature historical Yiddish songs that have contemporary political relevance. 🎶 3️⃣Oral history director Christa speaks about the Yiddish Book Center to a group of fellows at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies 🎤 4️⃣Audience watches Avrom Sutzkever on screen during Ver Vet Blaybn? screening at CineCentre in the first district of Vienna 📽️ 5️⃣Fortunoff Archives director Stephen Naron poses a question to Christa Whitney after our Austrian premiere screening of Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?) at Cine Center in Vienna, Austria. - Photo from Teresa Preis of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (c) VWI 🎞️ 6️⃣Yiddish journalist Philip Schwartz interviewed at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) 📰 7️⃣A delicious coffee Christa enjoyed after a visit to the first district site of the Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna ☕️ 8️⃣Memorial to victims of Nazi tyranny at the former site of the Gestapo building in Vienna ✡️ 9️⃣Oral history director Christa enjoys a post-swim popsicle with her old pal, Yiddish singer, ethnomusicologist, and musician Benjy Fox-Rosen, whose oral history is in our collection 🏊♀️ #vienna #oralhistory #yiddish #yiddishinvienna #yiddisharoundtheworld #JewishVienna #fieldwork #behindthescenes
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How wonderful to listen to the Springer descendants! #springerschlössl #ringstrasse bettina_rausch politische_akademie #jewishvienna #jewishhistory martinengelberg
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How wonderful to listen to the Springer descendants! #springerschlössl #ringstrasse bettina_rausch politische_akademie #jewishvienna #jewishhistory martinengelberg
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How wonderful to listen to the Springer descendants! #springerschlössl #ringstrasse bettina_rausch politische_akademie #jewishvienna #jewishhistory martinengelberg
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How wonderful to listen to the Springer descendants! #springerschlössl #ringstrasse bettina_rausch politische_akademie #jewishvienna #jewishhistory martinengelberg
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How wonderful to listen to the Springer descendants! #springerschlössl #ringstrasse bettina_rausch politische_akademie #jewishvienna #jewishhistory martinengelberg
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Jüdisches Leben in Wien 🕎 Mit #weremember hat der Jüdische Weltkongress eine internationale Kampagne ins Leben gerufen. Sie erinnert an das Leid und die Verfolgung von Juden in Europa zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus. Am 27. Januar 1945 hatten Soldaten der Roten Armee das Vernichtungslager Auschwitz-Birkenau befreit. In diesem Jahr liegt der Schwerpunkt auf die Begegnung mit Zeitzeugen der Schoa und der Diktatur des Nationalsozialismus. „Diese Gespräche sind gerade für junge Menschen von unersetzlichem Wert. Sie sind die größte Motivation, sich für eine bessere Welt einzusetzen. Eine Welt ohne Ausgrenzung, ohne Menschenfeindlichkeit und Gewalt“, sagt Dr. Josef Schuster, Präsident des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland. In Wien gibt es viele Orte an denen man das Jüdische Leben nachvollziehen kann. Hier eine unvollständige Liste. Welche Orte haben wir vielleicht vergessen? Ergänzt sie gerne in den Kommentaren. - Jüdisches Museum Wien (Dorotheergasse 11, 1010 Wien) - Judenplatz (1. Gemeindebezirk) - Zentralfriedhof mit Jüdischem Teil (Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234, 1110 Wien) - Weg der Erinnerung (durch die Leopoldstadt) 📸: by stefff.fi für easycitypasswien [Werbung, da Markierung] Quelle: zentralratderjuden.de . #1000thingsinvienna #discovervienna #easycitypassvienna #easygoingvienna #igersvienna #igersviennaclassics #stadtwien #streetsofvienna #travelvienna #vienna_explore #vienna_online #viennadaily #viennagoforit #viennagram #viennalove #viennanow #visitvienna #welovevienna #wienistanders #wienliebe #wienmalanders #neverforget #niemalsvergessen #alwaysremember #erinnern #holocaustremembrance #holocuaustremembranceday #jewishmuseumvienna #jewishvienna
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Happy Hanukkah! חנוכה שמח! 🕎 • • • #hanukkah #happyhanukkah #חנוכה #dreidel #latkes #jewishholidays #jewishfood #jewishvienna #chagsameach
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Happy Hanukkah! חנוכה שמח! 🕎 • • • #hanukkah #happyhanukkah #חנוכה #dreidel #latkes #jewishholidays #jewishfood #jewishvienna #chagsameach
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Happy Hanukkah! חנוכה שמח! 🕎 • • • #hanukkah #happyhanukkah #חנוכה #dreidel #latkes #jewishholidays #jewishfood #jewishvienna #chagsameach
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Long time no see friends! We are coming to you with a great opportunity! If you are still single and ready to meet your second half, don't miss out on this amazing free speed dating event for Jewish people from all over Europe organized by jewishmarriage on the 30th of November. We have partnered up with this huge organisation, feel free to reach out to us and to choose your dear Bayit creators Moshe Starik (Vienna) to get a referral and take to part in this opportunity! ✨Feel free to PM for the registration link.
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Since the early 17th century, Leopoldstadt has been a key centre of Jewish life in Vienna. From the late 1930s through World War 2, the Jewish population was eliminated – the fortunate ones managing to find refuge abroad, with almost all of those who remained dispatched to death camps. In recent years Leopoldstadt has experienced something of a Jewish revival. Especially visible is a relatively large community of so-called “ultra-orthodox” Hasidim, who are served by various kosher food shops, schools, a yeshiva and prayer rooms. But this central neighbourhood has also been subject to more conventional patterns of gentrification, with trendy cafés and restaurants, some of which are also happen to be Jewish owned, catering to well-heeled, mainly young, new residents. 🇦🇹 #leopoldstadt #leopoldstadtwien #wein #vienna #hasidim #hasidic #austrianjews #viennesejews #jewishvienna #jüdischeswien
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Since the early 17th century, Leopoldstadt has been a key centre of Jewish life in Vienna. From the late 1930s through World War 2, the Jewish population was eliminated – the fortunate ones managing to find refuge abroad, with almost all of those who remained dispatched to death camps. In recent years Leopoldstadt has experienced something of a Jewish revival. Especially visible is a relatively large community of so-called “ultra-orthodox” Hasidim, who are served by various kosher food shops, schools, a yeshiva and prayer rooms. But this central neighbourhood has also been subject to more conventional patterns of gentrification, with trendy cafés and restaurants, some of which are also happen to be Jewish owned, catering to well-heeled, mainly young, new residents. 🇦🇹 #leopoldstadt #leopoldstadtwien #wein #vienna #hasidim #hasidic #austrianjews #viennesejews #jewishvienna #jüdischeswien
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Since the early 17th century, Leopoldstadt has been a key centre of Jewish life in Vienna. From the late 1930s through World War 2, the Jewish population was eliminated – the fortunate ones managing to find refuge abroad, with almost all of those who remained dispatched to death camps. In recent years Leopoldstadt has experienced something of a Jewish revival. Especially visible is a relatively large community of so-called “ultra-orthodox” Hasidim, who are served by various kosher food shops, schools, a yeshiva and prayer rooms. But this central neighbourhood has also been subject to more conventional patterns of gentrification, with trendy cafés and restaurants, some of which are also happen to be Jewish owned, catering to well-heeled, mainly young, new residents. 🇦🇹 #leopoldstadt #leopoldstadtwien #wein #vienna #hasidim #hasidic #austrianjews #viennesejews #jewishvienna #jüdischeswien
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Since the early 17th century, Leopoldstadt has been a key centre of Jewish life in Vienna. From the late 1930s through World War 2, the Jewish population was eliminated – the fortunate ones managing to find refuge abroad, with almost all of those who remained dispatched to death camps. In recent years Leopoldstadt has experienced something of a Jewish revival. Especially visible is a relatively large community of so-called “ultra-orthodox” Hasidim, who are served by various kosher food shops, schools, a yeshiva and prayer rooms. But this central neighbourhood has also been subject to more conventional patterns of gentrification, with trendy cafés and restaurants, some of which are also happen to be Jewish owned, catering to well-heeled, mainly young, new residents. 🇦🇹 #leopoldstadt #leopoldstadtwien #wein #vienna #hasidim #hasidic #austrianjews #viennesejews #jewishvienna #jüdischeswien
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Since the early 17th century, Leopoldstadt has been a key centre of Jewish life in Vienna. From the late 1930s through World War 2, the Jewish population was eliminated – the fortunate ones managing to find refuge abroad, with almost all of those who remained dispatched to death camps. In recent years Leopoldstadt has experienced something of a Jewish revival. Especially visible is a relatively large community of so-called “ultra-orthodox” Hasidim, who are served by various kosher food shops, schools, a yeshiva and prayer rooms. But this central neighbourhood has also been subject to more conventional patterns of gentrification, with trendy cafés and restaurants, some of which are also happen to be Jewish owned, catering to well-heeled, mainly young, new residents. 🇦🇹 #leopoldstadt #leopoldstadtwien #wein #vienna #hasidim #hasidic #austrianjews #viennesejews #jewishvienna #jüdischeswien
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Since the early 17th century, Leopoldstadt has been a key centre of Jewish life in Vienna. From the late 1930s through World War 2, the Jewish population was eliminated – the fortunate ones managing to find refuge abroad, with almost all of those who remained dispatched to death camps. In recent years Leopoldstadt has experienced something of a Jewish revival. Especially visible is a relatively large community of so-called “ultra-orthodox” Hasidim, who are served by various kosher food shops, schools, a yeshiva and prayer rooms. But this central neighbourhood has also been subject to more conventional patterns of gentrification, with trendy cafés and restaurants, some of which are also happen to be Jewish owned, catering to well-heeled, mainly young, new residents. 🇦🇹 #leopoldstadt #leopoldstadtwien #wein #vienna #hasidim #hasidic #austrianjews #viennesejews #jewishvienna #jüdischeswien
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