Vienna

Historic Vienna HIAS office shut down following Trump admin's halt to refugee program

HIAS said the move has left more than 14,000 Iranian religious minorities - including hundreds of Jews and thousands of Baha’i, Christians, Zoroastrians, and Sabean Mandaeans - stranded in Iran.

REFUGEES FROM Hungary gather in the HIAS Vienna office, some expressing a desire to immigrate to the United States, and others to Australia, where they have relatives.
Swiss flags are seen on the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) in Bern, Switzerland, November 6, 2024.

Second Iranian diplomat abandons post, seeks asylum for family in Switzerland - report

Sergei Nakariakov.

Classicameri Festival : Music to be savored and enjoyed

A police officer stands guard in front of Vienna Central Station, after it was closed due to an unspecified threat, according to the Austrian capital's police and national rail company OBB, in Vienna, Austria, March 3, 2025

Vienna police rule out antisemitic motive after grenade found near police station, synagogues


Jewish students prevent Austrian far-right speaker laying Kristallnacht wreath

Protestors held a banner that read, "The word of those who honor Nazis is worthless."

 A WOMAN holds a sign that reads ‘never again is now’ at a march marking the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht last year in Berlin.

Vienna experiences 'depressing' increase in antisemitic incidents post Oct-7

A total of 808 antisemitic incidents were recorded between 1 January 2024 and 30 June 2024, whereas in the same time frame in 2023, 311 incidents were recorded.

 A PROTESTER holds a sign reading 'Let Gaza live, let Gaza be free,' during a demonstration in Vienna in October

Holocaust exhibit opens in Austrian parliament, Yad Vashem's Dayan meets top officials

Dayan met with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, President Alexander Van der Bellen, and Wolfgang Sobotka, President of the Austrian Parliament, along with Jewish community leaders. 

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.

'I don't think that it all began on October 7', Austria's Gaza List leader tells 'Post' - exclusive

Europe Affairs - Dr. Astrid Wagner. accuses the other Austrian parties of “being afraid to condemn the Israeli military activity for fear that they will be stamped with antisemitism.”

 AUSTRIAN LAWYER Astrid Wagner arrives outside the Vienna courtroom as the trial of six men accused of providing various degrees of assistance to a jihadist who killed four people in a shooting rampage in Vienna in 2020, opens in 2022.

'Grieving concerts and not lives': Taylor Swift responds to Vienna concert cancelation

Taylor Swift expressed guilt over her Vienna shows due to terror threats and potential harm to her fans, praising authorities and fan unity while prioritizing safety.

Taylor Swift's performance in Hamburg, Germany, 24-July-2024

Austria finds chemicals in house of suspected Taylor Swift concert attack plotter

A 19-year-old suspect linked to ISIS planned an attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Austria using chemicals and bombs.

Taylor Swift's performance in Hamburg, Germany, 24-July-2024

Taylor Swift Vienna concerts canceled due to planned attack, organizer says

Taylor Swift's Vienna shows are canceled after a terror plot was uncovered. All tickets will be refunded.

 TAYLOR SWIFT performs during her Eras Tour in Europe.8

Schnitzler's 'La Ronde' is a work of beautiful decadence

Directed by Rakefet Binyamin, Schnitzler’s most performed work now gets a new life at Beit Zvi.

 ‘LA RONDE’ at Beit Zvi.

Blinken and Herzl: Tough choices in Vienna 130 years apart - opinion

2024, another Shabbat in Munich, another arrival; and again, the Jewish nation was asked to make a “tough choice.”

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Holocaust memorial stones splattered with paint in Vienna

The Vienna Police said on social media to the Austrian Union of Jewish Students that the appropriate authorities had been notified of the incident.

A Holocaust memorial commemorating the murder of some 900 Jews in Golovanevsk, Ukraine was vandalized on Tuesday.