Austria

Israeli President Herzog to pay state visits to Slovakia, Austria

President Isaac Herzog, who will meet with the countries’ leaders, is also expected to discuss mutual strategic interests and ways to deepen relations.

Austrian composer Schubert gets salute at Jerusalem Chamber Music fest

This year’s theme is migrant composers, which, it must be said, offered festival founder Elena Bashkirova – a celebrated pianist – plenty of room for programmatic maneuver.

26/08/2023

Austria’s plans for Hitler’s birth house stir controversy

Plans to turn Hitler’s birth house into a police training facility on issues related to human rights has polarized the small Austrian town.

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
24/08/2023

Venomous 'banana spider' scare temporarily closes Austrian supermarket

The REWE-Group also stated that they had brought in a specialist to identify the spider and that the shop would remain closed until the spider had been identified.

One child's unexplained symptoms uncovered the origin of rare blood disease - study

Germline hemizygous loss-of-function mutations of the DOCK11 gen were, for the first time, shown to cause an inborn error of blood cellular component formation and immunity

Vienna to tilt statue of antisemitic mayor 3.5 degrees to the right to shift ‘perspective’

Karl Lueger served as mayor of Vienna for 13 years until his death in 1910. He was known for antisemitic rhetoric that is said to have inspired Adolf Hitler.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
07/06/2023
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