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Square named after Ari Rath

15. November 2019

Ari-Rath-Platz, Einweihung, Veronica Kaup-Hasler

Ari Rath, an important admonisher against racism, antisemitism and intolerance, as well as editor-in-chief and publisher of the highly respected Jerusalem Post, has been honored by having a square named after him in the Alsergrund district of Vienna. (Preview photo: © ️ Trauneck / JWS)
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Strong women’s voice in the new Jewish Echo

30. September 2019

Das Jüdische Echo 2019/20, Vol. 68, Cover, Starke Frauenstimmen

In the September issue of the “Jewish Echo”, profiled female writers cast light on the role of women in politics and society as well as in culture and religion – and do so one hundred years after women secured the right to vote in Austria.
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Holocaust survivors: in Vienna for their birthday

22. September 2019

Besuchergruppe 15-22 September, Bundespräsident Alexander Van der Bellen

The Jewish Welcome Service Vienna hosted a group of Jews from Vienna from September 15 to 22 – among them three Holocaust survivors and second generation descendants. The 37 guests came from the USA, Israel, the UK, Australia, Argentina and Uruguay.
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“For the Child” at a new location

10. September 2019

Handzettel zur Dauerausstellung "Für das Kind" mit Vitrine aus der Schau

Since 2014, the “Museum for the Child” has remembered the history of the Kindertransport to England. In April of this year, the exhibition was reopened at a new location in Urania, Vienna. From next May, the Museum Judenplatz will also present a show on the topic.
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Commemorative trip in remembrance of the “Kindertransports” in 1938/39

5. July 2019

Gedenkreise zur Erinnerung an die "Kindertransporte" 1938/39, Besucher, Hauptbahnhof

In remembrance of the “Kindertransports” that took place to save Jewish children 80 years ago, the Jewish Welcome Service, together with the Kindertransport Association New York and other organizations, arranged a commemorative trip from Vienna to London at the start of July. Taking part in the trip were four of the “children” from 1938/39 as well as 13 descendants of refugees.
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Extensive visitor program for young professionals from Toronto

25. June 2019

A group of young professionals from the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre Toronto visited Vienna once again this year from June 17 to 24 at the invitation of the Jewish Welcome Service. In cooperation with the Austrian Service Abroad, the JWS prepared a varied program in which visitors learned about the Holocaust and current Jewish life in the city.
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