One and one is two!? - The magic of numbers: numerology and Kabbala
Lecture by Prof. Klaus Davidowicz
After one hundred events for the Friends of the Jewish Museum Vienna we are devoting the 101st event to the magic of numbers. A mathematician would immediately recognize 101 as the smallest three-digit prime number and a numerical palindrome…»more
Jewish Filmclub at the Jewish Museum Vienna
Little Jerusalem
A beautiful Jewish young woman still living with her orthodox family, falls in love with a Muslim co-worker. Albou’s film depicts how the conflict between the rational and the irrational drives the relationships within a Jewish family living in the outskirts of Paris.»more
Jewish Museum Vienna & ORF Long Night of the Museums
For the thirteenth ORF Long Night of the Museums the Jewish Museum Vienna is once again organizing a varied and interesting program for young and old that will offer visitors a chance to discover the two museum sites – Museum Judenplatz and the museum in Dorotheergasse – in a new way.»more
We celebrate Sukkot!
We are looking for talented interior designers at the Jewish Museum Vienna! We are going to make huts in a shoe-box format for the Jewish Sukkot festival.»more
Symposium: Kelsens „Secular Religion“
October, 15 09:00 a.m. - 04:00 p.m.
October, 16 09:30 a.m. - 04:00 p.m.»more
“Jews on the Land”. Jewish Silent Films
with musical accompaniment by Polina & Merlin Shepherd
The first half of this evening at the Jewish Museum Vienna will be devoted to early silent black & white films (1910–26) from Ukraine and Russia. The musical accompaniment will be provided by Polina and Merlin Shepherd as part of the Sound & Lights Cinematic Duo project.»more
Judaism and Pop culture
The question of cultural classification and religious traditions is often answered in a surprising and playful way in pop culture. Even Jewish culture is not something fixed in the pop culture of the 20th and 21st century, but appears as a malleable figure in a game that is being reinvented all the time.
Caspar Battegay will present his book on “Judentum and Popkultur” and will explore this game with Jewish characters in a selection of various films, TV shows, songs and texts.»more
