Reading: Susanne Scholl “Russische Winterreise”
Susanne Scholl, the doyenne of foreign correspondents and for a long time front woman for the ORF Eastern Europe department, winner of prestigious prizes for journalism and humanitarian commitment, has also made a name for herself in the literary scene…»more
Book presentation: Barbara Staudinger “Salon Austria: Die großen Köpfe österreichisch-jüdischer Kultur”
In “Salon Austria: Die großen Köpfe österreichisch-jüdischer Kultur” Barbara Staudinger looks at Jewish aspects of Austrian culture and the way in which Jews influenced this culture, presenting prominent and less prominent persons who have contributed in various ways to the Austrian identity.»more
Christoph W. Bauer: Die zweite Fremde
Ten people who had to flee from Innsbruck and Vienna in March 1938, who had their childhood taken away from them and were deprived of the life they had dreamed and planned. To gain a foothold in their host countries England and Israel they had to suppress and even hide their mother tongue, since German was the language of the perpetrators.»more
Horst Maria Merz “Weil ich unmusikalisch bin”
The pianist of the Berlin Comedian Harmonists is now embarking on a solo career. In his program “Weil ich unmusikalisch bin” Horst Maria Merz proves the opposite – that he is indeed musical – in a charming and entertaining fashion.»more
We are celebrating Yom Haʼatzmaut!
Yom Haʼatzmaut is the Israeli Independence Day, celebrated this year on April 16. We can take a trip to the Holy Land and enjoy a geography lesson with a difference.»more
Reading: Vladimir Vertlib “Schimons Schweigen” / “Ich und die Eingeborenen”
“Ich und die Eingeborenen” is a collection of Vertlib’s most important essays and reviews of politics, society, history, and art, which show the present as viewed by a “Jewish Russian living in Austria and writing in German.”»more
“In No Great Hurry – 13 Lessons in Life”
A film about the American photographer and painter Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter, son of a well-known Talmudic rabbi and scholar, was born in Pittsburgh in 1923 and has lived since 1946 in New York. He could have been a great pioneer of color photography but has always resisted the temptations of fame. Instead he prefers to drink coffee and …»more
Laughing in the face of death – cabaret in concentration camps and exile
Podium discussion with Volker Kühn and Konstantin Kaiser
The year 1933 marked a break in entertainment culture in Vienna and Berlin. With Adolf Hitler’s appointment as Reich Chancellor, the relentless persecution of political opponents and dissenters began.»more
Slow Art Day @ Judenplatz, Vienna
Slow Art Day is a worldwide celebration of art that encourages people to look at art SLOWLY – and thereby experience art in a new way.»more
Verbannung – a novel by Luis S. Krausz
Luis S. Krausz’s novel talks about his multifaceted Jewish Austrian origins and his complex relations with his family, Brazilian society, and the German-speaking world as his “intellectual home.” “Verbannung” [expulsion] refers to the emigration of Viennese Jews but also to the permanent feeling of alienation, resulting in an idealization of the lost homeland and at the same time in loneliness and isolation.»more
