Vienna

What a Vienna restaurant revealed about Jewish life in Europe - opinion

A Rosh Hashanah dinner in Vienna offers a glimpse of Jewish life woven naturally into the everyday fabric of a European city.

|BySHARON PARDO
A general view of the cityscape of Vienna with the Maria vom Siege church in front, Austria, April 16, 2025.
Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor receive the Special Jury Award for "Naza" during the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, Italy, September 12, 2026.

Pause to ponder: Beyond coincidence - opinion

It is an interesting coincidence that the screening of 'NAZA' in Venice took place in the same year as the 40th anniversary of Mordechai Vanunu's revelation that Israel had a nuclear plant.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
A general view of the Stockholm sky line seen from Sodermalmon December 2, 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Sweden expels Iranian embassy official over activity incompatible with Vienna Convention

The official's expulsion follows a CNN report in April that Iran allegedly used criminal gangs in Sweden to target Israeli and Jewish interests.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel and the Shalva organization, Vienna.

Shalva’s Vienna event marked its band’s return, unveiling a rehab center honoring Sharabi family

Organizers announced plans for a new trauma and post-trauma treatment center in Ashkelon named in memory of the family of released hostage Eli Sharabi.

|ByJOSH ARONSON

Israel may share nuclear tech with Abraham Accords states - Israeli atomic chief

"Iran obtaining nukes is not an option the world can tolerate" - Moshe Edri

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
AFTER SIGNING the Abraham Accords, then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain (left) and UAE display their copies as then-US president Donald Trump looks on, at the White House, September 15, 2020.

Catching light in a bottle: Israeli, Austrian scientists create perfect light trap

A beam of light prevents itself from escaping, allowing light to be perfectly absorbed.

AUGUST 28, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
The “light trap” setup, consisting of a partially transparent mirror, a thin, weak absorber, two converging lenses and a totally reflecting mirror is shown.

Star of David flag vandalized in Vienna, Austria - report

Three youths destroyed a flag with the Star of David on it, according to the Algemeiner.

AUGUST 27, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view of the city centre skyline showing residential housing and commercial buildings in Vienna, Austria, February 10, 2022.

Star of David flag vandalized in Vienna, Austria - report

Three youths destroyed a flag with the Star of David on it, according to the Algemeiner website.

AUGUST 27, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view of the city centre skyline showing residential housing and commercial buildings in Vienna, Austria, February 10, 2022.

What we know about the Iran nuclear deal – and what we don't

“This is all about the Iranians trying to get the US and Europeans to drop the IAEA investigation.”

AUGUST 9, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
European External Action Service (EEAS) Deputy Secretary General Enrique Mora and Iranian Deputy at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi wait for the start of talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in Vienna, Austria June 20, 2021

Iran inflexible on IAEA probe as EU tables ‘final’ text to revive nuclear deal

The only changes after four days of talks in Vienna to a draft Borrell circulated on July 21 were the resolution of some technical questions, diplomatic sources said of the final text.

AUGUST 8, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Iran's Chief Nuclear Negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani leaves the Palais Coburg, the venue where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, August 4,2022.

New digital archives show Vienna Jews' efforts to escape before WWII

The archive contains the then-200,000-strong Jewish community’s filings as they attempted to get visas and flee Austria before World War II began.

JULY 6, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The entrance of the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial bearing the names of 64,000 Austrian Jews who were killed in the Holocaust is seen ahead of its opening in Vienna, Austria November 9, 2021.

IAEA should move on to plan B with Vienna talks -opinion

The Vienna talks are deadlocked, even though the failure has not yet been officially announced.

JUNE 29, 2022BySALEM ALKETBI
A SURVEILLANCE camera is displayed by IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi at a news conference in Vienna, earlier this month. Grossi warned that it would be fatal to the Iran nuclear deal if Tehran didn’t reinstall cameras used by the IAEA to monitor nuclear acticvity.

Sexuality, nudity and Judaism: Vienna’s Jewish museum launches a daring new exhibit

The exhibit is bound to create controversy: One of the photos, taken by photographer Benyamin Reich, shows two young religious Jewish men, naked, covered only in a tallit (prayer shawl).

JUNE 28, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
One of the photos, taken by photographer Benyamin Reich, shows two young religious Jewish men, naked, covered only in a tallit (prayer shawl) in order to display homosexuality.

Herzl’s Plays in Vienna

JUNE 2, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM