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Israeli entrant Noam Bettan spent the latter moments of the voting sequence in first place
May 17, 2026, 8:44 pm
‘I don’t know what would have happened if we’d won’, says Israel’s Eurovision chief
Yoav Tsafir reflects on fears as booing became more intense as Israel came closer to winning in Vienna
By Florit Shoihet
Mili Li Rabinovich (left) and Lia Gutmann of the Austrian Union of Jewish Students (JöH), who said their Eurovision screening in Vienna required heavy police protection amid growing antisemitism concerns. Credit: Media Oriente
May 15, 2026, 12:58 pm
Austrian Jewish students forced to hold Eurovision screening under heavy police guard
Jewish student leaders in Vienna warn many now fear openly identifying as Jewish on campus
By Annabel Sinclair
Israel's Yuval Raphael at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest
December 11, 2025, 12:24 pm
The staggering hypocrisy of boycotting Eurovision
Boycotting musical performers because they happen to target ordinary citizens because of the country they happen to have been born in, or the passport they hold
By Ben Kentish
Eli Getreu with his wife Barbro Gentele. Photo Credit: BBC / Family handout.
May 12, 2025, 1:43 pm
Diary of Jewish teen sparks search for Wolverhampton man who rescued refugees in 1939
Newly discovered Holocaust journal uncovers mystery figure who helped Jews fleeing Nazi Vienna
By Annabel Sinclair
Father Francis Wahle. Pic; AJR
May 16, 2024, 1:59 pm
Kindertransport refugee and priest Francis Wahle dies, aged 94
Baptised as a child, the Catholic minister only discovered his Jewish ancestry when he was forced to flee the Nazis in Vienna
By Michelle Rosenberg
HET Portrait by Tanya Harris
January 10, 2024, 12:12 pm
Holocaust survivor George Vulkan dies, aged 94
Tributes to refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who fled to Paris before settling in the UK
By Michelle Rosenberg
June 30, 2023, 4:26 pm
From Nazi Europe to Wimbledon – how a Jewish tennis prodigy made her way to Centre Court
Liesl Herbst fled the Nazis and ended up playing championship tennis in the UK with her daughter
By Neil Silver
A fence in Vienna surrounds the statue of Karl Lueger, the antisemitic former mayor of the Austrian capital, Oct. 6, 2020. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)
June 7, 2023, 10:33 am
Vienna to tilt statue of antisemitic mayor 3.5 degrees to the right to shift ‘perspective’
Karl Lueger served as mayor for 13 years until his death in 1910. He was known for antisemitic rhetoric that is said to have inspired Hitler, who lived in Vienna as a young man.
By Gabe Friedman (JTA)
Rebbetzin Yemima Mizrahi from Jerusalem, addressing European rebbetzin in the Great Synagogue of Vienna. Twitter @europeanrabbis
March 24, 2023, 11:33 am
Head of conference of European rabbis deletes his tweet of support for mother denied access to her children
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt's sympathetic post for Beth Alexander has disappeared from social media platform
By Michelle Rosenberg
Wolfgang-Sobotka-and-Lord-Eric-Pickles-at-AJR-plaque-unveiling-British-Embassy-Vienna. Pic: AJR
March 7, 2023, 6:51 pm
AJR unveils commemorative plaque at British Embassy in Vienna
Association of Jewish Refugees honours "resourceful and courageous" diplomatic officials and clergy who helped thousands of Jews emigrate and escape Nazis in Germany and Austria
By Michelle Rosenberg
Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER), issued the warning at the Munich Security Conference, during a CER-sponsored debate about social media companies and radicalisation.
June 6, 2022, 3:01 pm
Most Jews have fled Ukraine after Russian invasion, says Moscow chief rabbi
Pinchas Goldschmidt has become the first senior Russian religious leader to criticise the Kremlin's "special military operation" in the former Soviet Union country
By Toby Porter
The only photo of the full X Troop with dog mascot (courtesy of Masters Family Collection)
June 25, 2021, 12:10 pm
War secrets of the Jewish-British military commandos
Author Leah Garrett tells the amazing story of X Troop, a German-speaking refugee volunteer unit determined to outwit and outfight the Nazis
By Renee Ghert-Zand
January 21, 2021, 10:39 am
120 Over 80 – meet our mentors!
Part two of our celebration of the Jewish community's oldest and wisest.
By Jewish News
Geoffrey Hoguet (L), a descendent of the Rothschild family, is interviewed on February 25, 2020 (Screen grab/YouTube via Times of Israel)
November 16, 2020, 3:15 pm
Rothschild descendant wins Vienna legal battle over £100m trust seized by Nazis
Geoffrey Hoguet successful in getting control of foundation while accusing Austrian authorities of 'hollowing it out' by selling assets at well under market value
By Jewish News Reporter
A shot from a video of the shooting. (Screen shot via JTA)
From the WebNovember 2, 2020, 9:26 pm
At least one reported dead as shots fired in Vienna near multiple synagogues
Fifty shots in the Austrian capital with police officers and passers-by reported as being hit
By JTA
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