Vienna

Austria files charges against suspect over planned 2024 Taylor Swift terror attack

The suspect, who had planned to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

|ByREUTERS
Security information is displayed ahead of a Taylor Swift concert, following the cancellation of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna because of a planned attack, outside Wembley Stadium in London, Britain, August 15, 2024.
REFUGEES FROM Hungary gather in the HIAS Vienna office, some expressing a desire to immigrate to the United States, and others to Australia, where they have relatives.

Historic Vienna HIAS office shut down following Trump admin's halt to refugee program

HIAS said the move has left more than 14,000 Iranian religious minorities - including hundreds of Jews and thousands of Baha’i, Christians, Zoroastrians, and Sabean Mandaeans - stranded in Iran.

|ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
Swiss flags are seen on the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) in Bern, Switzerland, November 6, 2024.

Second Iranian diplomat abandons post, seeks asylum for family in Switzerland - report

Iran's Foreign Ministry has not commented on Derikvand's actions, according to the outlet, and has "avoided discussing the case or claiming ignorance due to fear of intelligence agencies."

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Sergei Nakariakov.

Classicameri Festival : Music to be savored and enjoyed

Once again, the Classicameri Festival provided value for money and left audiences buzzing and with a spring in their step. 

|ByBARRY DAVIS

Police deploy to sensitive sites in Vienna, warning of Islamist attack

"Our intelligence services have reason to believe that an assault with an Islamist motive is planned to be carried out in Vienna," Vienna police said in English on Twitter.

MARCH 15, 2023ByREUTERS
A police car passes the Palais Coburg, where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran will take place, in Vienna, Austria, March 11, 2022.

How it really was: Why did we create Israel? A reminder

We may have lost sight of why we created the State of Israel. This memoir should serve as a timely reminder.

MARCH 10, 2023ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI
The Ostbahnhof (Eastern Railway Station) in Vienna, built between 1867 and 1870, was replaced by a new Südbahnhof in 1955, which in turn was demolished in 2009 and replaced by the Hauptbahnhof (Main Railway Station). Painting based on a photograph by Ellen Harvey: ‘The Disappointed Tourist.’

Vienna's many faces, from cultural hub to antisemitism promoter - review

The author obviously loves Vienna, but he has not allowed his passion for the city to blind him to so many of its residents’ history of hatred and persecution of the Jewish people.

JANUARY 7, 2023ByAARON LEIBEL
THE SHOAH Wall of Names Memorial in Vienna in 2021, bearing the names of more than 64,000 Austrian Jews killed in the Holocaust.

'Saving Freud': How the Jewish psychoanalyst escaped the Nazis - review

In Saving Freud, Andrew Nagorski reviews Freud’s life and provides biographical sketches of the eclectic group of people who helped rescue him as the Gestapo was closing in.

DECEMBER 17, 2022ByGLENN C. ALTSCHULER
THIS 1929 photo of Sigmund Freud was released by the US Library of Congress in 1998 with the opening of a new related exhibit.

In Historic first, holocaust survivor to tell Her story In Dubai, UAE

Landmarks, institutions, and houses of worship to be lit up to remember 

NOVEMBER 3, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Holocaust survivor Eve Kugler

Is there a connection between Nobel Prize winners and the Technion?

Two of the three Nobel Prize in Physics laureates for 2022 received honorary doctoral degrees from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

OCTOBER 8, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
The Computer Science Faculty building at Technion University in Haifa, Israel

In ‘Leopoldstadt,’ Tom Stoppard tackles his own Jewishness for the first time

“Leopoldstadt,” which officially hits Broadway on Sunday after an award-winning London debut in 2019, follows multiple generations of a Jewish family in Vienna.

OCTOBER 1, 2022ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
A view of the cast of "Leopoldstadt," which focuses on multiple generations of a Viennese Jewish family.

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.