From the Beginning...

Photographs by Shai Ginott

IKG Vienna

Shai Ginott was born in Jerusalem in 1958. After  studying biology, she began work at the Isreali Department for Natural Conservation as Director of Photography. Her photographs have been published in several magazines and photo books. Ginott received several distinctions, among them 1st prize at the Intrenational Boo Fair in jerusalem in 1993 for her best-seller "Echoes of a landscape" (1992).

Shai Ginott directs several photography workshops in Insrael. Her work has been shown in several exhibitions, both inside and outside of Israel, including London Tokyo, and now Vienna.

The photographs shown were all shot in Israel - at the Negev, the Medittaeranean coast, Glaiea, See genezareth, as well as on Mount Hermond. Through composition of two photographs on top of each other, she created imaginary scenes that isslutrate passages of the Bible.

The exhibit will be on display at the Library of the Evangelical and Catholic Faculty of Theology at the University of Vienna.

-> Information (in German) at the IKG Vienna

Young Austria. Exile in England

The Austrian Non-Profit KunstPlatzl documents stories and photographs of early so-called Young Austrians, the Exile Youth Organization in Great Britain, which acted as an anti-fascist movement. The Young Austrians interviewed for this project today are between 85 and 95 years old.

The project also documented those already passed away through the help of descendants and the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (DOW). Initiated by Erich Herzl and Sonja Frank, the project aims to keep the stories of Young Austrians alive, primarily through the use of photographs, and also chronicles the political engagement after World War II.

The exhibit will be on display at the Volkshochschule Hietzing in Vienna during March 2012.

BIGGER THAN LIFE. 100 Years of Hollywood: A Jewish Experience.

The Jewish Museum Vienna is currently showing BIGGER THAN LIFE. 100 Years of Hollywood: A Jewish Experience. The exhibit will run until April 15, 2011.

For more information, please visit the exhibit page at the Jewish Museum Vienna

Happy Hanukkah!

 The Ambassador of Austria to the United States, Hans Peter Manz and David Farber, President of AJC Washington lighting Hanukkah Candles.

Embassy of Austria Hosts AJC for First Ever Hanukkah Reception

Washington, DC – American Jewish Committee (AJC) Leadership and ACCESS DC, AJC’s New Generation Program, joined Austrian Diplomats to celebrate Hanukkah on December 19, 2011. The reception, hosted at the Austrian Embassy, was attended by over 70 young professionals and diplomats. This was the first Hanukkah reception hosted by the Embassy of Austria.

The evening program featured remarks by Austrian Ambassador Hans Peter Manz, as well as AJC Washington Board President David Farber, and ACCESS DC’s Co-chairs, Jeremiah Baronberg and Eddie Cohen.  Ambassador Manz noted that the joint Hanukkah celebration marks the beginning of a new tradition at the Austrian Embassy in Washington. 

Vienna Jewish Film Festival

The Vienna Jewish Film festival is currently under way in Vienna until December 4, 2011.

Please follow this link for a list of films