Austria
Jews have lived in Austria since the time of the Roman Empire. The Jewish population increased under the rule of Frederick I and during the 13th century when Jews were granted some rights. Over the next few centuries, Jews faced alternating waves of improved conditions and increased anti-Semitism. Although Jews were formally expelled from Austria in 1669, some Jews continued to live there with several hundred remaining in Vienna. Austrian Jews achieved some measures of equality in the late 18th century.
By the 1920s Austria boasted a Jewish population of more than 200,000, making it the sixth-largest Jewish population in the world at that time. Tragically, over 65,000 Austrian Jews were deported and murdered in the Holocaust and fewer than 2000 returned to Austria after the war. Today, the Austrian Jewish population numbers at around 9,000.
PLACES OF INTEREST
- Jewish Museum Vienna
Dorotheergasse 11, 1010 Wien, Austria
- Judenplatz Museum
Judenplatz 8, 1010 Wien, +43 1 5350431
- Sigmund Freud Museum
Berggasse 19, 1090 Wien, Austria
- Stadttempel
Seitenstettengasse 4, 1010 Wien, +43 1 53104167
- Arnold Schönberg Center
Schwarzenbergpl. 6,
1030 Wien,+43 1 7121888
- Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum
Unterbergstraße 6
7000 Eisenstadt, Austria
- Jewish Museum of Hohenems
Schweizer Str. 5
6845 Hohenems, Austria
- The Mauthausen Memorial
Erinnerungsstraße 1
4310 Mauthausen, Austria
SYNAGOGUES
1
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Salzburg
Lasserstraße 8, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
2
Stadttempel
Seitenstettengasse 4, 1010 Wien, Austria
3
Rambam-Synagogue
of the Maimonides Center, Bauernfeldgasse 4, 1190 Vienna For prayer schedule call 43-1-368 16 55
4
Synagogue Of The Zvwi Perez Chajes
School Castellezgasse 35, 1020 Vienna
Machzsike Hadass
Desider Friedmann-Platz 1, 1010 Vienna, Große Mohrengasse 19, 1020 Vienna
5
Ohel Moshe
Chief Rabbi Abraham Y. Schwartz, Lilienbrunngasse 19, 1020 Vienna, Tel. 01/216 88 64
6
Agudas Israel
Chief Rabbi David L., Grünfeld Grünangergasse 1, 1010 Vienna, Tel. 01/212 00 94, Tempelgasse 3, 1020 Vienna, Tel. 01/512 83 31
The Sephardi Center
Bucharan Community: Rabbi Yizchak Niazov, Georgian Community: Rabbi Avraham, ichalshvili Tempelgasse 7, 1020 Vienna, Tel. 01/214 30 97 (Secretary), Tel. 01/216 57 80 (Rabbi)
The Yeshiva Of Vienna
Große Mohrengasse 19, 1020 Vienna, Tel. 01/216 06 79
Rabbi Josef Pardes
Rabensteig 3, 1010 Vienna, Tel. 01/535 41 53
Chabad-Lubavitch
Rabbi Jacob Biderman, Rabbiner-Schneerson-Platz 1, 1020 Vienna, Tel.: 01/334 18 18-0
Shomrei Hadas – Shaarei Zion
Bet Lubavitch Synagogue Grünentorgasse, 1090 Vienna
Prayer House In The General Hospital (AKH)
Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna
Bet HaMidrash Torah Etz Chayim
Rabbi Michael Pressburger, Große Schiffgasse 8, 1020 Vienna, Tel. 01/216 36 99
Shaarei Tefila
Lorbeergasse 9, 1030 Vienna
Agudas Yeshurun
Riemergasse 9, 1010 Vienna
Or Chadash
Liberal Jewish community, Robertgasse, Leopoldstadt
PLACES TO EAT
Meat
- Alef-Alef Koscheres Restaurant, Seitenstettengasse 2,
1010 Wien, Austria phone: +43 1 5352530 - Bahhur Tov Kosher Restaurant and Catering,
Taborstraße 19, 1020 Wien - Lutati’s Shabbeskitchen,
Ungargasse 6 1030 Wien,
+43-699-1710-8884 - Mea Shearim,
Schmelzgasse 3,
1020 Wien - Snack bar CHEZ BERL,
Große Stadtgutgasse 7,
1020 Vienna - Kosher Deli,
kleine Sperlgasse 7,
1020 Wien
Milk
- Novellino Restaurant,
Zirkusgasse 15, 1020 Vienna - Prego Pizzeria,
Taborstraße 43, 1020 Vienna - Schefa,
Heinerstrasse 24-26, 1020 Vienna
RESOURCES
- Chabad House, Rabbi Mechale Butman, Taborstraße 20A, 1020 Wien, Austria, viennachabad@gmail.com
- Federation of Austrian Jewish Communities, Seitenstettengasse 4, 1010 Vienna, Telephone: +43 1 531 04 0
February 19, 2019
