Posts Tagged: Austria
Top American, French Jewish Groups Voice Concern Over Entry of Far-Right Party Into New Austrian Government
A prominent American Jewish leader voiced criticism on Sunday of the coalition deal reached between Austrian Chancellor-elect Sebastian Kurz’s conservative People’s Party and the far-right Freedom...
British Teens Caught ‘Taking Selfies,’ Desecrating Jewish Cemetery, While Hunting for Pokemon
A group of British youths aroused the ire of Edmonton residents this week, by playing the wildly popular "Pokemon Go" game at a Jewish graveyard, Jewish...
European Jewish Leaders Express Relief Over Narrow Loss of Far-Right Candidate in Austrian Elections
European Jewish leaders expressed their relief on Tuesday after the narrow loss of the far-right candidate in Austria’s presidential elections earlier in the week. Oskar...
Jewish Austrian Historian Stephan Templ Says Prison Authorities Denying Him Kosher Food
Austrian historian and writer Stephan Templ said his prison guards denied him kosher food and demanded that he prove his Jewishness during the first week of his one-year...
75 Holocaust Scholars Demand Austria Cancel Jewish Historian’s Prison Sentence
Some 75 Holocaust scholars warned the Austrian ambassador in Washington that his country's sentencing of a prominent historian and journalist who exposed Austria's failure to return pre-Holocaust property risked looking...
Austria Sends Jewish Historian to Jail After He Exposes Holocaust Crimes
JNS.org - An Austrian Jewish historian and journalist named Stephan Templ is scheduled to soon begin serving a year in government prison. Officially, he is accused...
Iranian Energy Industries Reach Out to Europe, Latin America Ahead of Nuclear Deal’s Adoption
While crippling international sanctions against Iran remain mostly in place, it appears the country's powerful energy market has already begun to spread its influence worldwide. Iran's English-language state news agency Mehr released a flurry...
European Jewish Communities Unite to Defend Circumcision’s Legality
On Monday it was announced that Austria's Jewish community (IKG) will unite with the German and Swiss Jewish communities to advocate keeping religious circumcision legal,...
Amstetten, the Austrian Town Where Hitler Is an ‘Honoured’ Citizen
Nobody ever thought that Amstetten, a quiet little town in Austria, would steal the spotlight once again. In case Amstetten doesn't ring a bell, just...
