The Jewish Community of Vienna ( Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien or IKG ) is the body that represents Vienna 's Orthodox Jewish community. Today, the IKG has around 10,000 members. Throughout history, it has represented almost all of Austria's Jews , whose numbers are sufficient to form communities in only a few other cities in Austria.
19-451: The IKG provides its members with a range of services in social, religious, and educational affairs. It publishes an official newspaper ( Die Gemeinde ) twice monthly. The Contact point for Jewish victims of National-Socialist persecution in and from Austria supports and advises affected individuals and their families with regard to reparations and compensation. The current president of the IKG
38-573: A speech held on 3 April 1849, the young emperor, Franz Joseph I , used the words Israelite Community of Vienna for the first time; three years later, a provisory constitution for the community was enacted, and 1852 is therefore considered the year in which Vienna's Kultusgemeinde was founded. The community's offices were established in the Stadttempel in the Seitenstettengasse . Vienna's Jewish community had around 185,000 members at
57-553: A terrorist attack was made on the synagogue in the Seitenstettengasse, using hand grenades and firearms. Two people died, and another 21 were injured in the attack. The attack is attributed to the Palestinian extremist Abu Nidal Organisation . Since then, strict security has been in place at the entrance to the synagogue, while the Seitenstettengasse is guarded by the police. In January 2022 an international campaign
76-660: Is Oskar Deutsch , who has been in office since 2012. Jaron Engelmayer [ de ] was appointed Chief Rabbi of Vienna in August 2020. The history of Vienna's Jewish population dates back to the time of the Roman Empire , but for a long time, Vienna's Jews were prevented from forming an organisation to represent themselves, as a result of legal and social discrimination. This situation first began to change with Emperor Joseph II 's 1782 Edict of Tolerance . The emancipation of Vienna's Jewish population began in 1848. In
95-475: Is predominantly affiliated with embassies, international organizations, and international corporations. Local parents tend to work in private businesses or such professions as medicine and law. Each of the three academic divisions is headed by a principal. In addition, the senior leadership team includes the three division Principals, the Director, the Director of Teaching & Learning, the Director of Events,
114-881: The 1945 Deutsch Schützen massacre , which led to prosecution in 2009. Oskar Deutsch Oskar Deutsch (born in Vienna ) is an Austrian entrepreneur, and since 2012 President of the Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG) and the Federal Association of Jewish Religious Communities in Austria. Deutsch attended the American International School Vienna , and studied at the Vienna University of Economics and Business . After working in various positions in
133-619: The Director of Technology, the Director of Admissions, the Human Resources Manager, and the Business Manager. There are also trained and experienced counselors in each of the three divisions, resource staff, and librarians for the Elementary and Secondary schools. A full-time nurse-practitioner oversees the school's health unit. The school is divided into several areas: the elementary school, the middle school,
152-646: The Middle East, the Far East, and South America. AIS Vienna faculty range in age from 25-65, with an average and median age of about 46. The average stay of a teacher at AIS Vienna is over ten years. Notable faculty include author Jonathan Carroll . AIS Vienna's 11 acre (4.5 ha) campus overlooks the city and is adjacent to the Vienna Woods and the Neustift vineyards. Made up of seven adjoining buildings,
171-491: The campus features libraries, a cafeteria, sports facilities, eight science laboratories, art and music studios, a theater, an outdoor amphitheater, and an outdoor classroom. The city of Vienna makes up the ‘extended campus’. The land for the school was bought by the U.S. government in the late 1950s, using U.S. government funds obtained through the Marshall Plan. The school occupies the premises in perpetuity. The school
190-525: The community to the time after World War II , and is thus one of the most important archives in German-speaking Europe. It contains meeting minutes, decrees, protocols, reports, letters, emigration and finance documents, lists of deportees, indexes, books, photographs, plans, and posters which bear witness to the history of the IKG and its members. The oldest documents date from the 16th century. The archive has been in existence since 1816; it
209-787: The coronavirus vaccine meant for at risk members of the Jewish community. American International School Vienna The American International School Vienna (AISV) is a non-profit international school in Vienna , Austria . AIS Vienna is accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges , USA, and the Council of International Schools , and is recognized by the Austrian Ministry of Education. AIS Vienna serves approximately eight hundred students from over seventy countries, with about half of
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#1732776181420228-742: The family-owned coffee trading company Alvorada in Vösendorf , he was managing director. He has been a member of the Cultural Council of the Israelite Community in Vienna since 1993. In 1997 Deutsch co-founded the electoral list Atid (“Jewish Future”) together with Ariel Muzicant . In 1999 he became vice president of the religious community. In addition, he is chairman of the Maccabi Vienna sports club, and in 2011
247-459: The high school, the villa, and the gyms. The school has 4 gyms, one field, two libraries, one theater and one amphitheater. There are 17 staircases in the building and one elevator. The teaching faculty numbers over 100 individuals. Over 70% of teachers hold advanced degrees, with several having earned doctorates. A substantial majority are U.S. citizens, but the school does have teachers of other nationalities, including faculty from Europe, Canada,
266-500: The latter allegedly wanted to help Deutsch's opponents come to power with an injection of money. On January 13, 2013, after a reconciliation between Lauder and Deutsch, the trespass warning was lifted. After the 2020 Vienna attack on 2 November, Deutsch said that while the shooting was near the city's main synagogue , it wasn't clear whether the building was targeted. In December 2020 Deutsch apologised for allowing non-prioritised individuals, including himself, to receive doses of
285-824: The time of Austria's Anschluss with the Third Reich in 1938. In that same year, the Nazis closed the IKG down. It was re-opened in May 1938 as the Vienna Jewish Community, with the task of acting as a buffer organisation between the Nazis and Vienna's Jewish population. This body was also forced to organise the emigration, and later the deportation, of Vienna's Jews for the Central Office for Jewish Emigration . The title Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien has been in use again since 1945. On 29 August 1981,
304-409: The total American or Austrian. The school is divided into three divisions—Elementary (Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 5), Middle (Grade 6, 7, and 8), and High School (Grade 9 to Grade 12). The typical class has twenty students, with many language classes considerably smaller. The average stay at AIS Vienna is 3 years, with approximately 200 new students admitted each year. The international parent community
323-400: Was increasingly professional from the middle of the 19th century. The indexes and files that were produced between 1938 and 1945 were the basis for Nazi management of Jewish emigration and deportation. Today, these documents are a record of the fate of exiled and murdered Jews, and are used to aid survivors' claims for restitution and compensation. In 1995, archival evidence was discovered of
342-466: Was launched calling on IKG President Oskar Deutsch to intervene in the case of Beth Alexander who had been denied access to her twin sons following a custody battle in the Austrian courts some years earlier. Salman Klahr, until 1938, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Klahr The IKG's archive is the only archive of a Jewish community known to have been maintained in its entirety from the founding of
361-480: Was the head of the organizing committee of the 13th European Maccabiah Games in Vienna. After Deutsch was elected President of the IKG on February 21, 2012, as the successor to the resigned Ariel Muzicant, confirmation was given on November 29, 2012, by the newly elected IKG Board of Directors. Deutsch's election was overshadowed by the ban on Ronald Lauder from the World Jewish Congress after
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