Jewish Museum Vienna continues successful leadership program
Vienna (OTS) – In response to the alarming increase in anti-Semitic incidents, the Jewish Museum Vienna, a Wien Holding museum, began a series of special tours on the past and present of anti-Semitism last December. Given its great success and the continued need to talk about anti-Semitism, this series will now be continued. Diverse perspectives on anti-SemitismThe tours offer various thematic approaches and perspectives on anti-Semitism, ranging from historical roots to modern challenges. Topics such as the development of modern anti-Semitism, the difficulties in presenting anti-Semitic objects in museums, as well as specific historical contexts such as Richard Wagner’s cultural anti-Semitism and medieval images of the enemy are comprehensively dealt with and brought closer to visitors.
During this time, the Jewish Museum Vienna has the responsibility to react quickly to current events and to address urgent social issues. Director Barbara Staudinger emphasizes the need to counteract growing anti-Semitism through education and enlightenment.
New placement programs
In addition to the focus tours, the new educational program “Lost in the Middle East?” will provide an additional focus for schools. Hannah Landsmann, Head of Education, explains: “We cannot solve the Middle East conflict in the museum, but we can talk and think about it using selected museum objects from different times and regions. Our mediation programs address young people on an equal footing and thus create an atmosphere of respectful exchange and listening to each other – an essential step in promoting a climate of discussion without hatred and prejudice.”
From April, the mediation team will also be inviting educators to the format “Talking about Israel, but how?”, in which not only will the new mediation program be presented, but teachers will also be taught approaches to how discussions about the Middle East conflict can be moderated in the classroom Anti-Semitism can be countered. Overall, the programs enable a multidimensional examination of anti-Semitism, which equally includes the historical dimension and current challenge, (neo-)Nazi and left-wing anti-Semitism, local developments and the war in Israel.
Next focus tours on April 7th & 21st
The next focus tour on anti-Semitism will take place on April 7, 2024 in the exhibition “Who Cares? Jewish answers to suffering and distress” and deals with anti-Semitism in Viennese medicine and the fight against it. A guided tour with director Barbara Staudinger “From Eiernockerl to the Sea – about anti-Semitic codes” in the permanent exhibition Dorotheergasse on April 21st traces often invisible forms of anti-Semitism using museum objects.
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Questions & Contact:
Natasha Golan
Press department of the Jewish Museum Vienna
Tel.: 01 535 04 31 – 1519
Email: natascha.golan@jmw.at
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Alexander Hirschman
Wien Holding – Corporate Communications
Tel.: 01 408 25 69 – 13
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