Center for Israel Studies Vienna

25/09/2026

Reminder

Eintritt frei
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Invitation I Einladung I הַזמָנָה:
28.09. 2026
19:00 Uhr

Gespräch mit Dina Porat
„What makes an Antisemite after October 7?“

Seit den Massakern der Hamas am 7. Oktober 2023 sind die jüdischen Gemeinden weltweit Ziel antisemitischer Angriffe. Ob aus dem rechtsextremen, dem islamistischen,
dem linksradikalen Bereich oder aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft kommen neue Formen an Israelhetze und an Judenhass. Was schürt diese Ressentiments?

Wie entstehen sie? Woran sind sie zu erkennen? Und was tun gegen den Neuen Antisemitismus?
Darüber spricht Doron Rabinovici mit Dina Porat, emeritierte Professorin an der Universität Tel Aviv und frühere Leiterin der Schule für Jüdische Studien, des
Fachbereichs Jüdische Geschichte und Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Antisemitismus- und Rassismusforschung.

Das Gespräch findet auf Englisch statt, die Veranstaltung ist eine Kooperation des Center for Israel Studies mit dem DÖW , dem Jüdischen Museum Wien und dem Institut für Rechts- und Verfassungsgeschichte der Universität Wien.

Gespräch
am 28. September 2026
um 19.00 Uhr
im Dachgeschoss des Juridicum (Schottenbastei 10, 1010 Wien)
mit Dina Porat und Doron Rabinovici
Begrüßung: Ilse Reiter-Zatloukal, Mitchell Ash, Claudia Kuretsidis-Haider

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(Quelle https://www.doew.at/.../what-makes-an-antisemite-after... )

18/09/2026

Einladung

Das Center for Israel Studies Vienna in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Jüdischen Museum Wien lädt ein zur Podiumsdiskussion
„Identität und Repräsentation – Jüdische Museen in Israel und Österreich“

Datum: 6. Oktober 2026, um 18.30 Uhr

Ort: Presseclub Concordia, Bankgasse 8, 1010 Wien

Begrüßung: Susanne Shaked
Moderation: Eleonore Lappin-Eppel

Keynote: Ruth Ofek, Gründungsdirektorin des „Museums des deutschsprachigen Judentums in Israel"

Kommentar und Diskussion: Barbara Staudinger,
Direktorin des Jüdischen Museums Wien Publikumsdiskussion

Anmeldung bis 4. Oktober 2026
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In Israel stieß das Museum des deutschsprachigen Judentums („Jecke“-Museum) seit seiner Gründung 1992 auf erfreuliches Interesse, obwohl die hier vorgestellte Bevölkerungsgruppe weder zu den zahlenmäßig größten noch zu den einflussreichsten Israels gehört. Ruth Ofek, Gründungsdirektorin des „Jecke Museums“, wird die Besonderheiten und die abwechslungsreiche Entwicklung dieses Museums darstellen. Auch das Jüdische Museum Wien hat den Fokus auf deutschsprachige Jüdinnen und Juden. Doch hier liegt die Betonung auf jüdisch. Barbara Staudinger, Direktorin des Jüdischen Museums Wien, und Ruth Ofek werden über die Parallelen und Unterschiede zwischen ihren Museen diskutieren und der Frage nachgehen, was ein jüdisches Museum leisten kann, darf und soll: Welche Erwartungen hat das Publikum und welche die Angehörigen der dargestellten Gruppe? Und wie unterscheidet sich die Darstellung von Jüdinnen und Juden in Israel von der in Österreich?

Ruth Ofek, M.A.
1969-72 Ausbildung zur Lehrerin für Kunsterziehung, Oranim Teachers’ College, Kiryat Tivon, 1983-84 Ausbildung zur Gymnasiallehrerin für Kunsterziehung, Oranim Teachers’ College, Kiryat Tivon, 1990-92 Diplom in Museologie von der Universität Haifa, 2000 M.A. der Raskin Universität. 1972-1992 Lehrtätigkeit an Schulen in Kunsterziehung, 1992 Gründung des Museums des deutschsprachigen Judentums als Teil des Offenen Museums in Tefen, Israel, gemeinsam mit Israel Shiloni. Ab 1994 Leiterin der Abteilung für Vermittlung im Offenen Museum, ab 1997 Chefkuratorin des Offenen Museums, ab 2005 Leiterin und Chefkuratorin der Museen in Tefen, Tel Hai und Omer.

Dr.in Barbara Staudinger
Studium der Geschichte, Theaterwissenschaften und Judaistik an der Universität Wien, Promotion 2001.
1998–2013 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für jüdische Geschichte Österreichs (St. Pölten),
2005–2007 Kuratorin am Jüdischen Museum München. 2013–2018 freischaffende Kuratorin in Wien: Mitglied des kuratorischen Teams zur Neugestaltung der österreichischen Ausstellung in der Gedenkstätte Auschwitz-Birkenau. 2018–2022 Direktorin des Jüdischen Museums Augsburg Schwaben, seit Juli 2022 Direktorin des Jüdischen Museums Wien.

14/09/2026

Invitation I Einladung I הַזמָנָה:

28.09. 2026
Gespräch mit Dina Porat

„What makes an Antisemite after October 7?“

Seit den Massakern der Hamas am 7. Oktober 2023 sind die jüdischen Gemeinden weltweit Ziel antisemitischer Angriffe. Ob aus dem rechtsextremen, dem islamistischen,
dem linksradikalen Bereich oder aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft kommen neue Formen an Israelhetze und an Judenhass. Was schürt diese Ressentiments?
Wie entstehen sie? Woran sind sie zu erkennen? Und was tun gegen den Neuen Antisemitismus?

Darüber spricht Doron Rabinovici mit Dina Porat, emeritierte Professorin an der Universität Tel Aviv und frühere Leiterin der Schule für Jüdische Studien, des
Fachbereichs Jüdische Geschichte und Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Antisemitismus- und Rassismusforschung. Das Gespräch findet auf Englisch statt, die Veranstaltung ist eine Kooperation des Center for Israel Studies mit dem DÖW , dem Jüdischen Museum Wien und dem Institut für Rechts- und Verfassungsgeschichte der Universität Wien.

Gespräch

am 28. September 2026
um 19.00 Uhr
im Dachgeschoss des Juridicum (Schottenbastei 10, 1010 Wien)

mit Dina Porat und Doron Rabinovici

Begrüßung: Ilse Reiter-Zatloukal, Mitchell Ash, Claudia Kuretsidis-Haider
Eintritt frei
!!! Anmeldungen sind per E-Mail erforderlich
[email protected]

(Quelle https://www.doew.at/termine/what-makes-an-antisemite-after-october-7 )

08/06/2026

REMINDER – TONIGHT

Evening Panel Discussion
8 June 2026, 18:00

Academic Cooperation in a Time of Crisis – The Case of Israel in International Perspective

If you intend to attend, please complete your registration if you have not yet done so.
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The Center for Israel Studies Vienna, supported by the Future Funds of the Republic of Austria, invites you to an evening panel discussion with

Emmanuel Nahshon, Coordinator of the Task Force for Combatting Academic Boycotts, Association of Israeli Universities
Dr. Eric Zimmerman, former CEO German Israeli Society
Prof. Dr. Milette Shamir, Vice President for International Relations Tel Aviv University

Welcome and Moderator:
Prof. (em.) Dr. Mitchell Ash

Date: 8 June 2026, 18:00h
Venue: University of Vienna, Aula am Campus, Hof 1.11 (Altes AKH), 1090 Vienna

Description of the event
Public debate about international academic cooperation involving Israeli scientists and scholars or their supporting institutions has sharpened since the horrific events of October 7, 2023. Efforts to boycott Israeli institutions or to prevent Israeli colleagues from participating in scientific or scholarly events have gone far beyond public statements by fringe groups, despite frequent warnings that such efforts are harmful to science and scholarship and a threat to the freedom of teaching and research. What is the current state of play? Are boycott efforts becoming institutionalized? Is this issue limited to the social sciences, humanities, and cultural studies, or are boycott activities also taking hold in the natural, biomedical, and technical sciences, and even at the level of universities themselves? What is the possible or actual impact of all this on academic work in Israel, and on international science and scholarship? Is this issue best seen as an example of a growing influence of politics on academic cooperation worldwide? And how does this look at the local level - have efforts to improve cooperation among Jewish and non-Jewish students in Israeli universities been successful?

We look forward to welcoming you this evening.

31/05/2026

Invitation
“Academic Cooperation in a Time of Crisis –
The Case of Israel in International Perspective”

The Center for Israel Studies Vienna, supported by the Future Funds of the Republic of Austria, invites you to an evening panel discussion with

Emmanuel Nahshon, Coordinator of the Task Force for Combatting Academic Boycotts, Association of Israeli Universities
Dr. Eric Zimmerman, former CEO German Israeli Society
Prof. Dr. Milette Shamir, Vice President for International Relations Tel Aviv University

Welcome and Moderator:
Prof. (em.) Dr. Mitchell Ash

🔴Date: 8 June 2026, 18:00h
➡️Venue: University of Vienna, Aula am Campus, Hof 1.11 (Altes AKH), 1090 Vienna

👉Please register: [email protected]

Description of the event
Public debate about international academic cooperation involving Israeli scientists and scholars or their supporting institutions has sharpened since the horrific events of October 7, 2023. Efforts to boycott Israeli institutions or to prevent Israeli colleagues from participating in scientific or scholarly events have gone far beyond public statements by fringe groups, despite frequent warnings that such efforts are harmful to science and scholarship and a threat to the freedom of teaching and research. What is the current state of play? Are boycott efforts becoming institutionalized? Is this issue limited to the social sciences, humanities, and cultural studies, or are boycott activities also taking hold in the natural, biomedical, and technical sciences, and even at the level of universities themselves? What is the possible or actual impact of all this on academic work in Israel, and on international science and scholarship? Is this issue best seen as an example of a growing influence of politics on academic cooperation worldwide? And how does this look at the local level - have efforts to improve cooperation among Jewish and non-Jewish students in Israeli universities been successful?

19/05/2026

TONIGHT
18:00h

Invitation - Einladung - הַזמָנָה

The Institute for Political Science, CeSCoS,
University of Vienna and the Center for
Israel Studies Vienna, supported by the New
Israel Fund and the Future Funds of the
Republic of Austria, invite you to an evening
lecture and discussion with

Prof. Dr. Yael Hashiloni-Dolev
“Choosing What to See: Collective Trauma
and Denial in Wartime Israel."

Welcome and Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Barbara Prainsack, University of Vienna, Director of CeSCoS
Date: 19 May 2026, 18:00h

Venue: Main Building, University of Vienna, Erika Weinzierl Saal
(Stiege 1, 1st Floor), Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien

The lecture examines a specific phenomenon in Israeli liberal discourse: the silencing of people who
publicly condemn Israeli actions in Gaza by others who themselves recognise that these actions are wrong. Combining autobiographical experience with analysis of online discourse and activist testimony, the talk portrays a "sorry, but" mechanism. The "sorry" acknowledges moral awareness of wrongdoing, while the "but" denies the implications. A key driver of this dynamic is the collective trauma following October 7th. Trauma leads to emotional withdrawal, limits engagement, and prevents acknowledging the suffering of others. Trauma and denial thus reinforce each other.

Yael Hashiloni-Dolev is Full Professor of Sociology at the
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She has been the university President's advisor on gender equity (2023-2025), Co-president of the Society for the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science (2018-2021), a member of the National Council on Bioethics (2013-2021), and a member of the Committee for the Promotion of Gender Equity at the Council for Higher Education. She works at the complex interface of sociology, family, bioethics, health and illness with gender and repro-technologies, and recently edited, with Sharon Orshalimy,
the collection: "A Body of One's Own: Medicine, S*x and Gender" (2025) published by Lambda, Open Uni. 2025.

07/05/2026

Invitation - Einladung - הַזמָנָה

The Institute for Political Science, CeSCoS,
University of Vienna and the Center for
Israel Studies Vienna, supported by the New
Israel Fund and the Future Funds of the
Republic of Austria, invite you to an evening
lecture and discussion with

Prof. Dr. Yael Hashiloni-Dolev
“Choosing What to See: Collective Trauma
and Denial in Wartime Israel."

Welcome and Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Barbara Prainsack, University of Vienna, Director of CeSCoS
Date: 19 May 2026, 18:00h

Venue: Main Building, University of Vienna, Erika Weinzierl Saal
(Stiege 1, 1st Floor), Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien

The lecture examines a specific phenomenon in Israeli liberal discourse: the silencing of people who
publicly condemn Israeli actions in Gaza by others who themselves recognise that these actions are wrong. Combining autobiographical experience with analysis of online discourse and activist testimony, the talk portrays a "sorry, but" mechanism. The "sorry" acknowledges moral awareness of wrongdoing, while the "but" denies the implications. A key driver of this dynamic is the collective trauma following October 7th. Trauma leads to emotional withdrawal, limits engagement, and prevents acknowledging the suffering of others. Trauma and denial thus reinforce each other.
Yael Hashiloni-Dolev is Full Professor of Sociology at the
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She has been the university President's advisor on gender equity (2023-2025), Co-president of the Society for
the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science (2018-2021), a member of the National Council on
Bioethics (2013-2021), and a member of the Committee for the Promotion of Gender Equity at the
Council for Higher Education. She works at the complex interface of sociology, family, bioethics,
health and illness with gender and repro-technologies, and recently edited, with Sharon Orshalimy,
the collection: "A Body of One's Own: Medicine, S*x and Gender" (2025) published by Lambda, Open
Uni. 2025.

01/04/2026

Chag Pessach Sameach.

11/03/2026

02/03/2026

Invitation I Einladung I הַזמָנָה

Public Lecture by Derek Penslar

“THEY WILL BE WITH THEIR OWN, AND WE WILL KNOW WHERE THEY ARE:”
GERMAN REACTIONS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, 1947-1949

Monday, 9 March 2026, 17:30 at the
Central European University
CEU Jewish Studies; Quellenstraße 51-55, 1100 Wien

Room Nr. C419

To attend, please sign up through this link (see QR Code)
by 6 March 2026

Lecture:

ABSTRACT | Between 1947 and 1949, international debates about Palestine and the war that raged within it received substantial attention from the German press and evoked strong opinions among the German public. This talk shows how Germans employed the 1948 Palestine war to deflect responsibility for the Holocaust and construct an image of Israel as both a solution to and continuation of what was still called “the Jewish Question.”

BIO | Derek Penslar is the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History and the Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University. He previously taught at Indiana University, the University of Toronto, and the University of Oxford, where he was the inaugural holder of the Stanley Lewis Chair in Modern Israel Studies. Penslar has published a dozen books, most recently Zionism: An Emotional State (2023).