anti-semitism in austria

Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner. (Austrian Interior Ministry)

Austria’s interior minister under fire for 2007 remarks about ‘climate poisoners’ from Israel, US

Rejecting allegations of antisemitism, Gerhard Karner said he referenced a rival party’s reliance on unnamed Israeli and American spin doctors.

Demonstrators against Israel hold up signs at a rally in Vienna, Austria where protesters chanted in Arabic about a massacre of Jews on May 13, 2021. (Courtesy of Austrian Union of Jewish Students)

Man punched on Austrian train for asking passengers to stop denying the Holocaust

The alleged assailant ignored the victim’s request to desist from spewing antisemitic rhetoric and hit him three times in the face, wounding the victim’s lip.

Anti-Israel protesters in Vienna chant about a massacre of Jews

In England, in another protest of Israel’s actions in Gaza, an antisemitic slogan about Palestine was painted on the door of a synagogue.

A fence surrounds the the statue of the anti-Semitic former mayor of Vienna Karl Lueger in Vienna, Austria on October 6, 2020(Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)

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In Austrian anti-Semitism study, 31% of respondents made biased statements. It’s a huge improvement.

Most of the 8,000 or so Jews left in Austria live in Vienna, shown here in 2018. (Andrew Michael/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Woman threatens rabbi with a knife on street in Vienna, steals his kippah

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Vienna municipality moves to protect statue of former mayor who accused Jews of ‘terrorism’

A man walks past the defaced facade of the synagogue of Graz, austria on Aug. 19, 2020. (Christian Jauschowetz)

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‘Free Palestine’ graffiti sprayed on Austrian synagogue

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Austria’s Muslims twice as likely as non-Muslims to hold anti-Semitic views

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Austria, where far right is part of government, takes a leading role in Europe’s fight against anti-Semitism

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Austrian Turkish man allegedly assaults 3 Jews in Vienna

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