Vienna

Officer describes finding missing mother and daughter

Israel Police representative Walter Alejandro Kogan recounts the operation that led him to missing Israelis Mali and Liel Yahalomi in Argentina, a week after they were last seen in Vienna.

Police scratching their heads

Why did Mali and Liel disappear?

Police say they still do not know why Mali and Liel Yahalomi disappeared, despite a complex international investigation that found no unusual event.

Reports:

Missing Israelis left Vienna for Argentina via Germany

Missing Israelis Mali and Liel Yahalomi left Austria voluntarily, taking a train to Germany before flying to Argentina, according to Israeli media reports.

New evidence in case of missing Israelis in Vienna

Security cameras captured the mother and daughter leaving the apartment where they were staying in Vienna, carrying their belongings and with no one else accompanying them.

Nearly a week with no leads:

Israeli mother, daughter may have left Austria

Nearly a week after Mali and Liel Yahalomi vanished in Vienna, Israeli police are pursuing several possibilities as Austria considers whether they left the country.

“No concern of embezzlement"

Bank issues message to customers following rumors

Bank of Jerusalem sent a clarification to customers following rumors surrounding the disappearance of employee Mali Yahalomi.

Bank of Jerusalem TASE shares drop - due to Mali's disappearance?

Bank of Jerusalem shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange plunge, with the steepest decline reaching 12.39%. Bank of Jerusalem CEO, where Mali worked, says no connection between their missing and the bank.

Mossad involved in search for missing Israeli women

Israeli officials assess that the disappearance is not a terrorist incident or nationalist-motivated. Vienna police also clarified that “there is no suspicion of a criminal incident."

Ben Gvir speaks with family of missing Israelis

Police held a special situation assessment amid grave concern for the safety of Liel and Mali Yahalomi, with whom contact was lost in Vienna. Minister Ben Gvir spoke with their family.

Missing mother and daughter:

Police traced phones to train on Shabbat

Israel Police representative arrives in Vienna to assist in the search for Mali and Liel Yahalomi. Phones belonging to the traced on Saturday near a train station.

Mystery deepens:

Missing Israelis' belongings not in their apartment

Concerns deepen after Mali and Liel Yahalomi, mother and daughter who went missing in Vienna, failed to board flight back to Israel.

'How can someone just disappear in Vienna?'

Five days after Israeli mother and daughter vanish during trip to Europe, local Chabad emissary says there is still 'not a single lead' despite an intensive search.

Since Friday:

Contact lost with Israeli mother and daughter in Vienna

The Israeli Embassy in Vienna is appealing for assistance in locating Mali and Liel Yahalomi, who were last seen in the city on Friday, August 7th.

Vienna:

Jewish-Austrian artist assaulted during protest incident

Alon Yishai was violently attacked and subjected to antisemitic abuse in central Vienna following a protest involving an academic-art tour near a controversial monument.

Austria:

ISIS extremist who targeted Taylor Swift concert gets 15 years

An Austrian court jails an ISIS radical for 15 years over a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert.

Not all leftists:

Austrian left-wing group takes stand against antisemitism

Austria’s Young Greens released videos condemning antisemitism and defending Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2026.

Israeli ministry's warning ahead of Eurovision

Israel’s Diaspora Ministry warned of rising antisemitism and planned protests ahead of Eurovision 2026 in Vienna amid boycott campaigns.

Vienna on high alert

Police brace for anti-Israel disruptions at Eurovision

Vienna police prepare for disruptions and blockades from anti-Israel activists at Eurovision.

Eurovision Song Contest to enforce strict security in Vienna

Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna will feature tight security, with 500 personnel deployed. Sniffer dogs will be used throughout the city for safety.

Giulio Meotti

Vienna’s fall: Islam wins Europe's war of the generations

It is not a conspiracy; it is biology applied to sociology. Childless Europe has only a glorious past and a twilight present. Opinion.

Israel to participate in first Eurovision semi-final on May 12

Israel will compete in Eurovision’s first semi-final to take place in Vienna in May, as the contest faces its largest-ever boycott over Israel’s participation.

Vintage hand grenade found at synagogue entrance in Vienna

A hand grenade from the 1970s was found at the entrance to a synagogue on Templgasse Street in Vienna's Leopoldstadt district. No intact explosive was found, and the incident ended without injuries.

German teen guilty in terror plot targeting Taylor Swift concert

German court convicts a 16-year-old Syrian for aiding a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. The teen, an ISIS supporter, provided bomb-making instructions.

Vienna:

Uber driver assaults Jewish family, forces them out of vehicle

A Jewish family in Vienna was forced out of an Uber and the father assaulted after the driver shouted antisemitic slurs; the IKG Wien condemned the attack as a warning for Europe.

History repeats itself:

Karl Lueger's Viennese legacy

Lueger’s Vienna is no longer the gracious clean beautiful city it once was. Other cities in Europe such as London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Stockholm have gone the same way. Opinion.

Night falls on Vienna:

Attacked in Vienna for being a Jew

Once again, in the city of Mozart and Beethoven, but also the city where crowds cheered Hitler’s Anschluss speech from the balcony of the Hofburg Palace, Jews are beaten for being Jews. Op-ed.

Austrian waiter to Israeli:

'You speak Hebrew? I’m not serving you food'

Israeli musician says a waiter at a restaurant in Vienna would not serve him food because he was talking Hebrew.

Taylor Swift concert plot originally targeted Israeli embassy

The man arrested for planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert originally had another target in mind - the Israeli embassy in Vienna

CIA deputy director:

Plot to attack Taylor Swift shows was intended to kill thousands

CIA Deputy Director David Cohen says the suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning.

After shows cancelled over terror

Taylor Swift breaks her silence

American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift shares statement on social media on the thwarted terror attack that led to the cancellation of three of her shows in Vienna: I was grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.

Where are the Viennese waltzing to? Mecca...

If in Vienna’s schools there are more Muslims than Catholics...

Austria:

16-year-old arrested over plot to attack Vienna synagogue

The teenager announced in online chats that he intended to procure a weapon to attack an unspecified synagogue in the Austrian capital.

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Vienna Jewish community sets Shabbat table for captives

The Jewish community of Vienna, Austria, has set places at a Shabbat table for more than 200 people captured by Hamas.

The 1683 defeat of the Turks at Vienna was in vain

Old Vienna, in the midst of a demographic crisis, is a museum inhabited by elderly people strolling in the Prater. Islam has won. Op-ed.

Austria foils ISIS attack in Vienna

The attack targeted the pride parade in the Austrian capital and had been planned by three men who had allegedly sympathized with ISIS.

Vienna finds compromise on statue of mayor who inspired Hitler

Statue of antisemitic mayor who inspired Hitler to remain in place - but tilted, to cast it in a new light, say Vienna officials.

EU Parliament president visits Vienna Jewish community

Roberta Metsola meets with head of Vienna Jewish community to discuss dangerous rise of far-right extremist parties in Europe.

Austrian parliament pres. pledges creation of Holocaust museum

Wolfgang Sobotka announces support for creation of Vienna museum on sight of former Gestapo headquarters.

Vienna UK embassy honors officials who saved Jews during WWII

British embassy in Austrian capital saved 1,800 Jews by issuing passports and travel documents against orders of Foreign Office.

The end of the Vienna Conversion Affair

Close to the decisive meeting on the issue, Rabbi Unterman was put under tremendous pressure by extremists not to accept the conversions..

The Vienna Conversions – plots and facts

Litvish activists and Chabadniks spread lies and conspiracies surrounding the case of the Vienna converts and the rabbis who converted them.

Climate activists throw black liquid on priceless Klimt painting

Members of climate activist group deface priceless 1915 painting at Vienna museum.

The Vienna conversion affair

In the year 1969, the Jewish Agency succeeded in rescuing a few Jews from the USSR. Read what happened to them in Vienna.

Vienna:

Nuclear talks end as parties submit final text

US says it is ready to close a deal, calls on Iran to match its words with actions.

Austria hosts European Conference on Antisemitism

Summit brings together organizations fighting antisemitism to network, further cooperation and increase reporting of incidents.

Historic Austrian synagogue reopens as cultural center

Renovated 19th century synagogue of Kobersdorf to be used as a Jewish cultural center for lectures, conferences and concerts.

Biden is more than a blunderer-his Nuclear Pact is evil

Biden egregiously outsourced America’s security to its arch enemy and Iran’s firm ally, Vladimir Putin. And sent Malley to Vienna. Op-ed.

US nuke deal negotiators quit, demanding tougher stand on Iran

Three members of US negotiating team at Vienna talks with Iran reportedly quit, frustrated with weak stand vis-a-vis Tehran.

New translation of 'Bambi' - a story about Jewish persecution

"Salten foresaw the Holocaust," says translator. "This novel is an appeal to say: No, this shouldn’t happen."

'China only country which can bring agreement in Vienna'

'The only country that holds the power to bring about an agreement in Vienna is China,' former Mossad director Efraim Halevy says.

The view from Dubai:

Israel and Iran: post-Vienna scenarios

There is deliberate ambiguity about Israel’s position or next action, whether negotiations result in an agreement or fail.Opinion.

Israel's Foreign Minister preparing for Vienna talks with Iran?

Foreign MIn. Lapid to meet British, French, officials ahead of Vienna resumption of talks on Iran nuclear deal.

Austria: Tens of thousands march against lockdown, vax mandate

Nearly 40,000 demonstrators march in Vienna to protest Austrian government's new COVID lockdown, plans to impose vaccine mandate.

European anti-Semitism envoy honored by Vienna Jewish community

Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on combating anti-Semitism, receives Friedrich and Marietta Torberg Medal.

Austria opens memorial listing Jews killed in the Holocaust

Vienna public memorial lists the names of all 64,440 Austrian Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust.

Iran says nuclear talks in Vienna to resume by end of November

Iranian chief negotiator says agreement reached on resumption of talks to restore 2015 nuclear deal.

Saving lives - even while on vacation abroad

Israeli paramedic on vacation in Vienna saves woman's life after electric scooter accident.

40th anniversary of terror attack on Vienna shul commemorated

1981 attack during bar mitzvah killed two congregants and wounded 18 others.

Austrian group's map of yellow starred Jewish sites sparks fury

Left wing group announces Vienna map will soon be expanded to cover all of Austria but removes it after fierce online criticism.

Two refugees arrested for brutal rape in Vienna

Vienna police have arrested two individuals on suspicions of being involved in the rape and murder of a young girl.