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Irene Aue-Ben-David to succeed Hanno Loewy
Irene Aue-Ben-David will take over as director of the Jewish Museum Hohenems in April 2026. She succeeds Hanno Loewy, who is retiring after more than twenty years at the helm of the internationally renowned museum. Irene Aue-Ben-David (52) is a historian and has been director of the Leo Baeck International Research Institute for German-Jewish History in Jerusalem for 10 years. Please click here for more information

Thank you to our wonderful In Touch newsletter editor Jennifer Shimer Piper. She brings us a beautifully-presented and informative newsletter twice a year. Below you can find the most recent editions. To submit an article for a future edition or ask questions about a previous edition, please contact Jennifer by sending an e-mail to newsletter@afjmh.org.

Newsletter Archive

December 2021 Newsletter News from the Museum, Over the Border
May 2021 Newsletter Aron Tänzer, Meran’s Jewish heritage, Hilde Meisel
November 2020 Newsletter News from the Museum, Hans Schwarz, Ely Jacques Kahn
November 2019 Newsletter New Exhibition: End of Testimony?, Vienna to New York 1938-1940
May 2019 Newsletter Preservation of the Cemetery, In Memoriam of Walter Munk
December 2018 Newsletter Next exhibition: All About Tel Aviv, The Class of 1938
May 2018 Newsletter New exhibition: “Say Shibboleth! On Visible and Invisible Borders”
November 2017 Newsletter Four Days to Remember - The Reunion 2017
December 2016 Newsletter New "Shared Space", In Memoriam: Harry Weil, Burgauer Family Story
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the museum.
Special Report - 2015 Year in Review
May 2015 Newsletter - A Streetcar Named Desire, Hohenems Ceremony
Special Report - 2014 Year in Review
May 2014 In Touch Newsletter - New exhibition: The First Europeans, Rabbi Angelus Kafka
Special Report - 2013 Year in Review
July 2013 In Touch Newsletter - 2013 Brunner Family Reunion, In Memory of Tom Brunner
December 2012 - Memorial of Felix Jaffe, Histories on the Uffenheimer and Hirschfeld families
March 2012 - Hanno Loewy chosen as new president of the Association of European Jewish Museums
September 2011 - History of the Museum, Harry Weil, Otto Amann
December 2010 - 2010 Brunner Reunion, Gertude Clark, Walter Munk, Mark Brunner, Rabbi Dr. Aron Taenzer
September 2010 - Cantor Jacob Hohenemser, Preserving History
December 2009 - Alps Exhibition, Voralberg Elections, Jewish Cemetery
June 2009 - The Reunion, Austrian Cultural Forum, Jewish Cemetery, Clinton H. Brown, Alice H. Bergman
October 2008 - 2008 Decscendent's Reunion, Mark Brunner, Serge Angiel, Helene (Nini) Amler
January 2008 - Reunion Registration, Brettuaer Brothers, Philippe Halsman, Gerhard Salinger
July 2007 - New Permanent Exhibition, Brunner Family Reunion, Displaced Persons, Erwin Taenzer
January 2007 - William Mendelsohn, Judish K. Munk, Stefan Zweig, Harvey E. Gutman, Sister Hedwig Wahle
July 2006 - Dedication of the Former Synagogue
January 2006 - Museum's Archives and Collections, Jewish Community of Innsbruck
July 2005 - Hohenems - Meran - St. Gallaen, Jewish Settlements South of Hohenems
January 2005 - New York Event, Taenzers Attend Sulzer Celebration, Kantormania, Walter Mintz
June 2004 - Stephan H. Rollin, Cantormania, Migration, Opening of the Salomon Sulzer Auditorium
March 2004 - Salomom Sulzer, Synagogue Restoration
September 2003 - Dr. Hanno Loewy Appointed Director, Brunner Family Reunion, Kurt Bollag, Professor Erik Weltsch
January 2003 - New Web Site, Synagogue Restoration, Report from Eric Billes, George Arnstein, Rosenthal Descendents
July 2002 - Rosenthal Family, Sister Hedwig Wahle, Alfred Otto Munk
May 2002 - Letters to Hohenems by Eva Grabherr
Feburary 2002 - Brentano Family, Rabbi Aron Tanzer
August 2001 - 10th Anniversary, The Cemetery, Brunner Family Reunion