Or Hadash

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Or Hadash ( Hebrew אוֹר חָדָשׁ, lit .: 'New Light') is a Jewish liberal community in the Austrian capital Vienna .

history

As early as the 1970s, with the support of Rabbi Henry G. Brandt , attempts were made to found a liberal Jewish community in Vienna. On May 4, 1990, the first public egalitarian service in the history of Austrian Jewry took place under his leadership in Vienna , shortly afterwards the congregation was founded as an association for progressive Judaism in Austria . Theodor Much took over the presidency. In the spring of 2012, Or Chadasch submitted an application to the Kultusamt for the establishment of its own religious community. The request was not granted. In autumn 2013 the Or Chadasch association changed its name in the course of a change in its statutes. The full name is now Or Chadasch Association - Jewish Liberal Community Vienna .

In 2008 the municipality took over the organization of the large congress of the European Board of the WUPJ, which took place in Vienna in March 2008.

In 2010, about 100 families belonged to the Or Chadash community. She is currently cared for by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami and is a member of the World Union for Progressive Judaism  (WUPJ) and the European Union for Progressive Judaism. Within the Israelite Religious Society in Austria , the umbrella organization of Judaism, it is loosely associated with the Jewish Community of Vienna via an agreement in which the areas of joint cooperation are defined .

Synagogue: Or-Hadash Temple

The services for Kabbalat Shabbat and Shacharit initially took place in the premises of the Help and Hope Association , which was dedicated to helping needy Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, on Schüttelstrasse. In 1991, with the support of the WUPJ, Rabbi Michael König was able to be employed as a full-time rabbi for Or Chadash, but was unable to continue his work after a car accident. With the help of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien , a club shop in Haidgasse was opened in 1997 as a temporary solution. Until 2004 the congregation held its services in changing rooms. From January 23, 2004, Or Chadasch was able to relocate all activities to the new community center in Vienna's Robertgasse. The official inauguration of the synagogue took place on February 22, 2004. Rabbi Walter Homolka's commitment was decisive in enabling the premises of a former printing shop to be converted. This was started according to designs by Ferydon Heschmat and architect Karl Peyrer-Heimstätt, the completion and interior decoration was carried out by Samuel Huber-Huber.

The entrance area is decorated with a tree of life (Etz Chaim) , the leaves of which are used to record the memory of family members who were murdered in the Shoah. At the same time, important events of the Jewish life cycle can be immortalized. This symbolizes the history and continuity of Jewish life in Vienna.

rabbi

Walter Rothschild , longest parish rabbi: 1995–1997 & 2006–2017

The following rabbis have looked after the community since 1991:

  • Michael König (1991-1992)
  • Walter Rothschild (1995–1997)
  • Robert L. Lehman (1998-2000)
  • Eveline Goodman-Thau (2001-2002)
  • Irit Schillor (2003-2005)
  • Walter Rothschild (2006-2017)
  • Lior Bar-Ami (since 2017)

literature

  • Theodor Much: The new synagogue of Or Chadasch. In: David , No. 74, Sept. 2007, pp. 70-75.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Evelyn Adunka: The fourth community. The Viennese Jews from 1945 to the present day. Philo Verlagsgesellschaft Berlin Vienna, 2000, p. 468.
  2. ↑ Adunka: Die fourth Gemeinde , p. 468.
  3. ↑ ORF religion: Liberal Jews want their own religious community ; Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  4. ^ Or Chadasch - Jewish Liberal Community Vienna: Annual Report No. 2, 5772 - 2011/2012, p. 1.7
  5. ↑ a b Alexia Weiss: Two decades of new light. In: www.juedische-allgemeine.de. June 3, 2010, accessed June 28, 2018 .
  6. ^ Rabbi Mag. Bar-Ami. Retrieved July 24, 2017 .
  7. ^ Jewish communities and organizations in Austria , synagogues and prayer houses , both ikg-wien.at, accessed July 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ Lit. Much: The new synagogue of Or Chadasch. P. 75.
  9. ↑ Etz Chaim ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.orchadasch.at archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , orchadasch.at
  10. ↑ Or Chadasch: Annual Report 5771 - 2010/2011, Vienna 2011, pp. 8–9.

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 51.8 ″  N , 16 ° 23 ′ 19.2 ″  E