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Office of the Vice Rector for Teaching and Students Office of the Vice Rector for Teaching and Students

Martina Egger Martina Egger

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SE History of the Juifs in the Tyrol and Vorarlberg. Middle Ages until today. Everyday life, religion, spirituality, outstanding personalities. Anti-Semitism, Persecution

SE 2

5

Block

annually

German

History of the Tyrolean and Vorarlberg Jews; Jewish culture, their religion and spirituality. Excellent representatives, persecution, flight. Visit to synagogues and the museum in Innsbruck and Hohenems. Students will acquire this important knowledge. 

A comprehensive overview of the life of the Tyrolean and Vorarlberg Jews from the Middle Ages to the present day is given. Treatise on Jewish everyday life, Judaism, their spirituality. Furthermore, former Jewish  shops in Innsbruck are presented.Visit to the Synagogues in Innsbruck and Hohenems as well as the Jewish Museum in Hohenems with encounters. Visit of medieval and modern Jewish Cemetery in Innsbruck. Jewish Personalities are introduced. Furthermore, the persecutions and anti-Semitism. Looking to the future 

Lecture, essay, visits, pictures, film, music examples

in the sacred field.

Essay, collaboration, oral exam.

Studien zur Geschichte der Juden in Österreich.

Keil, Martha, 1997.

Judentum

Sigal, Phillip, Kohlhammer; 1986.

Homolka, Walter, Die Tora, 2015

 

Visit to the Synagogue in Innsbruck
- Visit to the medieval and modern Jewish cemetery
in Innsbruck
- The Prognom Monument with menorah at Landhausplatz in Innsbruck
- Exploring former Jewish shops/Synagogue and houses in Innsbruck (from
Middle Ages to World War 2)

Presentation of the semester abroad of Israel and Austria
- Meeting with Jewish citizens of the Tyrol and Vorarlberg
- Excursion to the famous Jewish Museum in Hohenems
- Visit of the Jewish Quarter in Hohenems
-Presentation of the Jewish-Christian dialogue and Christian-Jewish cooperation

06.10.2023