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We are sorry to report the passing of AFJMH board member Harry Weil. He was a friend to all and will be sorely missed. Please click here for more information

New Museum Web Site
The museum has a new web site. Please click here to visit the museum's website

Next Descendants' Reunion in 2017
2017 is the 400th anniversary of the "Schutzbrief" - that is the 400th anniversary of Jews in Hohenems. Therefore, the museum plans to have a descendants’ reunion Thursday through Sunday, July 27-30, 2017.

Jessica Piper-Rosenthal's Blog
The AFJMH is sponsoring Jessica Piper-Rosenthal this summer as an intern at the museum.
Please click here to see her blog

Thank you to our wonderful In Touch newsletter editor Susan Shimer. 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 Susan by sending and e-mail to editor@afjmh.org.

Newsletter Archive

  • 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

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