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27 October 2023
Vienna Insight: Installation of a Shabbat table of the 'Bring Them Home Now' initiative at the Judenplatz
Today, the global series of actions by the international network 'Hostages and Missing Families Forum' continues with the installation on Judenplatz in Vienna, following the example of the Shabbat table in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. (Article about the table in Tel Aviv on https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/israel-hostages-tel-aviv-museum-art-shabbat-table-1234683923/.)
The 'Bring Them Home Now' installation, a Shabbat table with 222 empty chairs symbolizing the 222 Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas, is organized by civil society actors from the Jewish community of Vienna in cooperation with the international network 'Hostages and Missing Families Forum'. The network was founded 24 hours after the Hamas attack in Israel. As part of the initiative to draw attention to the Israeli hostages kidnapped in the Gaza Strip, Jewish communities around the world are organizing actions, most recently in London and Rome (report with pictures at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12658857/The-innocent-Israelis-butchered-Hamas-Pictures-1-000-civilians-kidnapped-missing-murdered-terror-displayed-seats-Tel-Aviv-university.html). The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the situation and to bring the kidnapped Israeli civilians back to their families and friends.
In the press release, the Israeli-Austrian writer and historian Doron Rabinovici stated that 'Shabbat Shalom' is the traditional Friday greeting among Jews, wishing each other a peaceful Shabbat. He emphasized that such peace would not be possible as long as the 222 hostages could not join in the celebration and were absent from the Shabbat table.
The Shabbat table will be set up today on Friday the 27th October from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Judenplatz in Vienna.
Images: The snapshots show today's preparations for the Shabbat table 'Bring Them Home Now' installation at the Judenplatz in Vienna. Photo provided by Jüdische österreichische HochschülerInnen.
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