Vienna Jewish leader: 'We Jews are not guests here' ahead of temple reopening

Arnold Pollak, former head of Vienna's pediatric clinic and now leader of the restored City Temple, asserts Jewish belonging in Austria ahead of the synagogue's inauguration with the Federal President and Chancellor. The statement pushes back against a narrative of Jews as outsiders, signaling a political-cultural assertion of integration. The event underscores Austria's ongoing reckoning with its Jewish community and historical responsibility.