Paul Chaim Eisenberg since 1983 chief rabbi of the Israelite Religious Community (IKG) in Vienna. Originally wanted Eisenberg mathematician, he also studied, but finally the dream of every rabbi came true - a dream that bishops can not have: The son will succeed. For 35 years, from 1948 until his death in 1983, Paul Eisenberg's father, Akiba Eisenberg, Chief Rabbi of Vienna.
As compared with the bishop, Eisenberg has thus brought (in spirit anyway), is touched upon, he quips like. Someone asks him a question, he often brings out first and tells a story that originated in either one of the holy books, stories and other traditions or lie in personal experiences or observations. Sometimes it also does a joke, to prepare the questioner and the audience on the wisdom of the following reply. Also in an interview in the time last February, he could not help but question the first time to answer with a joke . That's just his way, what value his followers also very much. The Chief Rabbi, so Eisenberg, indeed must not be the most pious of all the Jews of a community, he must get along well with all more or less. Humor is here certainly a useful property.
But the Jewish community in Vienna is not only a Chief Rabbi. The ICG, which dates back to the Israelite law of 1890 is basically just a construct to keep the different Jewish denominations under one roof - "added so that the Emperor's peace" suspected Eisenberg - because otherwise it would possibly every day another Rabbi came to him to complain about his worries. But there is a head that can speak for all - and internal squabbles and disagreements must be settled internally.
The Jewish community of Vienna, which officially includes only about 9,000 people (but, like ICG President Muzicant recently revealed, it probably 20,000) will, therefore about 10 Rabbis and 16, 17 synagogues - which synagogue should be understood here not to, and as the large, distinct temple, but, with the exception of the City Temple, houses of worship or prayer rooms says (see also below details according Muzicant: 6 rabbis and 14, 15 prayer houses ) . A special feature of Vienna was, as Muzicant had already stressed that all streams of Orthodox and Reform Judaism are organized under one roof and get along quite well together. The only exception is Or Hadash to assign a the Reform Judaism, only a few hundred-member group, which has the task prescribed by the faith away Jews again to get closer to religion. The forms of religious practice in this case should probably still be further from conceptions of the orthodox, as in other Protestant groups. In any case, almost all other groups within the Jewish Community threatened with discharge, Or Hadash should be included. But under Eisenberg who could all agree on a compromise, so that Or Hadash heard no official of the Jewish Community, but its members are also ICG members very well or can be, and the group in the message body of the Jewish community, the community , Like all other groups a place for announcements and notices, and they use a prayer room, which is available to them by the Jewish Community was made. A division of the county, as has been done in Budapest, could be prevented. Basis of compromise, Eisenberg: Every Jew is a member of the community - within which groups is secondary.
It was therefore especially to the Jewish community of Vienna and manifestations of Judaism. Topics such as Bruno Kreisky and Kurt Waldheim was not addressed. We learned, however Nocht something about how Akiba father survived the Nazi era. He could, like many other Jews, including country man hiding in Budapest. According to Eisenberg, it was in Budapest, so that was taken very late by the Nazis, where many houses, where one relative as a Jew sure was - as long as one has not left these homes. With that method, 60000-80000 Jews survived - but were then deported in large numbers by the Soviets to Siberia. Akiba Eisenberg also was taken by the Russians and placed in a group that was probably destined for transport to Siberia. The officer was probably also a Jew - at least he had Akiba removed from the group when he told him he was a rabbi. I guess this was his salvation.
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