Honorary Committee

  1. Mag. Dr. Jameleddine Ben Abdeljelil, Assistant for Islamic Studies at the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Vienna, Editorial Board Member of polylog ‘magazine for intercultural philosophizing’ and Board Member of the WiGiP (Viennese society for intercultural philosophy)
  2. Rabbi Andrew Baker, OSCE – Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism
  3. Timna Brauer, Austrian singer-songwriter with Yemeni roots. She represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 and is the daughter of painter, writer and singer Arik Brauer
  4. Eduard Dolinsky, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee
  5. Rafi Elul, advisor to the President of Israel for social and welfare matters, former consultant to the Prime Minister of Israel in social and welfare matters, former member of the Israeli Parliament for eight years, formerly one of the youngest mayors in Israeli history at the age of 24
  6. Aleksandr Feldman, Member of the Ukrainian parliament. He was named National Philanthropist of the Year and his Aleksandr Feldman Charitable Foundation was recognized as National Foundation of the Year. Along with the Foundation he heads the International Center for Tolerance
  7. Dipl. Ing. Dr. Franz Fischler, President of the Eco-Social Forum, former European Union’s Commissioner and former Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry in Austria. Expert on international food crisis and development, and advocate of the UN Millennium Development Goals
  8. Prof. Eveline Goodman-Thau, first orthodox woman Rabbi and Founder of the Hermann Cohen Academy in Buchen (Odenwald); as Director she organizes conferences and learner’s seminaries, especially for Jewish women
  9. Josef Hader, Austrian comedian and actor
  10. André Heller, Austrian artist, author, singer and actor
  11. Dr. Michael Häupl, Mayor of the City of Vienna
  12. Ibrahim Issa, Co-Director of Hope Flowers School, Bethlehem, where students receive a human-rights based education dedicated to peace, democracy, human rights, conflict-resolution and understanding alongside the formal national curriculum
  13. Patricia Kahane, President of the Karl Kahane Foundation
  14. Abbas Khider, award winning Iraqi-German writer (a.o. honorary certificate Iraqi International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA))
  15. Sebastian Kurz, State Secretary for Integration in Austria since April 2011
  16. Dr. Alois Mock, former Vice-chancellor and Foreign Minister of Austria, former President of the International Democratic Union (IDU), Founder of the Central European Initiative (CEI)
  17. Susanne Scholl, Austrian journalist and writer, former Head of the ORF bureau in Moscow
  18. Dr. Zeynep Taluy-Grossruck, former Director of UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization), Private Sector Development Branch
  19. Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen, City Councillor, Vienna, former Speaker of the Austrian Green Party