Hungarian jews

Netanyahu's silence leaves truth of Hungary's Holocaust collaboration concealed - opinion

On his visit to Budapest, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an official statement on the Holocaust that sounded as though he were addressing listeners in a distant continent.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands in Budapest earlier this month.
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Mrs. Sara Netanyahu were recently received by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his wife with an honor guard at a welcoming ceremony in Budapest.

Hungary withdraws from 'politicized' ICC during Netanyahu visit

 Selection of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May/June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust. Jews were sent either to work or to the gas chamber.

Rebecca Makkai, whose grandfather drafted a Nazi-era antisemitic law, is writing a novel on fascism

 Residents of Paks, Hungary reflect on the community's lack of action during Jewish deportation in WWII.

80 years since deportation of Hungarian Jews: 'We stood by and didn't do enough'


'We will rise from the ashes': Holocaust, Oct. 7 survivors to go on March of the Living

The first March of the Living since October 7 will feature two events, the march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, and another in Budapest to commemorate the loss of Hungarian Holocaust.

35th March of the living 2023

Who's attempting a 'hostile takeover' of Hungarian Orthodox Jewry?

The Jewish communities of Hungary own real estate that is in a prime central location in Budapest, which is worth huge amounts of money. 

 The Great Synagogue of Pest is said to be the largest synagogue in Europe.

Hungarian president Katalin Novák visits historic Mád synagogue

Constructed in 1795, the Mád synagogue is one of the oldest surviving synagogues in Hungary.

Hungarian president Katalin Novák and EMIH Chief Rabbi Shlomo Köves at the Mád synagogue, Mád, Hungary, September 20, 2022

Hungary's Viktor Orbán is not antisemitic - opinion

It was an Orbán government that established the Memorial Day for the Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust and founded the Holocaust Museum.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is greeted on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 18, 2018

A Holocaust survivor’s collection of over 1,000 miniature books speaks volumes of her resilience

Holocaust survivor Lilly Toth managed to amass a very small – yet very valuable – collection of 1,119 miniature books.

 This trilingual miniature lists individual and team gold medal winners on behalf of Hungary in the Olympic Games between 1896 and 1972, with pictures of some of the country’s most celebrated athletes.

Ukrainian refugees celebrate personal exodus during Passover

The Jewish Agency's main Passover Seder took place at the Jewish emergency center in Warsaw, Poland, while another one took place in Budapest for thousands of Jewish refugees from Ukraine.

 Ukrainian Jews celebrating the Passover Seder in a Jewish Agency aid center in Budapest, Hungary.

Hungary’s Orban wins election, declares victory over enemies – including Soros and Zelensky

Orban’s Fidesz party won 53% percent of the vote, enjoying an 18-point lead on the runner-up.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is greeted on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 18, 2018

This maverick rabbi was a rising star in Hungary — until he criticized Israel

He accused Israel in a Facebook post of “slowly brewing” another Holocaust.

Rabbi Gabor Finali leans against the play corner at his apartment-sized synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 29, 2021.

77 Hungarian Holocaust survivors honored on 77th anniversary of liberation

Starting on Monday, January 17 and running for 77 consecutive hours, testimonies from survivors will play on their new website – with a new video being released every hour.

Holocaust survivor Klára Andorné Molnár's testimony for the Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities (EMIH).

Hungary is Europe’s unlikely leader in kosher foie gras

Europe’s two kosher foie gras factories aren’t in France, nor in England – instead, they are both in Hungary, where there are few Jews and kosher food is scarce.

 Simon Carlier, Chef of "Solides" restaurant, cuts a "naturally fatty" foie gras, produced without gavage made from geese fed with bacteria to stimulate the fattening of the liver, avoiding force-feeding geese that is criticized by animal welfare activists, at a restaurant in Toulouse, France, Novem

Hungary’s Jews host outdoor Hanukkah ceremonies amid Omicron

Hungary’s Jewish community will continue celebrating the Jewish festival of lights with public candle lighting events held outdoors.

 The Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities Hanukkah event in Budapest, Hungary.