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Undated handout photo issued by Church of Scotland of the proposed artwork for a mural in Paisley dedicated to a Scottish missionary, Jane Haining who was murdered by the Nazis after caring for Jewish schoolgirls in Budapest.Thursday January 29, 2026. Photo: Cameron Brooks/Church of Scotland/PA Wire
January 29, 2026, 12:35 pm
Artwork for mural dedicated to Scot who cared for Jewish girls unveiled
Matron Jane Haining was arrested in Budapest in April 1944 and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where she was sent to the gas chambers
By JN Reporter
Jewish Teens Rally In Budapest November 2025
December 1, 2025, 2:01 pm
Budapest hosts Jewish teens from 28 countries
More than 500 young adults spend Shabbat at former site of city's Jewish ghetto
By Michelle Rosenberg
Aish Budapest FND, July 2025. Pic: Rafi Stemmer
July 22, 2025, 11:25 am
Aish Budapest Friday night dinner brings together 400 school leavers
Now in its third year, European Shabbat experience has become popular rite of passage for inter-railing students
By Michelle Rosenberg
Budapest Shabbaton, July 2024. Pic: AISH UK
July 23, 2024, 10:29 am
Aish UK hosts 180 British students for unforgettable Shabbaton in Budapest
Students from Yavneh, JFS, JCoSS, North London Collegiate, Immanuel College, City of London and Habs create the largest gathering in the city synagogue since the Holocaust
By Michelle Rosenberg
Budapest
September 8, 2021, 6:38 pm
Two new synagogues open in Budapest
One is situated in the bustling centre of Budapest, while the other is a 50-seat synagogue in an apartment building.
By JTA
Commemorating the Budapest ghetto
January 18, 2021, 5:21 pm
Hungarian Jews mark anniversary of Budapest Ghetto’s liberation
Seventy-six hours of testimony from Holocaust survivors, music, documentaries films and videos shared to mark 76 years since the end of Nazi rule
By Jewish News Reporter
Jane Haining (Photo credit: Church of Scotland/PA Wire)
October 8, 2020, 11:30 am
Princess Royal: British matron who saved Jews in the Shoah must not be forgotten
'Jane Haining’s determination and resolution in looking after the young at the eventual cost of her own life, is an example of service over self that deserves to be remembered'
Ágnes Keleti training a student at the Wingate Institute in Israel (05-12-1960) (Wikipedia/Israel National Photo Collection/Author: Fritz Cohen)
January 9, 2020, 1:53 pm
Holocaust survivor and oldest living Olympic champion, Agnes Keleti, turns 99
Athlete who won 10 medals as a gymnast in 1952 and 1956 games trails only Mark Spitz and Dara Torres among Jewish stars in having the most gongs
By Jewish News Reporter
Budapest
September 24, 2019, 3:08 pm
Two new synagogues open in Budapest
Chabad launch two shuls, one in the central area of the capital overlooking the Danube river, and the other in the northern suburb of the city
By JTA
A picture from the opening ceremony of The Museum of the History of Polish Jews
September 13, 2019, 10:52 am
Europe’s missing museums
As we approach the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust museums are still missing from key historical sites
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)
Rumbach Synagogue
September 6, 2019, 12:05 pm
Two shuls in Hungary and Moldova to reopen after years of neglect
Rumbach Synagogue in Budapest and Lemnaria shul in Chisinau will be revived and used once more, decades after falling into disrepair
By Jenni Frazer
August 29, 2019, 3:11 pm
Meet the Hungarian Jewish woman behind the world’s largest luxury nail brand
Suzi Weiss-Fischmann tells Jewish News how she rose from her humble European roots to help create OPI
By Alex Galbinski
Dyce Academy accepting the honour from Yad Vashem. (Credit: Aberdeen City Council on twitter)
July 8, 2019, 3:38 pm
Aberdeen academy honoured by Yad Vashem for Holocaust educational work
Shoah memorial museum recognises work of Dyce Academy for developing an educational programme over the last three years
By Jewish News Reporter
Rabbi Berel Lazar meeting with Russian president Putin
June 6, 2019, 3:22 pm
 Moscow gets first major Holocaust monument
The monument, depicting hands pulling open a door’s shutters, was unveiled at Moscow’s Jewish museum to commemorate resistance fighters.
By JTA
Jane Haining (Photo credit: Church of Scotland/PA Wire)
April 3, 2019, 3:05 pm
Book reveals Scottish heroine’s mission to save Jews during the Holocaust
Jane Haining assisted Hungarian women in securing jobs as domestic servants for five years before she was taken to Auschwitz, where she died in 1944.
By Jewish News Reporter
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