Hungary

Dov Forman, ambassador Ferenc Kumin and Lily Ebert

April 27, 2022, 1:01 pm

Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert presented with Hungarian honour

The 98-year-old, who grew up in Bonyahd, has been awarded Hungary’s Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit

By Jenni Frazer

Members of the Jewish community arrive for Friday evening prayers in the rebuilt Thokoly street synagogue in Budapest on June 5, 2020, as Budapest's synagogues reopen following a long closure due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)

December 27, 2021, 8:48 pm

Hungary Jewish groups sorry for signing statement ‘sanctifying’ heterosexual marriage

'Joint Declaration of the Churches on the Holiness of Marriage' backed by the Mazsihisz umbrella Jewish group and the country’s non-Orthodox Neolog denomination

By JTA

Chocolate (Photo by Tetiana Bykovets on Unsplash)

September 22, 2021, 5:42 pm

Choc and awe! The very Jewish history of chocolate revealed…

A charity recipe explores how Jewish traders played a crucial role in introducing this beloved confectionary around the globe

By Alex Galbinski

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

August 12, 2021, 3:17 pm

Budapest cemetery clean-up after years of neglect

Young helpers from countries such as Israel, the US, Canada and Belarus have been busy reclaiming large sections of Kozma Street Cemetery from nature

By Jewish News

June 28, 2021, 5:24 pm

Hungarian Jews protest ‘gay propaganda law’

Jewish group said: 'No one should be labeled impure, be discriminated against and certainly not outlawed simply because of their orientation or identity.'

By JTA

May 27, 2021, 4:30 pm

Jewish groups urge PM to raise antisemitism in meeting with Hungary’s Orban

JLM and Masorti Judaism call on Boris Johnson to raise their 'deep concerns' over the targeting of Jewish groups and promotion of antisemitic conspiracies

By Lee Harpin

Hundreds of Chasidim were visiting the villag of Bodrogkeresztúr in northeast Hungary this week (Photo: Reuters)

April 16, 2021, 11:43 am

Hungarian mayor wants to keep Jews away from rabbi’s tomb — Chasidic leader

Hundreds of strictly-Orthodox Jews are visiting Bodrogkeresztúr to mark the yahrzeit of Yeshayah Steiner, but locals are worried about COVID-19

By Michael Daventry and Reuters

Istvan Kormendi, 97, who has been practicing medicine for well over 70 years (Photo: Reuters)

March 31, 2021, 11:52 am

VIDEO: The 97-year-old Holocaust survivor still working as a GP

Hungary's antisemitic wartime laws meant Istvan Kormendi had to attend medical school lectures illegally. Today, he's administering COVID-19 vaccines

By Reuters and Michael Daventry

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

Zsolt Semjén (left) and PM Viktor Orbán (Wikipedia/ Author Dodann )

December 19, 2020, 2:41 pm

Hungary’s deputy PM calls EU’s ruling against kosher slaughter a ‘disgrace’

Head of right-wing Christian Democratic People's Party, Zsolt Semjén, criticised the European Court of Justice's decision

By JTA

Billionaire investor George Soros, Photo credit: Sean Dempsey/PA Wire

November 30, 2020, 4:53 pm

Hungarian official retracts article calling George Soros ‘liberal Fuhrer’

Szilard Demeter, one of Hungary’s 32 'ministerial commissioners' said the Jewish philanthropist uses Europe as 'his gas chamber'

By JTA

The aftermath of vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in Chisinau, Moldova on Oct. 31, 2020. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Moldova via JTA)

November 3, 2020, 4:04 pm

Headstones smashed at Jewish cemeteries in Moldova and Hungary

At least five stones were damaged, while swastikas, a pentagram and the number 666 were spray painted on others.

By JTA

Jewish children pictured in Warsaw in 1897

October 22, 2020, 11:20 am

Report: Jewish population of Europe has fallen 90 percent in 140 years

Survey by Institute for Jewish Policy Research reveals that proportion of world Jewry living on the continent today is just a tenth of what it was in the late 19th century

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'

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