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The Republic of Ireland's UEFA Nations League fixture against Israel on 4 October is expected to be moved from Dublin's Aviva Stadium to a neutral venue. Photo: Wikipedia
June 9, 2026, 10:44 am
Ireland to move Israel match out of Dublin as boycott row intensifies
The FAI is expected to ask UEFA to approve a switch to Hungary, but campaigners say the match should not be played at all
By Neil Silver
The Bozsik Arena in Budapest, where Scotland and Israel will play both Women’s World Cup qualifiers behind closed doors next month. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
May 13, 2026, 11:23 am
Scotland to face Israel behind closed doors in Hungary for World Cup qualifiers
Uefa security restrictions mean both Scotland fixtures against Israel will take place in Budapest next month
By Annabel Sinclair
EU Commission Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas Pic: Twitter/X
May 13, 2026, 10:41 am
EU sanctions Israeli settlers after Hungary, under new leadership, clears path
'Extremisms and violence carry consequences,' said the EU’s top diplomat, who said Hamas figures are also being sanctioned
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Viktor Orban shakes the hand of Peter Magyar, 2024. This week Orban, who has led Hungary for 16 years, lost to Magyar's party by a landslide (picture: European Union)
April 16, 2026, 10:53 am
Dispatch from Hungary: How will the election result affect the country’s Jews?
16 years after it swept to power, Viktor Orbán's Fidesz has finally fallen. Attila Novák analyses the change and its potential consequences
By Attila Novák
Viktor Orban shakes the hand of Peter Magyar, 2024. This week Orban, who has led Hungary for 16 years, lost to Magyar's party by a landslide (picture: European Union)
April 13, 2026, 12:48 pm
Netanyahu’s closest European ally defeated in general election
Hungary's Viktor Orbán, in power for 16 years, lost by a landslide to Peter Magyar's Tisza party
By JN Reporter
January 21, 2026, 9:52 am
Carrying the legacy of my grandmother’s Holocaust survival
Tabitha Steemson writes about her grandmother, Agnes Kaposi
By Tabitha Steemson
Sheindy (Sara) Perez
December 31, 2025, 11:07 am
OBITUARY: Sheindy Perez, Auschwitz and Belsen survivor, who built a new life in Brighton
Born and raised in Hungary, Sheindy (Sara) survived the Holocaust and managed to reunite with some of her extended family in Britain after the war
By Alex Brummer
60 Holocaust Survivors at the March (Photo- EMOTL) May 2025
May 14, 2025, 11:08 am
60 Holocaust survivors lead Hungary’s March of the Living
Procession with 5,000 participants marks 80 years since the liberation of Europe from Nazi rule
By Michelle Rosenberg
Hannah Senesh as a child in Hungary with her doll and Aunt Irma in the background. From the Senesh Family Archive at the National Library of Israel, courtesy of Ori and Mirit Eisen.
November 7, 2024, 2:22 pm
National Library of Israel unveils photographs of Jewish war heroine
On the 80th anniversary of paratrooper and poet Hannah Senesh’s execution, a newly released set of images reveal her world
By Michelle Rosenberg
Author Dov Forman visits his great-grandma and muse in hospital after visiting her Hungarian birthplace
July 19, 2023, 1:49 pm
Lily Ebert’s great-grandson in Hungary to get her brother’s holy book
Dov Forman, 19, goes to the birthplace of his elderly relative, who survived Auschwitz, to help with a special hospital visit
By Jewish News Reporter
Rabbi Slomo Koves walks across the parking area of the House of Fates Holocaust museum in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 27, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
June 5, 2023, 3:48 pm
OPINION: Hungry for recognition in Hungary
A report by the Anti Defamation League reveals 30% of Hungarians believe Jews are too influential on business: Derek Taylor details the great contribution of Hungarian Jewry to the world
By Derek Taylor
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (wikipedia/Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/9364837@N06/47013210012/ Author U.S. Department of State / [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain])
July 29, 2022, 4:00 pm
Orban rejects criticism after adviser resigns over ‘pure Nazi’ speech
The Hungarian prime minister defended saying 'we do not want to become peoples of mixed-race'
By Jewish News Reporter
Zsolt Bayer speaks at a session of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Balna cultural Centre of Budapest, Hungary on May 20, 2022. (Screenshot: YouTube)
May 26, 2022, 3:42 pm
Students’ chairman sets ‘the record straight’ on appearance with ‘antisemite’
Lord Wharton of Yarm, chairman of the Office for Students, was criticised by Jewish students for sending a video message to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Hungary.
By Jewish News Reporter
Lord Wharton delivers video speech to conference
May 23, 2022, 10:49 pm
UJS ‘concerned’ as Office for Students chair speaks at event featuring antisemite
Lord Wharton sent video message to Republican conference in Hungary, which platformed Zsolt Bayer a television talkshow host who previously called called Jews 'stinking excrement'
By Lee Harpin
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
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