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Anastasia Gorbenko. Credit: Israel Swimming Association.

Israeli swimmer sets new record with gold-medal win at European swim meet

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Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko won Israel’s first-ever gold medal at an Olympic swimming competition on May 22, Haaretz reported. The 17-year-old took home the top honor at the European Aquatics Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Gorbenko came in first...
A rare bronze oil lamp, shaped like a grotesque face cut in half, was discovered during excavations in Jerusalem’s City of David National Park, May 5, 2021. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

Matching half of Roman-era lamp unearthed in Jerusalem possibly found in Budapest

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The Roman-era oil lamp recently unearthed in Jerusalem may be the missing half of a similar artifact found in Budapest nine years ago, the City of David Foundation announced on Sunday. Mere hours after publication of the...
Hannah and Giora Senesh (Szenes), 1924. Credit: National Library of Israel's Hannah Senesh Archival Collection.

Archival collection of Hannah Senesh comes to National Library of Israel

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In 1944, the Jewish, Hungarian-born paratrooper Hannah Senesh (Szenes) was parachuted into occupied Europe by the British in a desperate attempt to save Hungarian Jews from the Nazi death camps. Captured, tortured and executed...
Some 200 Israelis flying home after being stranded abroad due to the coronavirUs (COVID-19) got a pre-taste of the Passover holiday in the form of boxes of round, handmade shmurah matzah, March 26, 2020. .Credit: EMIH.

200 Israelis and 74 foreign nationals arrive home from abroad due to pandemic

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A special flight with 200 Israelis who were stranded in Hungary departed on Thursday from the Hungarian capital of Budapest and arrived back to Israel. The Israelis had been unable to leave Hungary since...
Yoav Leibowitz, 25, a medical student from Netanya who has been in Budapest for the past seven months, is scheduled to return to Israel on a special flight out of Hungary on March 26, 2020. Source: Peter Szijjarto Facebook Page.

Flight slated to bring 200 Israelis in Hungary home and return foreign nationals

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A special flight bringing 200 Israelis stranded in Hungary back to Israel is scheduled to depart from the Hungarian capital of Budapest on Thursday. The Israelis have been unable to leave Hungary since the country...
A view of the Dohány Street Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue, in Budapest, Hungary. It is the largest synagogue in Europe and the second-largest in the world. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.

What is the real story behind Judaism in Hungary?

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The history of Europe and the Jewish people is one that has seen some of humanity’s most remarkable triumphs and darkest periods. Despite the Jewish population nearly being wiped out in the Holocaust, the...
Athletes from the Team USA delegation stand for the national anthem at the 2019 Maccabi Games medal ceremony in Budapest, Hungary. Credit: Macaabi Games via Facebook.

Team USA takes home most medals in European Maccabi Games

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The 15th European Maccabi Games, which some have likened to the Jewish Olympics, concluded on Aug. 7 in Budapest, Hungary, with team USA taking home a total of 155 medals, more than any other country. American...