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Notes from the safest place in Europe for Jews

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This is a perilous time to be a Jew. The world responded to the greatest mass slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust with a surge of antisemitism and sympathy for those who committed the...
Community members unveil a plaque at the reopening of the Ohel Ezster synagogue in Budapest, Sept. 5, 2023. Photo by Zsolt Demecs.

Hungary’s Jewish renaissance

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Another Budapest synagogue rose from the ashes last week thanks to Chabad of Hungary. It was the tenth to do so, marking a Hungarian Jewish renaissance that began some 10 years ago, breathing new...
Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Holocaust survivor David (“Dugo”) Leitner in Moshav Nir Galim in Israel on July 27, 2023. Photo by Liron Moldovan/Flash90.

Funeral takes place for Holocaust survivor David ‘Dugo’ Leitner, 94

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David “Dugo” Leitner was born in Hungary in 1930 to his parents, Meir and Golda Leah, and raised in an Orthodox home. In March 1944, invading Nazi Germans corralled his family to the ghetto;...
New Yorker Carol Romeo, a passerby, learns of Tibor Baranski’s heroism. Credit: Artists 4 Israel.

Mural honoring Hungarian-American responsible for saving 3,000 Jews debuts in New York City

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In New York City, antisemites graffiti the walls with Jew-hatred. This Sunday, though, locals strolling through the SoHo neighborhood saw something else: A mural paying tribute to a man responsible for saving the lives...

Hungary bestows a high honor on Jared Kushner

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Jared Kushner spoke of his grandparents’ marriage in Hungary in the ashes of the Holocaust as he accepted the Order of Merit of Hungary on Thursday. The award, presented at the Hungarian mission to...
Logo of 2022 European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad. Credit: 2022 European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad.

Israel takes home four medals in mathematics competition

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Each member of the Israeli delegation competing in the 2022 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) in Hungary took home a medal while overall, the team came in ninth place in the competition. The Olympiad, open to female...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán celebrating his election victory. April 3, 2022. Source: Fidesz/Facebook.

Orbán’s election victory highlights shift among Hungarian Jews

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In an unusual Hungarian election, whereby ideologically disparate opposition parties united to attempt to prevent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from serving his fourth consecutive term (and fifth total), the Hungarian people gave him the...
Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, answers questions at the press conference at the federal chancellery in Berlin. Credit: Photocosmos1/Shutterstock.

Debunking liberal assumptions about Jewish security in a changing Europe

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According to most of the international media, democracy was defeated in this week’s Hungarian election. The victory of incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party over a multi-party opposition coalition of parties...
Ukrainian refugees and their hosts celebrate Purim with a reading of the Megillah and the shaking of a grogger in the national colors of Ukraine at the Zsilip Jewish Cultural Centre and Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, March 17, 2022. Photo by Zsolt Demecs.

Hungarian Jews mark Purim with Ukrainian refugees, stressing peace

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Hundreds, most of them refugees from Ukraine, attended the Purim ceremony at the Zsilip Jewish Cultural Centre and Synagogue in Budapest, where they heard the reading of the Megillah. Prior to the program, the EMIH-Hungarian...
Holocaust survivor Molnár Andorné Klára. Credit: Courtesy.

Budapest: 77 years of ghetto liberation marked with 77 live survivor testimonies

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A website dedicated to the recollections of Holocaust survivors and their rescuers was inaugurated this week by the Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities (EMIH), marking the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest...