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Lili Erdos (far right) and her family at the Cholent Festival in Budapest, Hungary, on Aug. 27, 2021. Photo By Eliana Rudee.

‘Cholent Festival’ brings Jewish culture to Hungary via food, music, traditions

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Thousands of people took part in the Sixth Hungarian ‘Cholent Festival’ (“Sólet” in Hungarian) at the Újbuda outdoor theater in Budapest before the start of the High Holidays, organized by the Chabad Lubavitch organization...
The suitcase Hannah Senesh used to move from Hungary to what was then British Mandatory Palestine. Credit: The National Library of Israel.

National Library of Israel digitizes personal effects, poetry of Hannah Senesh

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In celebrating 100 years since the birth of Jewish war hero and poet Hannah Senesh (Szenes), the National Library of Israel has digitized dozens of items from her recently acquired archive, many of them never previously...
An Israeli paratrooper holding flying the flag of Israel while parachuting over Slovenia as part of commemoration of Jewish World War II paratroopers. Credit: IDF.

‘Not a nation that forgets’: Israeli paratroopers jump to honor World War II heroine...

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Israeli paratroopers have described being deeply moved last week by their experience in a commemorative expedition in Slovenia, held to honor the memory of Hannah Senesh (Szenes) and other Jewish paratroopers who parachuted into...

Hungary and anti-Semitism: A reply to columnist Ben Cohen

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I read Ben Cohen’s July 23 column on anti-Semitism in Hungary with great interest. Basically, I don’t consider Cohen’s article to be a bad one: as a Holocaust researcher and deputy editor-in-chief of Hungary’s largest Jewish news...
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...
Lilly Ebert. Source: Twitter.

Holocaust survivor attacked with hateful comments on TikTok

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The TikTok account of a Holocaust survivor was recently flooded with anti-Semitic messages as violence took place in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians. Lily Ebert, 97, a native of Bonyhád, Hungary, who...
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...
Rabbi Shlomo Koves with Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén in 2019. Credit: MTI.

Retired Hungarian gymnast, rabbi among recipients of Hungarian Order of Merit

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Two prominent Hungarian Jewish personalities, Ágnes Keleti and Rabbi Shlomo Koves, were among this year’s recipients of the prestigious Hungarian Order of Merit. The winners were announced on March 15, Hungary’s Independence Day. Gymnast Ágnes...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis in Jerusalem on March 11, 2021. Photo by Alex Kolomoisky/POOL

Kosovo to open embassy in Jerusalem as Czech Republic institutes new office

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Kosovo is set to become the third country after the United States and Guatemala to open an embassy in Jerusalem. Israel Hayom has learned that senior diplomats from both countries will attend a ceremony in Jerusalem...
Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga, July 23, 2019. Source: Twitter.

What does the future hold for conservatism in the EU?

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In her first Israeli media interview, Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga, a senior member of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Cabinet and official in charge of the country’s E.U. affairs, expressed staunch opposition to...