Tag: Hungary
European Jewish group congratulates Viktor Orban for his reelection
BRUSSELS —The European Jewish Association (EJA), a Brussels-based advocacy group federating Jewish communities across Europe, congratulated Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban for his victory in Sunday’s general election.
In a letter to Orban, EJA Chairman...
Former U.S. lawmaker, Holocaust survivor, Tom Lantos honored with Budapest statue
A statue honoring former U.S. lawmaker and Holocaust survivor Tom Lantos was unveiled in Budapest, Hungary on Thursday.
The Hungarian-born Lantos, who served a Democrat from California in the House of Representatives from 1981 until...
Hungary Jews angered by rightwing memorial on Holocaust day
Hungary's main Jewish organisation lashed out Wednesday against a senior member of the ruling Fidesz party for participating in a memorial for a Nazi-allied wartime leader to be held on a Holocaust remembrance day.
Sandor...
Soros accuses Hungary of ‘anti-Muslim sentiment’ & ‘anti-Semitic tropes’ in campaign against him
Billionaire investor George Soros has spoken out against the Hungarian government, which issued a survey revealing the “Soros plan” and has repeatedly accused him of weakening EU states by fuelling the migrant crisis.
In October,...
New Film “1945” Explores Post-Holocaust Hungary and Local Collaboration Against the Jews
A new Hungarian film depicting the post-WWII attitude toward Jews in the country premiered last week in New York.
The movie, “1945,” is set one year after the Jewish population of a small Hungarian village was deported...
Hungary emissary presents Netanyahu with translated Talmud
For the first time in the history of the country, a sitting Israeli prime minister paid a diplomatic visit to the Hungarian capital of Budapest.
Last Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu met the heads of Hungary’s...
Decrying ‘betrayal,’ Hungary Jews say Netanyahu ignoring them
Members of Hungary’s Jewish community expressed deep disappointment with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday evening, saying a speech by the Israeli premier at a Budapest Jewish center catered mainly to the Hungarian government and...
Orbán promises Netanyahu he will protect Hungary’s Jews
The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán – who has been accused of stoking antisemitism – has greeted his Israeli counterpart with a public promise to “protect” Hungary’s Jewish community.
Referring to Hungary’s collaboration with the...
Jewish Budapest: Finding Herzl in Hungary
A century ago this August, the First World Zionist Congress took place, where the political movement that created the Jewish state was born. So where better to travel this summer, than on the trail...
Netanyahu accused of supporting antisemites over Soros campaign
"This won’t be the last time that neo-Nazis quote Netanyahu,” the leader of the left-wing Meretz party Zehava Gal-On said Monday, accusing him of “supporting world antisemitism” after the Foreign Ministry released a...