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Skewering antisemites and sexists, a chess queen recounts her journey to the top

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 05:06:42 +0000

In new memoir, 'Rebel Queen,' Hungarian Jewish grandmaster Susan Polgar details attacking the forces that tried, and failed, to put her in check on the way to becoming a world champion

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Hungarian Jews spark backlash with letter condemning Gaza war and local Jewish leaders

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:33:16 +0000

Online petition signed by hundreds, including prominent figures, decries sidelining of anti-war community members; leadership stays silent and critics call the missive 'hypocrisy'

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New book portrays a chaotic Budapest just before the Holocaust reached Hungary

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:38:28 +0000

'Last Days of Budapest' by Adam LeBor features oblivious politicians, Zionist forgers, courageous diplomats and murderous priests in a sad but true history of the Hungarian capital

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Hungary’s Education Ministry approves new university-level Jewish studies program

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 02:26:37 +0000

The EMIH-run Milton Friedman University in Budapest will offer undergraduate and graduate programs, with the MA track available online in English for international students

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Jewish groups decry visit of Iran’s Ahmadinejad to Hungarian university

Wed, 08 May 2024 18:04:27 +0000

Two congregations urge school to reconsider giving Holocaust-denying ex-president platform; Israel calls invitation a 'grave insult' to Hungarian Jewish victims of genocide

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Daily Briefing Aug. 21: The ultra-Orthodox aren’t bringing down the coalition – yet

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:40:43 +0000

Deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan explores scientific entrepreneurship in Africa and religion reporter Canaan Lidor explains a community's hostile takeover in Hungary

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‘Wonder Rabbi’ pilgrimage brings feuds, fraud and huge potential for Hungary’s Jews

Sat, 06 May 2023 22:38:51 +0000

As some 150,000 Orthodox Jews flock annually to Yeshaya Steiner's grave in Bodrogkeresztur, the village's future is at risk even as Budapest seeks to become a top Jewish center

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In Hungarian film ‘Those Who Remained,’ how 2 Holocaust survivors adapt to new lives

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 07:16:58 +0000

In the 2019 film making its US debut in NYC on April 28, a man and a young girl learn to lean on each other for support as the Communist regime ushers in an era of fresh challenges

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A secular Budapest university run by Chabad is eyeing a major expansion

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 20:54:24 +0000

Milton Friedman University, operated by the Lubavitch-affiliated EMIH, is using a $22 million government grant to raise enrollment -- and it hopes to attract more Jewish students

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Observant Ukrainian Jewish refugees find peace at Hungarian resort complex

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:02:09 +0000

A Chabad-affiliated camp on the shores of Lake Balaton hosts 700 religious Jews; hundreds of others are on a waiting list

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EU parliament leaders slam Hungary’s Orban for ‘openly racist’ remarks

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 17:17:54 +0000

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen stresses union's values are 'non-negotiable' after Hungarian PM speaks out against 'race-mixing'

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Yad Vashem chair: Orban’s race comments evoke ideologies behind Holocaust

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:26:26 +0000

Hungary's PM defends remarks as misundertood, asserts he was referring to 'a cultural standpoint'; Austrian chancellor says issue has been resolved 'amicably'

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Holocaust survivors call out Hungary’s Orban for ‘stupid and dangerous’ race speech

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:36:23 +0000

International Auschwitz Committee says Hungarian premier's remarks, in which he decried interracial mixing, are reminiscent of 'dark times'

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In Budapest, an underground ‘Gypsy music’ pub plays on Jewish heartstrings

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:57:59 +0000

One of the Hungarian capital's best-kept open secrets is Giero Pub, a small but charming basement venue with top-notch music - and a tragic family history marred by the Holocaust

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In Hungary, a palace tied to political scandal becomes a Jewish refugee camp

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 09:58:36 +0000

Ukrainian Jews fleeing the Russian invasion are taking refuge in a mansion that's being outfitted to hold nearly 700 people, with a kosher kitchen to feed hundreds more

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