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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

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Worshipers hold morning services outside the locked doors of the Kazinczy Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, July 21, 2023. (David Kelsey/JTA)
August 21, 2023, 9:51 pm
In Hungary, Orthodox Jews fight over a Chabad bailout some see as a ‘Trojan horse’
Some members of the cash-strapped MAOIH Orthodox community view the assistance by a Chabad-affiliated competitor as a takeover, while others say it’s their congregation’s lifeline
By Canaan Lidor
Refugees from Ukraine arrive in Budapest, Hungary on in March 2022. The photo is part of the 'Am I My Brother's Keeper' exhibition curated by Yitzhak Mais. (courtesy)
July 4, 2023, 8:45 pm
New exhibition lifts Jewish rescue efforts in Ukraine out of the war’s shadow
The exhibit is the first attempt at an overview of a rare moment of empowerment amid a tragedy
By Canaan Lidor
Hasidic Jews pray near the gravesite of 'Wonder Rabbi' Yeshaya Steiner in Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary, April 24, 2023. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
May 7, 2023, 1:38 am
‘Wonder Rabbi’ pilgrimage brings feuds, fraud and huge potential for Hungary’s Jews
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
By Yaakov Schwartz
A student takes a picture of a graduate of Milton Friedman University in Budapest, Hungary, July 15, 2017. (Milton Friedman University/via JTA)
October 24, 2022, 11:54 pm
A secular Budapest university run by Chabad is eyeing a major expansion
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
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the media during a press conference in Vienna, Austria, July 28, 2022. (Theresa Wey/AP)
July 28, 2022, 11:48 pm
Hungarian rabbis pan Orban speech warning against ‘mixed races’; PM’s adviser quits
Robert Frolich, head of umbrella group, calls prime minister’s remarks against mixing of races ‘a violation of human dignity;’ Orthodox group says they were ‘unfortunate’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Women prepare kosher food for Jewish refugees from Ukraine in Balatonőszöd, Hungary, in June 2022. (Courtesy of EMIH)
July 2, 2022, 12:58 pm
In Hungary, a palace tied to political scandal becomes a Jewish refugee camp
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
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Rabbi Jacob Werchow presents geese slaughtered by his team in Csengele, Hungary on September 29, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz/ JTA)
December 22, 2021, 11:03 am
Hungary leads Europe in kosher foie gras production — to Viktor Orban’s advantage
During the COVID era, Hungarian kosher meat production ramped up. Between the appearance of religious tolerance and the many jobs created, there’s a net gain for the government
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Children examine a Torah scroll as it is carried into the Vorosmarty Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, August 27, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz via JTA)
September 3, 2021, 1:19 pm
2 new synagogues open in Hungary, bringing rival Jewish groups together
‘It’s better that the synagogue lives than to have it remain disused as it has been for decades,’ chief of MAOIH says of shul it owns that group linked to Chabad will operate
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: People attend a ceremony that commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest Jewish ghetto in Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on January 19, 2020. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP)
April 23, 2021, 2:38 pm
Israeli rabbis order Hungary government to freeze payouts to sparring local Jews
But Hungary says it won’t get involved in spat over allocation of payments for confiscated properties, as Orthodox groups sue Conservative Mazsihisz in Jerusalem rabbinical court
By Yaakov Schwartz
A Bulgarian woman attends a commemoration ceremony at the Sofia Synagogue, one of the largest and most ornate of its kind in the Balkans, March 10, 2013. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images/ via JTA)
September 25, 2020, 6:09 am
Coronavirus crisis tests resilience of Europe’s dwindling Jewish communities
After years of building the infrastructure to be self-reliant, many smaller Jewish centers again require outside support — but are confident they have the tools to bounce back
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Kosher slaughterers arrive in Hungary on April 20, 2020. (Courtesy EMIH/ Nezer Hakashrut)
May 6, 2020, 4:13 pm
Hungary okays pre-screening to let in slaughterers, avert kosher meat shortage
Community expects to process a million chickens by year’s end, supply other European Jewish centers, as government allows vetted staff from Israel, Belgium to skip quarantine
By Yaakov Schwartz
Rabbi Asher Faith carries a new Torah scroll being dedicated alongside the new congregation at the dedication of the prayer space in the Medieval Jewish Prayer House in Budapest, September 6, 2018. (Márton Merész)
December 8, 2019, 2:32 am
Jewish communities return to their origins in Budapest’s quiet western district
Jews declare victory at the resurgence of religious life in the enclave, which dates back 1,000 years and persisted despite devastation by Ottoman Turks, Nazis, and communists
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Rabbi Baruch Oberlander, right, blows the shofar horn on the bank of the Danube River at a ceremony dedicating two new synagogues and two new Torah scrolls in Budapest, September 22, 2019. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
September 23, 2019, 3:04 pm
Confident that Jews will fill pews, Hungary’s Chabad opens 2 synagogues in a day
In an event that hasn’t happened since WWII, hundreds celebrate Sunday’s dedication of two houses of worship — and a couple of newly written Torah scrolls
By Yaakov Schwartz
The cover of Hungarian magazine 'Figyelo' (Attention) with a portrait of Andras Heisler, head of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) is pictured on November 30, 2018, in Budapest. Hungary's largest Jewish organization has condemned 'incitement' against its leader after he was depicted on the cover of a prominent pro-government weekly surrounded by banknotes. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)
March 2, 2019, 7:01 pm
Polish, Hungarian Jews say communal leaders use anti-Semitism to avoid scrutiny
Hiding behind claims of racism is an easy way to divert attention from muddy financial affairs, say local Jewish critics
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Rabbi Asher Faith carries a new Torah scroll being dedicated alongside the new congregation at the dedication of the prayer space in the Medieval Jewish Prayer House in Budapest, September 6, 2018. (Márton Merész)
February 1, 2019, 10:42 pm
First bar mitzvah in centuries celebrated at reopened Budapest shul
Buda Castle Synagogue had been used as a museum before authorities signed it over to EMIH, the Chabad-affiliated federation of Jewish communities in Hungary
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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