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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities

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
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
Cantor Immanuel Zucker sings Psalms at the reopening ceremony of the Rumbach Synagogue, June 10, 2021. (Photo by Akos Szentgyorgyi)
June 11, 2021, 4:17 pm
After 60 years of decay Budapest’s grand Rumbach synagogue has new lease on life
Inaugurated Thursday, the richly renovated synagogue compound – a WWII deportation point for Jews sent to their deaths – is now a lively multipurpose Jewish cultural center
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
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
Candles burn in front of the cast iron shoes at the Holocaust Memorial on the quay of the River Danube, during International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 (Balazs Mohai/MTI via AP)
January 17, 2019, 10:57 pm
Hungary’s largest Jewish group urges halt to Danube search for Holocaust victims
Mazsihisz warns Israeli-led effort, apparently backed by local Orthodox and Hasidic organizations, needlessly disturbs the dead and may violate halacha
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Slomo Koves, chief rabbi of the Chabad-affiliated Unified Israelite Congregation of Hungary (EMIH), speaks during a commemoration marking the Memorial Day of the Hungarian Holocaust victims in the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, Hungary, on April 19, 2017. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
December 23, 2018, 6:49 pm
Head of contested Hungary Shoah museum takes aim at ‘irresponsible’ opponents
Rabbi Shlomo Koves says plans are still unfinished on the House of Fates, a government-sponsored education center critics say will whitewash Hungarian Holocaust complicity
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)
November 30, 2018, 6:52 pm
Hungarian Jewish leader shown amid banknotes on cover of pro-government magazine
Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities slams ‘incitement’ against Andras Heisler; Israeli ambassador also protests
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) hold a Rubik's Cube at the Hungary-Israel Business Forum in Budapest, Hungary, on July 19, 2017. (Haim Zach/ GPO/ Flash90)
July 13, 2018, 5:38 am
Fans of Orban or not, Hungarian Jews are optimistic ahead of PM’s Israel visit
In a fractured Jewish community, Israel’s crumbling relations with the Diaspora and local anti-Semitism are on Hungarian Jewry’s mind as PM sets off to Israel on July 18
By Yaakov Schwartz
Young people dance in the rain at the Judafest street festival in Budapest, June 10, 2018.(Marton Monus/ Balint House JCC)
June 11, 2018, 4:59 pm
Thousands in Budapest flock to Jewish street fair in sign of community’s revival
In scene uniting Jews of all denominations, some 10,000 brave thunderstorm to throng Hungarian capital’s touristic Kazinczy street for annual Judafest
By Yaakov Schwartz
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at a press conference after attending a European Parliament plenum session on the situation in Hungary, on April 26, 2017 in Brussels. (AFP Photo/Emmanuel Dunand)
June 24, 2017, 1:54 am
Jewish groups critical of Hungarian praise for Hitler ally
WJC condemns ‘deplorable actions’ committed by Nazi-era leader Miklos Horthy, after PM hails him an ‘exceptional statesmen’
By AP
George Soros at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 20, 2016. (Peter Foley/Pool/Getty Images/via JTA)
May 17, 2017, 3:22 pm
A government campaign against George Soros splits Hungarian Jews
While critical of the billionaire’s agenda, many also see PM Viktor Orban’s nationalist positions as encouraging xenophobes — though not inherently anti-Semitic
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Gyorgy Donath's grave in Budapest's Farkasreti Cemetery. (Varga Jozsef/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0)
February 24, 2016, 11:30 am
Hungarian Jews oppose statue of anti-Semitic official
Communist opposer Gyorgy Donath, executed in 1947, supported discriminatory laws against Jews during the Holocaust
By AP
The Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)
August 5, 2015, 7:39 pm
Budapest chief rabbi dies at 59
Robert Deutsch passes away following a long illness; is survived by three children
By JTA
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands in front of a historic picture of the Auschwitz concentration camp as she gives a speech during the International Auschwitz Committee’s remembrance ceremony in Berlin to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp, on January 26, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Tobias Schwarz)
February 6, 2015, 6:15 am
Hungary Jewish leader laments comment linking Merkel, Nazis
Federation president had said chancellor was highest-ranking German dignitary to visit since Eichmann
By AP
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