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Illustrative; An Israeli flag is raised on the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, with the Buda Castle in Budapest in the background on April 2, 2025, as preparations are under way for the visit of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)
September 5, 2025, 10:33 pm
Hungarian Jews spark backlash with letter condemning Gaza war and local Jewish leaders
Online petition signed by hundreds, including prominent figures, decries sidelining of anti-war community members; leadership stays silent and critics call the missive ‘hypocrisy’
By JTA Staff
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 rabbi checks the quality of poultry meat in a kosher slaughterhouse in Csengele, Hungary on January 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
January 28, 2021, 1:06 pm
European court ruling brings kosher slaughterhouse new business amid old fears
EU judges’ upholding of Belgian ruling provokes fears of eventual bloc-wide prohibitions on ritual slaughter, arousing memories of periods when Europe’s Jews faced persecution
By Justin Spike
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
Hungarian President Janos Ader, center, and his wife, Anita Herczegh, right, are escorted by Maria Schmidt, left, as they tour the House of Terror museum to pay tribute on the memorial day for victims of communism in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, February 25, 2015. (AP Photo/MTI, Tamas Kovacs)
September 18, 2018, 11:06 pm
Hungary’s Holocaust museum triggers bitter conflict between Jewish groups
Most want nothing to do with museum, now being run by Chabad, amid dispute over its chief Mara Schmidt, a historian who has equated Nazism and communism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Hungarian children standing with Maccabi TLV players in tribute to Holocaust hero István Tóth at Groupama Arena in Budapest, July 12 2018. (Courtesy/ World Jewish Congress)
July 13, 2018, 6:30 pm
Defying its nationalist fans, Budapest soccer club kicks out anti-Semitism
A new government anti-Semitism education program hits the field at a match between local Ferencvaros Torna Club and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv
By Yaakov Schwartz
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the garden of Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)
July 20, 2017, 1:45 am
Decrying ‘betrayal,’ Hungary Jews say Netanyahu ignoring them
Highlighting rare chilly reception, community leaders ask why Israeli PM focused speech at Budapest JCC on bilateral ties instead of addressing their concerns about anti-Semitism, status for non-Orthodox
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boards a plane to go on an official state visit to Poland, on June 12, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90)
July 14, 2017, 6:56 am
In visiting Hungary, critics say, Netanyahu puts realpolitik ahead of ties with local Jews
Traveling to Budapest next week, Israel’s prime minister will be seen as embracing a government accused of promoting anti-Semitism
By Raphael Ahren
An anti-Soros poster reading '99 percent reject illegal migration' and 'Let’s not allow Soros to have the last laugh,' in Budapest, Hungary, on July 5, 2017. (AP/Pablo Gorondi)
July 11, 2017, 7:54 pm
Soros ‘distressed’ by ‘anti-Semitic’ Hungary campaign
US billionaire hits back at Budapest’s anti-immigration poster and media promotion calling it ‘deliberate disinformation’
By AFP
George Soros speaks onstage at Lincoln Center on April 18, 2017, in New York City. (Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Physicians for Human Rights/AFP)
July 9, 2017, 10:50 pm
Israel pans both Hungarian anti-Semitism and its target, George Soros
Foreign Ministry issues clarification after ambassador condemns billboard campaign against Jewish billionaire, saying Israel doesn’t like him either
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shakes hands with Rabbi Menachem Margolin on July 6, 2017. (European Jewish Association)
July 6, 2017, 9:30 pm
Hungary’s PM meets with Jewish leaders amid anti-Semitism fears
Orban says ‘committed to maintaining full freedom of religion’; rabbis ‘deeply impressed’ by premier’s efforts to combat anti-Jewish sentiment
By ToI Staff and AFP
The Great Synagogue on Dohany Street in Budapest, Hungary (CC-BY-SA, Yelkrokoyade, Wikimedia Coomons)
December 30, 2015, 7:36 pm
Anti-Semitic insults hurled in Budapest Jewish quarter
Drunk men accuse ‘dirty Jews’ of killing Jesus; watchdogs say racist attacks on the rise in Hungary
By JTA
Ira Forman (L), Special Envoy of the US government to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism lights a torch on the last day of Hanukkah in Szekesfehervar on December 13, 2015, during a joint commemoration for Hanukkah and a silent demonstration to protest against plans for a statue in honor of anti-Semitic Holocaust-era lawmaker Balint Homan. (AFP PHOTO/ATTILA KISBENEDEK)
December 18, 2015, 7:58 pm
Hungary scraps planned statue of WWII-era anti-Semitic lawmaker
Following protests, group behind memorial to Balint Homan ‘reversed its decision’; unveiling had already been delayed
By JTA
FILE: Rioters throw projectiles at French riot police officers in Sarcelles, a suburb north of Paris, on July 20, 2014, after clashes following a demonstration denouncing Israel's military campaign in Gaza. (Photo credit: AFP/ PIERRE ANDRIEU
August 5, 2014, 4:21 pm
Are the ‘sins’ of Israel visited on Europe’s Jews?
While maybe not at 1930s Germany levels, Europe is infected with an anti-Semitism that should be fled from since there is no cure, says leading scholar
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The Great Synagogue on Dohany Street in Budapest, Hungary (CC-BY-SA, Yelkrokoyade, Wikimedia Coomons)
February 10, 2014, 12:41 am
Hungary’s Jews to boycott state Holocaust ceremonies
Main umbrella group will stay away from commemorations unless government addresses community concerns; PM promises response
By JTA
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