Posts Tagged: Hungary
Visiting Hungary and ‘The Grand Hotel Budapest’
My family and I were recently looking for someplace to visit. When Hungary’s leader said he would not discriminate against Israel or its products, we...
Thousands of WWII Registry Forms for Budapest Jews Found Stashed in Wall of House Near Hungarian Parliament
Renovations at a house in Budapest have uncovered thousands of historical documents registering the Jewish residents of the Hungarian capital, Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported on Wednesday. The 6,300...
The Most Important Lesson From Hungary’s Jewish Past
When my father died, he left me his prayer books and a beautifully bound tabletop book, entitled “The Gold Album”- printed in Budapest, Hungary, in 1938. Feeling nostalgic, I recently...
Jewish Heritage Group to Publish Photos of Nazi-Plundered Hungarian Torahs Stashed in Russia
The Jewish Heritage Foundation announced on Thursday that it was set to publish photographic evidence of a hoard of Torah scrolls and other Judaica stolen...
Jobbik Leader Remains a Holocaust Denier, Says Jewish Journalist and Holocaust Survivor
A prominent Jewish journalist and Holocaust survivor has disputed an assurance by the leader of one of Europe's most dangerous far right parties that he...
Ralph Goldman, the Haganah’s Man in New York, Passes Away at Age 100
Tributes have been pouring in for Ralph Goldman, the former chief executive of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) who passed away earlier today. Goldman,...
World Must Understand That Anti-Semitism is a Universal Problem, Israeli Envoy Tells The Algemeiner (INTERVIEW)
"Anti-Semitism is not a Jewish problem. It concerns Jews, but it's a global and universal problem." So says Ambassador Gideon Behar, the Israeli diplomat who...
Despite Anti-Semitism, Hungarian Camp Shows Signs of Vibrant Jewish Life
JNS.org - The 70-year-old, post-Holocaust taboo of expressing anti-Semitic views started to break down over the last several years in Hungary, where 100,000 Jews...
Hungarian Police Remove Holocaust Survivors From Monument Protest (PHOTOS)
Police in Hungary forcibly removed 20 sitting-down protesters, including several Holocaust survivors, on Tuesday from the site of a planned World War II monument...
Hungarian Jewish Community Discovers 100 Holocaust-Era Torah Scrolls Confiscated in WWII
Budapest's Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH) on Monday said it will announce details regarding the discovery of more than 100 Holocaust-era Torah Scrolls that had...
Hungary Promises Crackdown on Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics vowed to "crack down" on anti-Semitism in his country through legal and political means during a conference...
Budapest Holocaust Memorial Set for Spring Opening
Politics.hu - A Holocaust memorial centre is planned to be completed at Budapest's disused Jozsefvaros train station by next spring, the state secretary ...
One of World’s Most Decorated Olympic Gymnasts Lives In Israel, Still Does Her Splits
One of the world's most decorated Olympic medalists is currently living in the country whose capital is known as "the City of Gold." Agnes Keleti,...
Member of Hungarian Anti-Semitic Party Learns of His Jewish Roots
Csanad Szegedi, a leader of Hungary's notoriously anti-Semitic party Jobbik, found out that he has Jewish roots, reports AFP. "I learnt not long ago that I...
