Hungarian Apostates Adopt Anti-semites’ Doctrine; Preach Hatred of Jews

The sad history of Jewish apostates turning against their former people and religion is repeating itself in Hungary. A number of apostates who have, by their desertion of Judaism, gained access to the nobihty, now have adopted the doctine of the anti-Semites and are preaching hatred and economic discrimination against Jews.

In the last issue of the "Magyar Szemle," Hungarian political and literary magazine, there appear three articles from the pens of descendants of Jewish families who are baptised and members of the nobility. In these articles the idea that it is necessary to intrench a spirit of "Christian conservatism" in the fields of politics, economics and literature and that for that purpose the "destruction of the Jewish spirit" is necessary is advocated.

The author of one of thh articles is a baptised baron, whose father was vice-president of the Liberal Jewish Congregation in Budapest; another is a convert whose father was professor at the Budapest Jewish Theological Seminary; the brother of the third is a former Jewish communal leader and member of the Budapest Kehillah Board.