Hungarian Jewish leaders are protesting a government plan to cut one-time payments to relatives of Holocaust victims. The plan is “discrimination against the Jews,” said Peter Feldmayer, president of Hungary’s Jewish community. The plan, part of the government budget for next year, would reduce the payments to about $140 from the approximately $4,600 originally planned.
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