Budapest

In Budapest, a ‘guerrilla-like’ group is mobilizing against the alleged takeover of a historic synagogue

Hungarian Jews are accusing the Hasidic Chabad movement of usurping control of their community organization — and its funding and real estate — with the aid of the Hungarian government.

By Asaf Elia-Shalev August 4, 2023 12:33 am

Rabbi Gabor Finali leans against the play corner at his apartment-sized synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 29, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

This maverick rabbi was a rising star in Hungary — until he criticized Israel and his religious rivals on Facebook

Gabor Finali became the first rabbi kicked out of the religious council of the country’s largest Jewish umbrella group.

January 24, 2022 6:00 am

Budapest’s new $30m Holocaust museum sits in limbo as Hungary debates its contents

The “House of Fates” has been widely shunned as an attempt by Hungary’s right-wing government to rewrite history.

November 16, 2021 2:45 pm

Budapest’s only kosher fast food joint hungrily awaits the return of Israeli tourists

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 2, 2021 2:05 pm

Children examine a Torah scroll as it is being carried into the Vorosmarty Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 27, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

2 new synagogues open in Budapest

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 2, 2021 11:55 am

Hungarian Jews baking challah breads in front of the Obuda Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 7, 2019. (Courtesy of EMIH)

Hungarian Jews to celebrate Rosh Hashanah on a boat on the Danube amid rising COVID infections

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 17, 2020 3:17 pm

Drivers celebrating Lag B'Omer at a festive convoy through the Hungarian capital on May 12, 2020. (Andras D. Toth)

Banned from gathering because of coronavirus, Budapest Jews celebrate Lag b’Omer with convoy and blasting music

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 13, 2020 10:22 am

George Soros donates $1.1 million to Budapest for coronavirus preparation

By Marcy Oster April 1, 2020 1:29 pm

Rabbi Asher Faith carrying a Torah scroll into the the Buda Castle Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary of Sept. 6, 2018. (Márton Merész)

Jewish communities returning to their origins in Budapest’s quiet western district

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 26, 2019 3:07 pm

Chess grandmaster Judit Polgar speaking to reporters at the First Move Ceremony in Berlin on March 10, 2018 (Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for World Chess)

2,300 Jewish athletes gather in Budapest for European Maccabi Games

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 30, 2019 7:24 pm

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