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In Eastern Europe, Holocaust museums are missing from key historical sites

Scholars say it’s about wanting to whitewash the murder of Jews by collaborators.

Peter Hajdú running from Prague to Budapest for the Maccabi Europe Games on July 26, 2019. (Courtesy of EMG Hungary)

Jewish athletes competing in Hungary honor 1st Jewish Olympic champion

A new commemorative headstone will be unveiled at the grave in Hungary of Alfred Hajós, who won two Olympic swimming events in 1896 at the first modern Olympics.

13th-century Budapest synagogue celebrates first bar mitzvah in 332 years

The first Jewish wedding is in the planning stages for the Buda Castle Synagogue since its destruction in 1686.

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Budapest synagogue reopens after centuries of disuse

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Budapest cultural center unlocks local Jewish history

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Printer who helped Raoul Wallenberg rescue Jews gets a plaque in Budapest

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Hungarian-born Italian writer, director Giorgio Pressburger dies at 80

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Citing drug issues, Budapest mayor shutters Jewish center bar favored by opposition activists

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In Budapest, Roma and Jews use alternative JCC to fight right-wing populism

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Hundreds protest vandalism of Budapest Holocaust memorial

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