holocaust in hungary

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

Once abandoned by Jews for the bustling city center, the leafy part of the Hungarian capital is seeing a flowering of Jewish life.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 26, 2019 3:07 pm

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Agnes Keleti performs a split in front of Hungarian young gymnasts Budapest on January 16, 2016. (Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images)

Gymnast Agnes Keleti survived the Holocaust to win 10 Olympic medals. At 98, she’s as feisty as ever.

The most decorated female Jewish Olympian of all time, later Israel’s national coach, says she “drove herself hard.”

August 6, 2019 5:56 pm

Hungary’s Holocaust museum will address complicity, Jewish managers say

The treatment of Hungarian pro-Nazi rulers who murdered countless Jews was one of the issues that has delayed the House of Fates’ opening for years.

June 2, 2019 6:34 pm

When Dutch Jews found haven in an anti-Semitic Hungary

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 18, 2018 3:49 pm

Chabad Hungary joins Holocaust museum project boycotted by other Jewish groups

September 7, 2018 2:47 pm

Budapest synagogue reopens after centuries of disuse

September 7, 2018 6:51 am

Poland isn’t the only country trying to police what can be said about the Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 6, 2018 4:35 pm

Hungarian church cancels event honoring Nazi ally

January 26, 2018 6:11 am

Hungarian lawmaker reportedly to honor Hitler ally on Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 24, 2018 7:08 am

Man tied to murder of Jewish teen in Budapest dies at 96 in Australia

December 22, 2017 7:57 am

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