Hungarian Jews

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.

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 1, 2019 10:39 am

In Budapest, Hanukkah comes out of the shadows and onto the ice rink

What started out as a fun holiday activity in the U.S. has become a way for Hungarian Jews to reunite and reclaim their identity after Nazi and communist oppression.

December 5, 2017 5:08 pm

Taboo-breaking film depicts Hungary’s grim welcome to Holocaust survivors

The award-winning "1945" is the country's first fiction movie dealing with the theft of property that once belonged to nearly a million victims.

October 23, 2017 5:08 pm

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

June 28, 2017 2:54 pm

Hungarian state TV airs Iranian leader calling George Soros ‘evil Zionist-American’

May 26, 2017 7:57 am

A government campaign against George Soros splits Hungarian Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 16, 2017 4:19 pm

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 27, 2017 2:13 pm

Hungarian church to build Torah ark for synagogue ravaged in fire

October 28, 2016 10:55 am

Non-Jewish activists link arms with Hungarian Jews in ‘symbols war’

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 8, 2016 4:50 pm

Hungarian lawmaker claims Jews implicated in blood libel

By Ruth Ellen Gruber April 5, 2012 10:04 am

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