Hungarian Jews

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.

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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.

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

Hungary’s growing popularity as a destination for Israelis gave a local baker the idea to serve them hamburgers — just as COVID-19 shut down traffic.

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Jerusalem rabbinical court orders Hungary to freeze funding temporarily for feuding Jewish groups

András Heisler

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Orthodox Jews in Hungary threaten to sue non-Orthodox group for alleged $33 million debt

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5 men tell Hungarian cantor and his wife they ‘belong in the gas chamber’

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

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

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

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

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

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