Hungarian rabbis join critics of Orban speech his own advisor decried as ‘pure Nazi’ The right-wing leader, who has trafficked in far-right rhetoric before, is facing a fresh torrent of condemnations. By Cnaan Liphshiz July 28, 2022 9:31 am
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
Hungary’s largest Jewish group apologizes for signing statement ‘sanctifying’ heterosexual marriage A second Jewish group stands squarely behind the document that both organization co-signed along with multiple churches. December 23, 2021 11:49 am
Budapest’s new $30m Holocaust museum sits in limbo as Hungary debates its contents By Cnaan Liphshiz November 16, 2021 2:45 pm
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
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
Europe’s only kosher slaughterhouse for geese switches to chicken due to virus By Cnaan Liphshiz April 2, 2020 1:38 pm
1 in 5 Europeans thinks a secret Jewish cabal runs the world, survey finds By Cnaan Liphshiz February 25, 2020 5:24 pm
Jewish communities returning to their origins in Budapest’s quiet western district By Cnaan Liphshiz November 26, 2019 3:07 pm