Viktor Orban

Chabad of Hungary gets status upgrade from government

The elevation comes at a time of conflict between Chabad and other Jewish groups over how to deal with the current right-wing government.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 18, 2019 8:53 am

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Hungarian supporters of the far-right Jobbik party participating in a nationalist march through Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 11, 2015. (Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images)

In Hungary, some left-wing Jews are ready to work with a far-right party led by a former neo-Nazi

Amid growing frustration with the Fidesz party’s hold on power, an unlikely alliance has emerged.

August 12, 2019 3:31 pm

Trump praises Orban as ‘tough’ defender of Christians

Lawmakers from both parties had called on the president to denounce what they see as Orban’s anti-Semitic and anti-Democratic tendencies.

May 13, 2019 5:38 pm

Orban

Jewish Democratic lawmakers to Trump: Cancel Orban meeting

By Ron Kampeas May 13, 2019 8:30 am

In Hungary and Poland, Jews accuse their own communal leaders of playing the anti-Semitism card to avoid scrutiny

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 1, 2019 1:36 pm

There’s a new ‘new anti-Semitism’ in Western Europe, and it feels eerily familiar

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 21, 2019 4:07 pm

Marie van der Zyl, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, attending an interfaith event in London on June 13, 2018. Courtesy of the Board of Deputies of British Jews

British Jewish leader’s talk with Hungarian official on anti-Semitism deteriorates into an email clash

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 13, 2019 2:00 pm

George Soros

A magazine claims Netanyahu associates spearheaded an anti-Soros campaign. But its evidence is weak.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 17, 2019 5:17 pm

central european university

Trump administration sends mixed signals on closing of Hungarian university founded by George Soros

By Marcy Oster December 4, 2018 4:19 pm

Hungary pledges $3.4 million to fight anti-Semitism in Europe

November 28, 2018 5:14 am

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