Hungarian jews

Hungary rejects European anti-Israel sentiments after foreign minister meets with Israeli official

As many European nations turn their backs on Israel, Hungary remains a proud ally and refuses to bow to international pressure.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrive to a joint news conference in Budapest, Hungary, September 8, 2025
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel alongside Hungary's Minister for European Union Affairs Janos Boka in Budapest, July 31, 2025.

Deputy FM Sharren Haskel strengthens ties with Hungary in diplomatic visit

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands in Budapest earlier this month.

Netanyahu's silence leaves truth of Hungary's Holocaust collaboration concealed - opinion

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Mrs. Sara Netanyahu were recently received by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his wife with an honor guard at a welcoming ceremony in Budapest.

Hungary withdraws from 'politicized' ICC during Netanyahu visit


Rebecca Makkai, whose grandfather drafted a Nazi-era antisemitic law, is writing a novel on fascism

Bestselling author Rebecca Makkai, whose grandfather wrote WWII-era laws that Jews from public spaces, will be writing a book on fascism.

 Selection of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May/June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust. Jews were sent either to work or to the gas chamber.

80 years since deportation of Hungarian Jews: 'We stood by and didn't do enough'

One Hungarian politician, a resident of Paks, discussed the importance of the parade for recognition of the Jewish community, both past and present.

 Residents of Paks, Hungary reflect on the community's lack of action during Jewish deportation in WWII.

'We will rise from the ashes': Holocaust, Oct. 7 survivors to go on March of the Living

The first March of the Living since October 7 will feature two events, the march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, and another in Budapest to commemorate the loss of Hungarian Holocaust.

35th March of the living 2023

Who's attempting a 'hostile takeover' of Hungarian Orthodox Jewry?

The Jewish communities of Hungary own real estate that is in a prime central location in Budapest, which is worth huge amounts of money. 

 The Great Synagogue of Pest is said to be the largest synagogue in Europe.

Hungarian president Katalin Novák visits historic Mád synagogue

Constructed in 1795, the Mád synagogue is one of the oldest surviving synagogues in Hungary.

Hungarian president Katalin Novák and EMIH Chief Rabbi Shlomo Köves at the Mád synagogue, Mád, Hungary, September 20, 2022

Hungary's Viktor Orbán is not antisemitic - opinion

It was an Orbán government that established the Memorial Day for the Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust and founded the Holocaust Museum.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is greeted on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 18, 2018

A Holocaust survivor’s collection of over 1,000 miniature books speaks volumes of her resilience

Holocaust survivor Lilly Toth managed to amass a very small – yet very valuable – collection of 1,119 miniature books.

 This trilingual miniature lists individual and team gold medal winners on behalf of Hungary in the Olympic Games between 1896 and 1972, with pictures of some of the country’s most celebrated athletes.

Ukrainian refugees celebrate personal exodus during Passover

The Jewish Agency's main Passover Seder took place at the Jewish emergency center in Warsaw, Poland, while another one took place in Budapest for thousands of Jewish refugees from Ukraine.

 Ukrainian Jews celebrating the Passover Seder in a Jewish Agency aid center in Budapest, Hungary.

Hungary’s Orban wins election, declares victory over enemies – including Soros and Zelensky

Orban’s Fidesz party won 53% percent of the vote, enjoying an 18-point lead on the runner-up.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is greeted on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 18, 2018

This maverick rabbi was a rising star in Hungary — until he criticized Israel

He accused Israel in a Facebook post of “slowly brewing” another Holocaust.

Rabbi Gabor Finali leans against the play corner at his apartment-sized synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 29, 2021.

77 Hungarian Holocaust survivors honored on 77th anniversary of liberation

Starting on Monday, January 17 and running for 77 consecutive hours, testimonies from survivors will play on their new website – with a new video being released every hour.

Holocaust survivor Klára Andorné Molnár's testimony for the Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities (EMIH).