Hungarian jews

Hungary: How politics and familiarity can make culture more open to Jews - interview

Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities (EMIH) public relations director Jonatan Megyeri defended Hungarian PM Viktor Orban's record of supporting the country's Jews.

 (L to R): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu andHungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban (illustration).
Rabbi Shmuel Raskin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Budapest becomes unexpected haven for Israelis as post–Oct. 7 migration surges

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrive to a joint news conference in Budapest, Hungary, September 8, 2025

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

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


Deri: Hungarian minister promised to find Jewish remains from Holocaust

Deri promised that the remains will be given a Jewish burial.

Deri, escorted by ZAKA divers, is standing at the banks of the Danube in Hungary

Ex-Trump strategist Bannon says to work with Hungary PM Orban

Bannon has set up a movement to elect right-wing nationalist and populist members in European elections.

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon attends the National Front party convention in Lille, France, March 10, 2018

Hungarian minister downplays local antisemitism

Antisemitism is everywhere, he told a meeting of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) on Tuesday, but it is less prevalent than in other parts of Europe.

HUNGARIAN JUSTICE MINISTER Laszlo Trocsanyi criticizes the EU’s ‘weakness and lack of pride in Christian-Jewish Europe.’

First sound of Jewish wedding bells since the Holocaust in Hungary

Viktoria Bedö and Jonah Chaim Fisher we’re married at the Mad synagogue in Hungary. Making it the first Jewish wedding ceremony to be held in the synagogue since the Holocaust.

Jewish visitors pray in the synagogue in the village of Mad, Hungary, July 21, 2016. Picture taken July 21, 2016.

Yad Vashem: Hungarian Holocaust museum is a ‘falsification of history'

Hungarian government recently announced the transfer of the museum to the Chabad Jewish federation in Hungary, although the liberal Jewish community opposes participation in the project.

Rabbi Slomó Köves, Mária Schmidt, and Gergely Gulyás at yesterday’s press conference in front of the House of Fates

Hungarian Chabad affiliate gains ownership of Budapest Holocaust Museum

The Hungarian government has invested some 22 million Euros in the museum, the construction of which was finished some three years ago.

Hungarian Prime Minister visits Yad Vashem, July 19, 2018

13th century Budapest synagogue reopens

The EMIH - Hungarian Jewish Federation said that it hoped the opening of a new spiritual centre in the capital of Hungary would “breathe fresh air” into Jewish life in the country.

Buda Castle Synagogue reopens

Watch: George's holocaust survival and 58 years of love

His mother thought they were going to be killed, but instead the Hungarians just took all of their jewelry and they left.

The controversial Holocaust memorial in Budapest, Hungary.

To understand hell, you have to experience it

Historians who approach the Hungarian Holocaust from archives alone can miss key truths.

Otto Komoly became leader of the Hungarian Zionist Association in 1940

Hungary’s Viktor Orban fosters antisemitism

Hungarian antisemitism is the highest in Europe.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses supporters after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 2018