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Tree planting event – Israel 70 celebration in Budapest

Hungarian Jews celebrated the 70th birthday of the State of Israel by an amazing tree planting event in Budapest.

Hungarian resort town opens synagogue as educational centre

A newly renovated former synagogue building and modern virtual exhibition centre in Hungary was opened to the public.

Hungarian PM takes aim at Jewish billionaire Soros at election rally

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban used language with antisemitic undertones at a rally three weeks before he seeks re-election for a third term.

Hungarian mass honouring Miklós Horthy cancelled after Jewish protests

Hungary’s leading Jewish organisations on Wednesday condemned a senior Hungarian politician over his plan to deliver a speech at a ceremony honouring a Nazi ally on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Head of far-right Hungarian party renounces antisemitism

Hungary’s nationalist Jobbik party will not return to its far-right origins, including frequent antisemitic and racist remarks by its politicians, party chairman Gabor Vona said on Friday.

Budapest’s Dohany Street Synagogue receives European heritage status

Budapest’s Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest in Europe, has been awarded European heritage status.
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