Hungary

The Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) commemorated the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Jewish ghetto in Budapest, at an event organised by the Raoul Wallenberg Association and the Embassy of Sweden in Budapest.

The Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) presented a  new digital platform where visitors can take virtual tours of Hungary's finest synagogues.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Kozma Street Jewish cemetery with András Heisler, President of the MAZSIHISZ, Chief Rabbi Péter Kardos, and several members of the family of philosopher Agnes Heller.

Gusztáv Zoltai, the former Executive Director of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary and the Budapest Jewish Community passed away, aged 86. May his memory be a blessing.

Pope Francis attended the closing ceremonies of the 52nd International Eucharistic Conference in Budapest and met with Hungarian Jewish leaders and representatives of the Ecumenical Council of Hungarian Denominations.

Seven rare ledgers from the 19th and 20th centuries containing records of pre-Holocaust Jewish communal life in what is now Hungary have been removed from public auction and jointly purchased by the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives (HJMA), along with the National Library of Israel (NLI).