Posts Tagged: Hungary Jews
Hungarian Far-Right Mob Vandalizes Jewish Community Center in Budapest During Protest
Hungarian neo-fascists vandalized a Jewish community center in Budapest on Wednesday during a nationalist march in the center of the capital to commemorate the 1956 uprising...
Hungarian Jewish Group That Detects Antisemitic Activity to Form Security Service
JNS.org - A Hungarian Jewish group that detects and fights antisemitism announced on Wednesday that it was creating a security service to monitor Budapest’s historic Jewish...
A Middle Ground on Trump and Orbán at the White House
Despite the fact that the Trump administration has spent two years communicating its concerns with Hungary regarding academic freedom, antisemitism, and other illiberal positions of...
Hungarian Jews Examine Long-Lost Identity, and a JCC Is There to Help Them
JNS.org - Many Jews in Hungary are discovering their roots for the first time since the end of Communist rule in 1989, and the only...
Hungary: Zero Tolerance for Antisemitism?
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán repeatedly declares that in Hungary, there is zero tolerance for antisemitism. But recent opinion research among Jews in Hungary shows that...
Europe’s Populist Right-Wing Parties Are Like the GOP in America — and Jews Should Engage With Both
The surge of right-wing populism in Europe is often compared to the rise of Fascism during the 1930s. Jewish community leaders have thus rushed to...
Hungarian Prime Minister Acknowledges ‘Sin’ of WWII in Meeting With Netanyahu
JNS.org - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in a meeting with his Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, acknowledged Hungary’s “sin” during World War II and vowed...
New Hungarian Political Party Aims for Nazi Resurgence
Adolf Hitler’s ideas are alive and well in Hungary. Alongside the considerable Jewish renaissance in Hungary, it appears that the ultra-right Jobbik Party is not radical enough...
Europe’s Most Notorious Jew-Baiter? It’s a Tie
JNS.org - Jew-baiting these days is a globally competitive field. The Middle East, Latin America and Asia could all put up credible candidates for the title...
Explaining the Rise of the Far-Right in Europe
JNS.org - The refugee crisis, escalating terrorism and dissatisfaction with the political elite are blamed for the current rise of Europe’s far-right political parties. Such a...
The Algemeiner and the Jewish Media Are Wrong About Hungary
A few weeks ago, The Algemeiner posted an article titled “Mass Nazi Salute at Euro 2016 Match Spurs French Police to Investigate Hungarian Fans for Antisemitism.”...
Hungary Drops Plans for Statue Honoring WWII-Era Anti-Semite
JNS.org - Hungary has dropped plans to erect a statue honoring Balint Homan, a World War II-era government minister who was behind many of the country’s...
Hanukkah Candles Lend Warmth and Community to Ailing Ukraine
JNS.org - In the United States, there are those who believe Christmas has swallowed Hanukkah whole, reducing it to a sort of Christmas for Jews. But...
Visiting Hungary and ‘The Grand Hotel Budapest’
My family and I were recently looking for someplace to visit. When Hungary’s leader said he would not discriminate against Israel or its products, we...
