Hungarian jews

Hungarian Jewish community extend olive branch to Magyar, including Orban allies

Magyar said on Sunday that he would aim for a "pragmatic relationship" with Israel, but would not provide a blanket block of the European Union's decisions regarding Israel.

Election winner Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza Party looks on, on the day of a meeting with Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok after the parliamentary election, at Sandor Palace in Budapest, Hungary, April 15, 2026.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reacts onstage as people applaud after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026.

Viktor Orban will always be the man who kept Hungary’s Jews safe - opinion

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

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

Rabbi Shmuel Raskin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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


Jewish community's political fight taints effort to bury Holocaust victims

How to work with the government is an understandably divisive issue in a country whose government is often accused of encouraging anti-Semitic rhetoric.

The Danube river in Budapest, Hungary

Intensive diving effort fails to find Holocaust victims Danube remains

Hungarian Nazi-collaborators shot tens of thousands of Jews on the banks of the Danube during the Holocaust.

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

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.