Budapest

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

Graffiti is a common sight in some alleys of Budapest, but in the Jewish Quarter, visitors may also unexpectedly spot memorial stickers for fallen IDF soldiers and October 7 massacre victims.

Rabbi Shmuel Raskin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Zionist youth congress in Budapest.

Herzl’s city, their future: Jewish teens renewed Zionist covenant in Budapest

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Budapest police says 31-year-old woman wore a wig, posed as charity worker to kidnap newborn

Balazs HANKO for Hungary during the meeting of Minister of the European Union for Education Youth Culture and Sport in the European Council in Brussels in Belgium on 12th of May 2025.

Hungary to revoke scholarship of pro-Palestinian student who disrupted Israeli lecturer


Neo-Nazis tried to torch Jewish center in Budapest, activists say

In 2017, far-right activists filmed themselves placing posters reading “Stop operation Soros” on the message board of Aurora.

A STAR of David is seen at the new Holocaust museum called the House of Fates in Budapest, Hungary, last year

Reporter’s Notebook: Finding Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest

Visages of once vibrant life can be found across the Jewish quarter

A memorial to Raoul Wallenberg sits in a small suburban park in Budapest near the Danube River

New synagogues inaugurated in memory of Danube Holocaust victims

600,000 letters in each Torah represent the 600,000 victims of the massacre.

 Religious leaders fill in the final letters of each newly dedicated Torah.

Reporter's Notebook: Shabbat on the 'wrong side' of Budapest

Buda might be the smaller Jewish community of Hungary’s capital, but it was the right side to be for a warm welcoming Shabbat.

The Obuda Synagogue on the Buda side of Budapest

5 men tell Hungarian cantor and his wife they ‘belong in the gas chamber’

Police began a search using closed circuit television footage, Szombat reported.

A STAR of David is seen at the new Holocaust museum called the House of Fates in Budapest, Hungary, last year

Historic Budapest synagogue to reopen amid Jewish cultural revival

Tamas Irsai was a teenager when he last sang in the choir in Budapest's Rumbach synagogue during World War Two.

Budapest's Great Synagogue: 'In Europe,' I could always tell where the synagogues and Jewish schools were located because they were protected by concrete barriers and heavily armed police.'

Operatic milestone

We are due to get a taste of the Middle East, albeit a musically presented historic slice, straight from Budapest.

‘The Queen of Sheba’

2,300 Jewish athletes gather in Budapest for European Maccabi Games

This year’s games, which takes place at several venues, includes 20 categories, including swimming, chess, fencing, soccer and boxing.

2019 Maccabi Europe Games To Be Held In Budapest

IHRA to advise on Budapest Holocaust Museum

Controversial historian Maria Schmidt is no longer involved in the project.

A STAR of David is seen at the new Holocaust museum called the House of Fates in Budapest, Hungary, last year