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

Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities (EMIH) public relations director Jonatan Megyeri defended Hungarian PM Viktor Orban's record of supporting the country's Jews.

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

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

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrive to a joint news conference in Budapest, Hungary, September 8, 2025

Hungary rejects European anti-Israel sentiments after foreign minister meets with Israeli official

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel alongside Hungary's Minister for European Union Affairs Janos Boka in Budapest, July 31, 2025.

Deputy FM Sharren Haskel strengthens ties with Hungary in diplomatic visit


1945, Hungary

A still from the movie ‘1945’ showing the two Jewish protagonists at a railway station in rural Hungary

Hungarian Jewish leaders don't buy extreme right party's new 'moderate' face

Jobbik party looks set to become the second largest political force in the country, a grave concern for the Jewish community due to the party’s history of antisemitism.

 A member of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party, delivers a speech to hundreds of far-right supporters during a rally against the World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly in Budapest May 4, 2013.

George Soros accuses Hungarian government of 'anti-Muslim sentiment, antisemitism'

Soros, a Hungarian by birth, has been at odds with the ruling Fidesz party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Hungarian government poster portraying financier George Soros and saying "Don't let George Soros have the last laugh" is seen at an underground stop in Budapest, Hungary July 11, 2017.

Taboo-breaking film depicts Hungary's grim welcome to Holocaust survivors

The award-winning, harrowing Hungarian movie "1945" shows the life of Hungarian survivors post-war in an environment that was not caring nor welcoming.

Hungarian Jews disembark from trains at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in the summer of 1944

A Hungarian way to get through the holidays

Hungarian chopped liver.

Hungarian Jews ‘let down’ by Budapest and Jerusalem in anti-Soros saga

Hungarian Jewish leader calls on Netanyahu so show "higher respect" for Diaspora.

Hungarian government poster portraying financier George Soros and saying "Don't let George Soros have the last laugh" is seen at an underground stop in Budapest, Hungary July 11, 2017.

Analysis: Why do the Hungarians and Netanyahu want each other?

A lot of elements are at stake in this crucial diplomatic visit, and it wasn't smooth sailing before PM Benjamin Netanyahu set off to Budapest.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah Netanyahu land in Budapest

Hungary, Israel seek closer ties as Orban campaign unnerves Jews

Benjamin Netanyahu's visit will be the first to Hungary by an Israeli prime minister since the fall of communism.

Netanyahu and Orban

Middle Israel: Two questions for George Soros

Middle Israel: Who will fight antisemitism if not the Jewish state?

Hungarian government poster portraying financier George Soros and saying "Don't let George Soros have the last laugh" is seen at a tram stop in Budapest, Hungary

Hungarian Jews ask PM Orban to end 'bad dream' of antisemitism

Some Soros billboards, which are part of Orban's campaign against migration and foreign influence, have been defaced with the words "stinking Jew" in magic marker.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech during the 14th Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress in Budapest May 5, 2013