Jewish Telegraphic Agency5y
2 new synagogues open in Budapest
(JTA) – Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis in Hungary opened two new synagogues in the Budapest area. The larger synagogue in Újlipótváros, a central area of the capital city, is housed in a riverside ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency12y
Israeli flag burned in front of Budapest synagogue
An Israeli flag was burned in front of a Budapest synagogue reportedly by members of Jobbik, an ultrarightist Hungarian political party. BUDAPEST, Hungary (JTA) — An Israeli flag was burned in ...
U.S. News & World Report7d
Dohány Street Synagogue (Dohány utcai Zsinagóga)
In 1939, the synagogue was bombed by a Hungarian pro-Nazi party, and between 1944 and 1945, Dohány Street itself constituted the border of Budapest's Jewish ghetto. Visit the adjacent Hungarian ...
BBC1y
Ruins found of Munich synagogue destroyed by Hitler
"The synagogue was very beautiful, like those synagogues in Budapest & Berlin," said Rolf Penzias, now 100, who was at a Jewish vocational school at the time the synagogue was torn down.
The Budapest Times8d
We are not here to manage decline; we are here to make Europe great again, prime minister says
On Friday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hosted an informal summit of the European Council, where EU leaders gathered to discuss Europe’s economic future.