Hungary News » Budapest News Hungary » Budapest » People: 'The future of Hungarian Jewry’: Budapest opens synagogue run entirely by teens
The officer holders, board leaders, and event organizers are all local teens. The “oldest” regular worshiper at the sanctuary is youth community emissary Rabbi Tzami Bassman, who is in his early 30s.
News Hungary » Budapest » People: Hungary’s abandoned synagogues are finding new life — and attracting new congregants
After decades of secular use, two historic Budapest synagogues have reopened as part of a Chabad-led effort to reconnect Hungarian Jews with their heritage ...
News Hungary » Budapest » People: Hungary commemorates 70th anniversary of 1956 revolution against Soviet rule
On October 22, at the center of the commemorative event for the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Struggle, hosted by the Hungarian Embassy in South Korea, a Hungarian flag ...
News Hungary » Budapest » People: In Budapest, President Herzog’s Voice of the People dialogue initiative closes its first chapter
Members of the group’s inaugural council pitch the Israeli president, their colleagues on programs to address the Jewish People’s gravest challenges ...
News Hungary » Budapest » People: Hungary, 70 years ago: the uprising – how Budapest rebelled against the USSR
On 23 October 1956, a peaceful demonstration by tens of thousands of students in the streets of the capital sparked the first major flare-up of the Cold War, ...
News Hungary » Budapest » People: In 1956, Moscow agreed to withdraw its troops from Budapest. One week later, it launched a 60,000-soldier operation to crush Hungary’s revolution.
On October 23, 1956, hundreds of thousands of Budapest residents took to the streets to demand political reforms, free elections, and the withdrawal of Soviet troops. Peaceful demonstrations quickly ...
News Hungary » Budapest » People: Hungary to Open Communist-Era Informer Files in Reckoning With Cold War Past
In a historic move, Hungary will soon start releasing tens of thousands of Communist-era police files in an online public database, giving people access to lists of informers and collaborators used ...
News Hungary » Budapest » People: Hungary commemorates crushed 1956 uprising
Guests from across Europe joined the Hungarian government on Friday to celebrate the anniversary of the country's revolution against communist rule. The uprising began exactly 70 years ago, on ...