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On the occasion of Tu BiShvat, a memorial tree was planted at the Holocaust Memorial Center to honor the memory of Erika van Gelder-Révész (1947–2015), former president of B’nai B’rith Europe.

Last summer, two young staff members of the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives were tasked with organizing the institution’s attic, but their work led to an incredible discovery. They found fragments of an 18th-century wooden synagogue, which had been identified in 1911 by Rabbi Ferenc Löwy as "the oldest Jewish temple in Transylvania". An exhibition showcasing these remains opened yesterday at the museum.

Oren Zukierkorn, President of the Herzl Center in Jerusalem, visited Budapest, where he met with Prof. Dr. Andor Grósz, President of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary (Mazsihisz). The meeting was also attended by András Büchler, a member of the Mazsihisz leadership, who moderated the discussion.

Since the terrorist attack of 7 October 2023, the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary (Mazsihisz) has been following the fate of the hostages kidnapped by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas with great concern, praying for them regularly in our synagogues and helping the Israeli communities under attack with the means at our disposal.

Donuts, hot tea, sing-along, and festive candle lighting await those celebrating in Pest and Buda on December 28 and 30, 2024. The fourth flame of Hanukkah will be lit together on Jászai Mari Square, and the sixth flame of the holiday on Lövőház Street. Dr. Tamás Verő, Chief Rabbi of the Frankel Leó Road Synagogue, welcomes everyone to the festive flash mobs.

This year, the International Cantor Convention is being held for the sixteenth time, with the participation of about 60 world-renowned cantors, including Shmuel Barzilai, Chief Cantor of Vienna, and cantors Isidoro Abramowicz and Netanel Baram from Los Angeles. The prestigious event is hosted for the second time by the renovated Rumbach Sebestyén Street Synagogue.

The Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary (Mazsihisz) considers the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant to be a mockery of law and a violation of justice.

The Dokuforte Photo Archive is looking for family photo archives related to our Jewish past, including Holocaust survivors, for digitization and publication. The digital photo library does not keep the photos of documentary value but returns them to their owners after digitization.

In the second article of our Olympic series, we remember Ilona Elek, our first Hungarian female Olympic champion, who fought hard battles both on the piste and in life. Our two-time Olympic champion (1936, 1948), Olympic silver medalist (1952), six-time world champion, five-time European champion and ten-time Hungarian champion fencer Ilona Elek was born on May 17, 1907, in Budapest.

On Friday, 26 July, the 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad began in Paris. In the articles published on our website during the games, we will celebrate the greatest Hungarian Jewish Olympic champions of the past, reviving their achievements and immortal spirit. In our first article, we pay tribute to Alfréd Hajós, who excelled in both architecture and sports.

Hanna Szenes was born into an assimilated Jewish family in Budapest on July 17, 1921, with the name Anikó Szenes. Her father, Béla Szenes, was a journalist, stage writer, and translator. Anikó studied at the Baár-Madas reformed high school for girls, already writing poems and displaying her talent in literature.

Sofia, Bulgaria - As anti-Semitism continues to rise worldwide following the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas, the theme of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) National Community Directors' Forum was to share experiences and to outline next steps. Hungary was represented by dr. Péter Kunos, managing director of Mazsihisz-BZSH, and Dóra Bálint, head of foreign relations at Mazsihisz.