Racism in hungary

Hungarian con men assault, hurl antisemitic abuse at Israeli tourists - report

One con man punched the 65-year-old disabled mother, while the other attempted to rob the daughter.

 Tamar Gvirtz-Hayardeni and mother on their way to Budapest.
 Hungarian Minister Gerley Gulyás defended his country’s oft-criticized judicial system during a public interview at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel, as activists rallied against him outside on June 14, 2023.

Hungarian minister doubles down on democracy as activists rally against him

 Portrait of Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner of Kerestir (1851–1925), produced during his lifetime. His followers believe that Reb Shayele’s image protects against misfortune. (kestenbaum.net)

Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews flood tiny Hungarian town for ‘miracle rabbi’ pilgrimage

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

Hungary's Orbán and the Jewish nation-state law


After election victory, Orban has Soros in his sights

Soros has rejected the government campaign against him as "distortions and lies" meant to create a false external enemy.

Hungarian President Viktor Orban (left) and Jewish Philanthropist George Soros

UN watchdog urges Hungary to halt hate speech, protect refugees

Human Rights Committee concerned over "prevalence of hate crimes and hate speech... targeting minorities, notably, Roma, Muslim, migrants and refugees."

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during Hungary's National Day celebrations in Budapest

U.N. human rights chief blasts 'xenophobes, racists' in Hungary, Poland

Both Poland and Hungary are US allies as members of NATO and joined the European Union in 2004.

POLAND’S PRIME Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

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.

Is Hungary's anti-Soros campaign antisemitic? Even Israelis can't decide

Posters distributed across Hungary attack the Jewish billionaire. Israeli envoy to Budapest says antisemitic images ‘sow hatred and fear.’

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

Hungary's Jobbik gets double rebuff for Hannukah greetings to Jews

The Jewish community has been growing in recent years, especially in Budapest, but is worried by resurgent anti-Semitism.

 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.

Former antisemitic Hungarian MP who discovered Jewish roots to make aliya

Prior to discovering his Jewish roots, Csanad Szegedi was known for his extremist positions and antisemitic statements as a member of the Jobbik party.

Csanád Szegedi

US says Hungary is responsible for fate of statue honoring anti-Semite

Bálint Hóman, who led the charge to deport Hungarian Jews during WWII, will soon be memorialized in this town unless Budapest intervenes.

Bálint Hóman