Hungary
Law- and business-school graduate Ari Epstein will promote bilateral relations between Hungary and Belgium, and facilitate engagement on economic, commercial and cultural levels.
It’s part of a rejuvenation of Jewish life, particularly in Budapest, that has come about in the last decade after the dark shadow of the Holocaust and then years of Communist rule.
Where there were once 150 synagogues in Budapest, there are now fewer than two dozen; however, efforts in the past decade to foster a resurgence in Jewish life have proven successful.
Purchase of Hungarian Jewish artifacts rescues them from auction block
Not yet digitized or available elsewhere, these documents will present valuable contributions to historical and genealogical research.
Perhaps the two most moving items in the collection are a pair of notes found in Senesh’s dress following her execution in 1944: the last poem she wrote and a personal letter to her mother.
The Deputy Commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, Col. (Res.) Oran Bersano, tells about the deeply moving experience of taking part in a commemorative paratrooper expedition in Slovenia.
Anastasia Gorbenko came in first in the women’s 200-meter individual medley finals with a time of 2:09.99 minutes.
“Hate breeds hate. We will not let this vile anti-Semitic abuse stop us in our mission of educating the younger generations about the horrors of the Holocaust,” said Dov Forman, the great-grandson of Lily Ebert.
“It is likely that the two halves of the lamps were created in the same artisan house and may even have served as a pair to one complete piece,” says Hungarian archaeologist Gabor Lassanyi.
The Hungarian Jewish community is the largest in East-Central Europe with an estimated 100,000 members.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised both countries for acting to open official entities in Jerusalem, saying Israel appreciates “them helping us on the international stage, as true friends do.”
In her first Israeli media interview Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga says guaranteeing the future of Jewish life in Europe is an issue of the “utmost importance.”
