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The July 16 issue of Yom Hashishi, an Orthodox weekly published in Israel, carried an article in which Naftali Krausz, an orthodox Israeli journalist, who often criticizes Jewish affairs in Hungary, accused Dr. József Schweitzer, chief rabbi of Hungary, and Dr. Ernő Neumann, rabbi of Temesvár … Tovább »
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A special section has been devoted to the ‘populist-urbanist conflict’ which has characterized Hungarian intellectual life since World War 1. The ongoing debate between the ‘populists’, Hungarian intellectuals who are primarily committed to national ideals, and the ‘urbanists’, intellectuals … Tovább »
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A controversial article was published in Népszabadság (Hungary’s largest distribution daily newspaper) by István Lovas well known extreme right-wing publicist. He claims that the Holocaust is over-emphasized internationally by Jews, because this allows Israel to hide its own sins. Our … Tovább »
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It was reported without much media reaction that the gypsy population of a small Hungarian village converted to muslim religion. János Gadó’s editorial dicusses in detail the neglected background of the case. I, today’s world it is mostly the so-called “loosers” of modernization who … Tovább »
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As we have written in our previous issue, the chairman of the official Jewish community, Mr. Péter Feldmájer, criticised the Hungarian rabbis who delayed for years with issuing gets, the traditional letters of divorce. In the forthcoming debate Mr. Feldmájer criticised the “poor spiritual … Tovább »
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Our magazine has organised a three day film festival which presented close to forty Hungarian films on Jewish topics. Our February issue contains a summary of the conference related to the festival. On the basis of the lectures one can draw the conclusion that Jewish characters rarely … Tovább »
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The Hungarian Catholic Church has already expressed its apologies regarding the Shoah. I am not sure whether there is any point in multiplying them” – reacted Cardinal László Paskai. head of the Hungarian Catholic Church to the papal encyclical letter Fifty Years Later: Reflections on the … Tovább »
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“Jewish fate in Hungarian films” is the title of the three day film festival and conference organised by our magazine in December. The essays in the supplement are connected to the festival, and review the sometimes open, sometimes indirect, hidden or coded presence of this theme in … Tovább »
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Our November issue covers Jewish book publishing in Hungary. János Gadó gives an overview of the several hundred books published during the past two decades, but more importantly after 1989. Besides the classics (from Maimonides through Herzl to Philip Roth), a lot of books by second rate … Tovább »
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In the September issue of Szombat we publish the second part of Gábor T. Szántó’s essay, “Reflections on Israel’s fiftieth birthday from the Diaspora” in which he reviews the elements that have shaped the attitudes of Diaspora Jewry to Israel.
The assembly of the board of the Hungarian … Tovább »
September 1998 The September issue of Szombat begins with the first part of Gábor T. Szántós essay, Reflections on Israels 50th anniversary from the Diaspora. The article reflects a view that has much in common with Halakhic ideas: secular Israel is only one part of the Jewish world which … Tovább »
András Kovács Anti-Semitism and the young élite in Hungary after 1990 It would be difficult to say whether anti-Semitism suddenly increased after the collapse of Communism, or whether previously existing anti-Semitic attitudes and ideologies simply resurfaced openly with the introduction of civil … Tovább »
György Konrad Aphorism On The Durability Of Jews (excerpts) Being a Jew is a several thousand-year-old challenge. The Jews are a global people, present almost everywhere, and what has been around a long time stays around. Jews exist, and have for ages! This peculiarity is a fact, and almost everything … Tovább »
From the Fictional Hasidic Stories Series Rohrig Geza About Truth Once somebody turned to the Rebbe of Grujavitz and asked: “Master, why isn’t everything reversed? Why isn’t temptation written with tiny Hebrew letters in huge books? And why isn’t the truth walking braless on the street? The Rebbe laughed … Tovább »
Unofficial statistics on the Hungarian Jews – 1997 Many of the following figures are not based on statistical surveys or official reports, since these are often not available about Hungarian Jews. Their sources are sometimes personal experiences, informal talks, estimations and the average of all these. … Tovább »
Imre Kertész: THE HOLOCAUST AS CULTURE In the course of a walk one day in 1989 in Vienna where I visited for the first time in my life, I found myself in a picturesque square in the inner city. A flight of steps led towards the Danube, and the narrow, winding cobble-stoned streets were lined with … Tovább »
Dr. Péter FeldmájerPresident of the Alliance ofHungarian Jewish Communities Bitter restitution In the spring of 1945, the Allied troops liberated the concentration camps and the few surviving Jews began their life anew with the help of their liberators. As soon as the fighting ended, delegations … Tovább »
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There is no reason to fear of an anti-Semitic revival initiated by the new government – argues Attila Novák against the deeply rooted conviction of the majority of Hungarian Jews. Time has come to evaluate the political parties according to their programmes and policies instead of labelling … Tovább »
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“The Vatican statement entitled ‘Let Us Remember. Thoughts about the Shoah’ issued in March 1998 attempts to address two issues at once: the remorse over the fate of the Jews and the preservation of the Church’s reputation. This is an insoluble task: one cannot do penance and watch one’s … Tovább »
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The April issue of Szombat begins with György Konrád’s essay, “Aphorisms on the Durability of the Jews”, in which one of the most acclaimed contemporary writers of Hungary – who acted as the president of the International Pen Club until 1997 – notes that he sees “as Jewish this transcendent, … Tovább »