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‘Orphan,’ the new film by László Nemes, tells a bleak story of a Jewish boy in 1950s Budapest

A brilliant, hopeless portrait of troubled childhood, Orphan references the war in nearly every disconsulate frame.

ALTHOUGH SET after World War II, ‘Orphan’ references the war in nearly every disconsolate frame, and captures the melancholy of trying to pick up the pieces after a tragedy of such a grand scale.
The rededication of Budapest's century-old Rákospalota synagogue.

Budapest Jewish community reopens, rededicates 100-year-old historic Rákospalota synagogue

Hungary's Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Orban (R) looks at German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul as she speaks during a joint press conference after talks in Berlin, on June 10, 2026.

Hungary expels 10 Russian diplomats, foreign minister says in major break from Viktor Orban era

A drone view shows people swimming near a sunken German warship from World War II, exposed due to low Danube River levels caused by drought and extreme heat, in Prahovo, Serbia, July 30, 2026.

Europe’s summer heatwave reveals Ice Age mammoth bones, sunken Nazi relics in receding Danube River


Reporter's Notebook: Shabbat on the 'wrong side' of Budapest

Buda might be the smaller Jewish community of Hungary’s capital, but it was the right side to be for a warm welcoming Shabbat.

The Obuda Synagogue on the Buda side of Budapest

5 men tell Hungarian cantor and his wife they ‘belong in the gas chamber’

Police began a search using closed circuit television footage, Szombat reported.

A STAR of David is seen at the new Holocaust museum called the House of Fates in Budapest, Hungary, last year

Historic Budapest synagogue to reopen amid Jewish cultural revival

Tamas Irsai was a teenager when he last sang in the choir in Budapest's Rumbach synagogue during World War Two.

Budapest's Great Synagogue: 'In Europe,' I could always tell where the synagogues and Jewish schools were located because they were protected by concrete barriers and heavily armed police.'

Operatic milestone

We are due to get a taste of the Middle East, albeit a musically presented historic slice, straight from Budapest.

‘The Queen of Sheba’

2,300 Jewish athletes gather in Budapest for European Maccabi Games

This year’s games, which takes place at several venues, includes 20 categories, including swimming, chess, fencing, soccer and boxing.

2019 Maccabi Europe Games To Be Held In Budapest

IHRA to advise on Budapest Holocaust Museum

Controversial historian Maria Schmidt is no longer involved in the project.

A STAR of David is seen at the new Holocaust museum called the House of Fates in Budapest, Hungary, last year