Budapest is an increasingly popular tourist destination for Israelis drawn by round-trip fares as low as NIS 260 for the three-hour direct flight from Tel Aviv. Everywhere you look in Budapest, there ...

Budapest, Hungary — This beautiful city on the Danube River is now the place that 100,000 Jews call home. The city is divided by the river. Buda is on one side of the Danube and Pest is on the other.

In the complex cultural world of Budapest café society, there are coffee houses you go to — and coffee houses you don’t go to. For young Jews in the Hungarian capital, a cluster of hip new pubs and ...

One of the great unsung pleasures of being a Jewish traveler in Budapest is reveling at how conspicuously mainstream Jewish culture is here. Throughout most of Europe (and the world, for that matter), ...

A few days ago, news that one of the oldest houses in the Jewish district of Budapest will soon be demolished spread like wildfire on social media, sparking outrage. A few days ago, news that one of ...

BUDAPEST (JTA) — Still a major hub of Jewish thought and culture, Budapest is home to several imposing Jewish institutions, such as the majestic Dohany Synagogue and the 145-year-old University of ...

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(JTA) Most of this Hungarian capital’s approximately 20 synagogues are concentrated in three districts in Pest, the bustling half of the city east of the Danube River, along with five Jewish community ...

BUDAPEST – Thousands flocked to Budapest’s Kazinczy street in the heart of the historic Jewish ghetto on Sunday to celebrate the city’s Judafest. Braving an afternoon downpour, tourists and locals ...

Volunteers from multiple countries are working together as part of an international team cleaning up and restoring one of the world’s largest Jewish cemeteries. In operation since 1891, large parts of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...