463 result(s) for budapest jewish
Invitation: Jewish Summer Festival, Hungary, Until 2 September
- 26 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Following the initiative of the Jewish Community of Budapest, the Jewish Tourism and Cultural Centerorganized the first festival in 1998, with the central location beingEurope’s biggest and one of its most beautiful synagogues, the Dohány Street Synagogue.
Jewish Summer Festival Opens In Budapest
- 26 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The 16th Jewish Summer Festival opened at the National Gallery on Sunday afternoon, where Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Gauguin, Merse Szinyei, and Rippl-Rónai are on display. Some of the paintings are on loan from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
Budapest Football Club FTC Leadership Apologises For Fans
- 23 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
The Ferencvaros football club (FTC) formally apologised on Wednesday after fans of the team unfurled a banner reading ”In memoriam Laszlo Csatary” to honour the war crimes suspect who died last week.
Xpat Opinion: Massive Police “Inspection” In Budapest On Sunday
- 13 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I almost missed the 24-hour-long police action in the nine districts of the left bank of the Danube, which means the entire Pest side of Budapest. Thousands of policemen worked diligently starting at “Sunday morning zero hour” to stop and search cars. These guardians of law and order had the authority to examine the clothing of the passengers and could search their cars looking for “instruments ...
The Island Of Freedom - Yeni Raki Roma Tent
- 28 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
One of the most vibrant venues at Europe’s most exciting and colourful festival is the home of the international Roma music culture, the Yeni Raki Roma Tent. And this year the venue will be even more attractive! The magnificent line-up includes an Indian circus, Dutch pop-reggae-folk, French guitar music, Italian punk-dub-tarantella and classical hits mixed with authentic czardas, bossa nova, ...
Invitation: FunRun, Budapest, 9 June
- 30 May 2013 9:50 AM
- sport
Again – for the 3rd year – a number of important charities have teamed up to organize a major cross communal fundraising charity event called the FunRun. The event is managed by Maccabi VAC Hungary and the 15 charities are presently involved.
Mark Zuckerberg Enjoys A Drink In Budapest
- 29 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was seen drinking with his wife on Monday evening at Godzsu Udvar in downtown Budapest. Mr. Facebook was spotted in Spiler, a trendy restaurant-pub in the heart of the Jewish district. According to the owner, Zuck and wife were really friendly and polite, but didn’t stay too long. Seems he's well-informed about Budapest nightlife, since he chose a hip hang-out ...
Centropa's Holocaust Education Program In Hungary
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On May 14, Ambassador Kounalakis delivered remarks in the Holocaust Memorial Center at the event marking the conclusion of Centropa’s Holocaust Education Program.
Kafka And Son Is Coming To Budapest On 18 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- entertainment
At the age of 36 Franz Kafka was still living at home, a petty bureaucrat, a failed artist and timid Jewish son. Ruling and ruining his life was his overbearing father, Hermann. What to do? Kafka wrote, in this case a 50 page letter to his father in which he reveals deep connections between his life and his fiction. As he confesses in the letter “All my writing was about you.” Adapted from this ...
Invitation: Jewish Summer Festival, Hungary, Until 2 September
- 26 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Following the initiative of the Jewish Community of Budapest, the Jewish Tourism and Cultural Centerorganized the first festival in 1998, with the central location beingEurope’s biggest and one of its most beautiful synagogues, the Dohány Street Synagogue.
Jewish Summer Festival Opens In Budapest
- 26 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The 16th Jewish Summer Festival opened at the National Gallery on Sunday afternoon, where Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Gauguin, Merse Szinyei, and Rippl-Rónai are on display. Some of the paintings are on loan from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
Budapest Football Club FTC Leadership Apologises For Fans
- 23 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
The Ferencvaros football club (FTC) formally apologised on Wednesday after fans of the team unfurled a banner reading ”In memoriam Laszlo Csatary” to honour the war crimes suspect who died last week.
Xpat Opinion: Massive Police “Inspection” In Budapest On Sunday
- 13 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I almost missed the 24-hour-long police action in the nine districts of the left bank of the Danube, which means the entire Pest side of Budapest. Thousands of policemen worked diligently starting at “Sunday morning zero hour” to stop and search cars. These guardians of law and order had the authority to examine the clothing of the passengers and could search their cars looking for “instruments ...
The Island Of Freedom - Yeni Raki Roma Tent
- 28 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
One of the most vibrant venues at Europe’s most exciting and colourful festival is the home of the international Roma music culture, the Yeni Raki Roma Tent. And this year the venue will be even more attractive! The magnificent line-up includes an Indian circus, Dutch pop-reggae-folk, French guitar music, Italian punk-dub-tarantella and classical hits mixed with authentic czardas, bossa nova, ...
Invitation: FunRun, Budapest, 9 June
- 30 May 2013 9:50 AM
- sport
Again – for the 3rd year – a number of important charities have teamed up to organize a major cross communal fundraising charity event called the FunRun. The event is managed by Maccabi VAC Hungary and the 15 charities are presently involved.
Mark Zuckerberg Enjoys A Drink In Budapest
- 29 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was seen drinking with his wife on Monday evening at Godzsu Udvar in downtown Budapest. Mr. Facebook was spotted in Spiler, a trendy restaurant-pub in the heart of the Jewish district. According to the owner, Zuck and wife were really friendly and polite, but didn’t stay too long. Seems he's well-informed about Budapest nightlife, since he chose a hip hang-out ...
Centropa's Holocaust Education Program In Hungary
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On May 14, Ambassador Kounalakis delivered remarks in the Holocaust Memorial Center at the event marking the conclusion of Centropa’s Holocaust Education Program.
Kafka And Son Is Coming To Budapest On 18 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- entertainment
At the age of 36 Franz Kafka was still living at home, a petty bureaucrat, a failed artist and timid Jewish son. Ruling and ruining his life was his overbearing father, Hermann. What to do? Kafka wrote, in this case a 50 page letter to his father in which he reveals deep connections between his life and his fiction. As he confesses in the letter “All my writing was about you.” Adapted from this ...