326 result(s) for holocaust
Jewish Cultural Festival In Budapest To Offer Music, Theatre From Late August
- 28 Jul 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The annual Jewish Cultural Festival will offer a wide selection of music and theatre in Budapest, Pécs and Szombathely between August 30 and September 6 this year. The organisers said that the 18th Jewish Cultural Festival will present klezmer, classical music, folk, jazz, rock and blues concerts as well as independent theatre performances.
Hungary Applies Zero Tolerance To Anti-Semitism, Says Official In US
- 20 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government applies zero tolerance and takes a categorical stand against all manifestations of anti- Semitism, the deputy state secretary in charge of European affairs said in Washington D.C. A performance by the Glass House Orchestra and the world-famous Muzsikás folk band at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, held on the sidelines of a Jewish festival dedicated to the victims of ...
Hungarian Novel May Be A Global Hit
- 1 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Publishers from 24 countries have bought the rights to film director Péter Gárdos’s novel Hajnali láz (“Fever at Dawn”) the story of how his parents met and fell in love in 1945. After surviving the Holocaust, Miklós Gárdos was in a Swedish refugee camp when he asked for a list of Hungarian Jewish girls who were also temporarily housed in Sweden.
Hungarian Film “Son Of Saul” Wins Grand Prize At Cannes 2015
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The harrowing Holocaust drama “Son of Saul,” offering unflinching depictions of the gas chambers of Auschwitz, claimed the runner-up Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. Hungarian director László Nemes’s work is the first debut film (Steven Soderbergh’s “Sex, Lies, and Videotape”) to be given the Palme in twenty-six years.
US Ambassador To Hungary: Important To Confront The Past
- 22 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is important to confront the past and process the painful periods of history, US Ambassador to Budapest Colleen Bell said at the launch of a publication on the Holocaust. Speaking at the event held at the Central European University to present The Future of Holocaust Memorialization: Confronting Racism, Antisemitism, and Homophobia through Memory Work, the ambassador said it is important to ...
The Art Of Being Anita Kroo
- 7 May 2015 11:35 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: It’s not easy being an artist. And not due to the challenges perhaps of creating and existing. More so due to the fact that you as an artist may never truly be understood, not even by yourself. And yet it is this search for identity that fuels art as we know it. Perhaps the longer the search, the greater the art becomes.
US Special Envoy For Holocaust Visits Budapest
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Nicholas Dean, the US State Department’s Special Envoy for Holocaust issues, has paid a visit to Budapest recently, daily Magyar Nemzet said, citing information by the US embassy. During his visit, the special envoy held talks with representatives of the government and civil society, the embassy said.
FBI Director Regrets Holocaust Remarks Were “Distracting”
- 24 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
FBI director James Comey declined to apologise for recent remarks regarding the involvement of Germany, Poland and Hungary in the Holocaust but said he regretted mentioning specific countries, which was “distracting” for readers, the US news website wate.com reported. During a visit to the local FBI headquarters of Knoxville on Tuesday, Comey was asked if he had an apology for his remarks ...
Hungary Hosts International Holocaust Event In London
- 24 Apr 2015 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary, as the current president of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), hosted a large-scale international event remembering the Holocaust, in London. Szabolcs Takács, Hungary’s state secretary for EU affairs, said London was a symbolic venue for such an event as Britain had a very strong Jewish community from whom there was a lot to learn.
Jewish Cultural Festival In Budapest To Offer Music, Theatre From Late August
- 28 Jul 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The annual Jewish Cultural Festival will offer a wide selection of music and theatre in Budapest, Pécs and Szombathely between August 30 and September 6 this year. The organisers said that the 18th Jewish Cultural Festival will present klezmer, classical music, folk, jazz, rock and blues concerts as well as independent theatre performances.
Hungary Applies Zero Tolerance To Anti-Semitism, Says Official In US
- 20 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government applies zero tolerance and takes a categorical stand against all manifestations of anti- Semitism, the deputy state secretary in charge of European affairs said in Washington D.C. A performance by the Glass House Orchestra and the world-famous Muzsikás folk band at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, held on the sidelines of a Jewish festival dedicated to the victims of ...
Hungarian Novel May Be A Global Hit
- 1 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Publishers from 24 countries have bought the rights to film director Péter Gárdos’s novel Hajnali láz (“Fever at Dawn”) the story of how his parents met and fell in love in 1945. After surviving the Holocaust, Miklós Gárdos was in a Swedish refugee camp when he asked for a list of Hungarian Jewish girls who were also temporarily housed in Sweden.
Hungarian Film “Son Of Saul” Wins Grand Prize At Cannes 2015
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The harrowing Holocaust drama “Son of Saul,” offering unflinching depictions of the gas chambers of Auschwitz, claimed the runner-up Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. Hungarian director László Nemes’s work is the first debut film (Steven Soderbergh’s “Sex, Lies, and Videotape”) to be given the Palme in twenty-six years.
US Ambassador To Hungary: Important To Confront The Past
- 22 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is important to confront the past and process the painful periods of history, US Ambassador to Budapest Colleen Bell said at the launch of a publication on the Holocaust. Speaking at the event held at the Central European University to present The Future of Holocaust Memorialization: Confronting Racism, Antisemitism, and Homophobia through Memory Work, the ambassador said it is important to ...
The Art Of Being Anita Kroo
- 7 May 2015 11:35 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: It’s not easy being an artist. And not due to the challenges perhaps of creating and existing. More so due to the fact that you as an artist may never truly be understood, not even by yourself. And yet it is this search for identity that fuels art as we know it. Perhaps the longer the search, the greater the art becomes.
US Special Envoy For Holocaust Visits Budapest
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Nicholas Dean, the US State Department’s Special Envoy for Holocaust issues, has paid a visit to Budapest recently, daily Magyar Nemzet said, citing information by the US embassy. During his visit, the special envoy held talks with representatives of the government and civil society, the embassy said.
FBI Director Regrets Holocaust Remarks Were “Distracting”
- 24 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
FBI director James Comey declined to apologise for recent remarks regarding the involvement of Germany, Poland and Hungary in the Holocaust but said he regretted mentioning specific countries, which was “distracting” for readers, the US news website wate.com reported. During a visit to the local FBI headquarters of Knoxville on Tuesday, Comey was asked if he had an apology for his remarks ...
Hungary Hosts International Holocaust Event In London
- 24 Apr 2015 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary, as the current president of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), hosted a large-scale international event remembering the Holocaust, in London. Szabolcs Takács, Hungary’s state secretary for EU affairs, said London was a symbolic venue for such an event as Britain had a very strong Jewish community from whom there was a lot to learn.