110 result(s) for jewish new year in Community & Culture
'Better Together', By Jonathan Knott, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 24 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
I’m very proud of how inclusive a place the UK is. We welcome all kinds of people: whatever their race, religion or minority group. And there are great benefits from doing that. I believe this attitude is not just good for the people who come to the UK or who live there and are not “traditional Britons”. But that Britain is a much better and more prosperous place because of our open and inclusive ...
Invitation: 'Law-Ful' Learning Party, Budapest, 26 May
- 25 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
What could be old and new, religious and secular, written and unwritten? The meaning of the words: rule, regulation and order are very close to each other. Did you get it? Your logic was right. The topic of Savuot this year is: the law – in every possible sense. Savout celebrates the Giving of the Torah. This time we spend the entire night with studying; this is our way to rectify a mistake ...
The Real Wallenberg Year In Hungary
- 3 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2012 – as decided by the government – we commemorate Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish martyr diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarians during the Holocaust. The Wallenberg Commemorative Committee responsible for the preparation of the Centenary, which I chair myself, makes all the efforts to make the Wallenberg Year an occasion to face the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust in a responsible ...
Top 10 Books To Read About Hungary, Part V
- 24 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Two real-life stories to finish out my list (which could go into the hundreds but I will restrain myself). First, believe the unbelievable in the true story of NPR and ABC correspondent Kati Marton’s family, oppression by the Nazis and Communists and their eventual escape. Second, the story of an ingenious modern-day criminal, who was recently released from prison…
'The Creation' - Through The Eyes Of Hungarian Children Exhibition, Palace Of Arts Budapest
- 10 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
“Creation, when nothingness is replaced by the all-encompassing universe through the will of God, is one of the fundamental doctrines of the Jewish and Christian faiths. This topic was not only a source of inspiration for Haydn, but it is an issue that makes every one of us wonder: Where do we come from, what are we, and where are we going?
'Lest We Forget' By British Ambassador Greg Dorey
- 19 Nov 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"For the last couple of weeks I and colleagues from the British Embassy have been wearing artificial poppies in our lapels or pinned to our clothes. And lots of Hungarian friends and acquaintances have been asking me why we do this.
Xpat Event Report: Wallenberg Commemoration In Budapest
- 20 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The British Embassy together with the Raoul Wallenberg Association organised a ceremony on 15 October at which a plaque was unveiled commemorating the courageous efforts of Raoul Wallenberg. The Swedish diplomat gave shelter for Hungarian Jews in the building of the British Embassy (Hazai Bank at that time).
Hungary Loses Another Talented Son
- 6 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary has lost another one of its most talented Magyar sons this year with the passing away of the late Tony Curtis (age 85) on Sept 29, 2010. Bernard Swartz, alias Tony Curtis (also known as James Curtis and Anthony Curtis in the begining of his career, launched in 1949) was born to Jewish Hungarian immigrants (from Mateszalka, NE Hungary) in New York’s Bronx district on June 3, 1925.
Hungarian Born Tony Curtis Dies At 85
- 1 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Tony Curtis died aged 85 on Wednesday night, his daughter Jamie Lee Curtis announced Thursday. The US movie legend was born Bernard Schwartz in 1925 to Jewish immigrants from Mátészalka, east Hungary. He grew up in the Bronx area of New York and spoke only Hungarian until the age of six.
'Better Together', By Jonathan Knott, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 24 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
I’m very proud of how inclusive a place the UK is. We welcome all kinds of people: whatever their race, religion or minority group. And there are great benefits from doing that. I believe this attitude is not just good for the people who come to the UK or who live there and are not “traditional Britons”. But that Britain is a much better and more prosperous place because of our open and inclusive ...
Invitation: 'Law-Ful' Learning Party, Budapest, 26 May
- 25 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
What could be old and new, religious and secular, written and unwritten? The meaning of the words: rule, regulation and order are very close to each other. Did you get it? Your logic was right. The topic of Savuot this year is: the law – in every possible sense. Savout celebrates the Giving of the Torah. This time we spend the entire night with studying; this is our way to rectify a mistake ...
The Real Wallenberg Year In Hungary
- 3 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2012 – as decided by the government – we commemorate Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish martyr diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarians during the Holocaust. The Wallenberg Commemorative Committee responsible for the preparation of the Centenary, which I chair myself, makes all the efforts to make the Wallenberg Year an occasion to face the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust in a responsible ...
Top 10 Books To Read About Hungary, Part V
- 24 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Two real-life stories to finish out my list (which could go into the hundreds but I will restrain myself). First, believe the unbelievable in the true story of NPR and ABC correspondent Kati Marton’s family, oppression by the Nazis and Communists and their eventual escape. Second, the story of an ingenious modern-day criminal, who was recently released from prison…
'The Creation' - Through The Eyes Of Hungarian Children Exhibition, Palace Of Arts Budapest
- 10 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
“Creation, when nothingness is replaced by the all-encompassing universe through the will of God, is one of the fundamental doctrines of the Jewish and Christian faiths. This topic was not only a source of inspiration for Haydn, but it is an issue that makes every one of us wonder: Where do we come from, what are we, and where are we going?
'Lest We Forget' By British Ambassador Greg Dorey
- 19 Nov 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"For the last couple of weeks I and colleagues from the British Embassy have been wearing artificial poppies in our lapels or pinned to our clothes. And lots of Hungarian friends and acquaintances have been asking me why we do this.
Xpat Event Report: Wallenberg Commemoration In Budapest
- 20 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The British Embassy together with the Raoul Wallenberg Association organised a ceremony on 15 October at which a plaque was unveiled commemorating the courageous efforts of Raoul Wallenberg. The Swedish diplomat gave shelter for Hungarian Jews in the building of the British Embassy (Hazai Bank at that time).
Hungary Loses Another Talented Son
- 6 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary has lost another one of its most talented Magyar sons this year with the passing away of the late Tony Curtis (age 85) on Sept 29, 2010. Bernard Swartz, alias Tony Curtis (also known as James Curtis and Anthony Curtis in the begining of his career, launched in 1949) was born to Jewish Hungarian immigrants (from Mateszalka, NE Hungary) in New York’s Bronx district on June 3, 1925.
Hungarian Born Tony Curtis Dies At 85
- 1 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Tony Curtis died aged 85 on Wednesday night, his daughter Jamie Lee Curtis announced Thursday. The US movie legend was born Bernard Schwartz in 1925 to Jewish immigrants from Mátészalka, east Hungary. He grew up in the Bronx area of New York and spoke only Hungarian until the age of six.