Budapest

Hanukkah 2026: The new top Israeli destinations

With no direct flights, Dubai bookings plunge, while Western Europe drops 30%. Travel agents report a surge in Eastern Europe, where Israelis feel welcome and prices remain affordable.

|ByMEITAL SHARABI
Budapest, Hungary.
A member of the Orthodox Jewish community presents a creation by Hungarian designer Hajnalka Forizs during the "Kosher & Chic" fashion show in Budapest, Hungary, November 8, 2026.

Budapest Orthodox Jewish women host 'Kosher & Chic' fashion show to redefine modest style

The models at the fashion show, held in a modern synagogue that also serves as a cultural center, were not professionals but members of one of Budapest’s growing Orthodox communities.

|ByREUTERS
Esports desks flank a trophy.

Singapore’s CS2 Major final follows the best-of-five format introduced in Budapest

|ByIN COOPERATION WITH BUD OZZIE
Congregants dance outside the historic Wagon Drivers' Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, October 22, 2026.

'The future of Hungarian Jewry’: Budapest opens synagogue run entirely by teens

The officer holders, board leaders, and event organizers are all local teens. The “oldest” regular worshiper at the sanctuary is youth community emissary Rabbi Tzami Bassman, who is in his early 30s.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

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.

JULY 31, 2019ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
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.

JUNE 6, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A STAR of David is seen at the new Holocaust museum called the House of Fates in Budapest, Hungary, last year