In a letter addressed to the leaders of domestic Jewish organizations, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán extended his greetings to the members of the Hungarian Jewish community on the occasion of the Jewish New Year, Bertalan Havasi, Deputy State Secretary and Head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office informed on Wednesday.
‘In these days, Jewish communities around the world are wishing each other a good and sweet year. Hungary is proud to be a calm and safe island on the globe where this wish can be expressed with the utmost ease,’ Viktor Orbán wrote.
The prime minister emphasized that it is in everyone’s interest to preserve this peace, and thanked the Hungarian Jewish community for their significant intellectual, economic, and cultural contributions that enriched the nation over the past year. ‘May you all be inscribed for a good year!’, the Prime Minister concluded his letter.
‘May you all be inscribed for a good year!’
Last week, Jakov Hadas-Handelsman, the Israeli Ambassador to Hungary, visited Dr Andor Grósz, President of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz), in anticipation of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, which began today.
During the visit, the Ambassador sought to emphasize the unity between the Jewish community in Hungary and the State of Israel. He highlighted that ‘we are one, and our holidays unite us.’ He further underlined the significance of the approaching Jewish New Year as a powerful force of cohesion, particularly in times when not only Israel but also the Jewish people worldwide face attacks. He lamented the fact that this is the first period in 80 years when a wave of antisemitism has swept across the globe once again.
Additionally, the President of Mazsihisz and the Israeli Ambassador discussed the details of a jointly organized memorial event to be held on 7 October.
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