A Jewish renaissance, tucked away in a Budapest apartment
Budapest's Teleki Square synagogue has survived two World Wars, the rise of the 'anti-Zionist' Jobbik party, and rotting fixtures – and is now part of a resurgent Jewish community....
By Andrew Connelly, Helene Bienvenu My comment below:
Strange, the article mentions nothing of the time when Jews ruled Hungary. Following WWI Communists, under Bela Kun, who was Jewish, came to power. Almost all the leaders of this revolutionary government were also Jews. They hoped to link with the armies of the Bolsheviki, but the Reds of the east were pushed back, and Kun's Communist overthrown. Perhaps, one reason for Horthy's anti-Jewish laws was the connection between Jews and Communism.
Again, after WWII many in the Hungarian Communist secret police were Jews. So much so that during the 1956 uprising against the Communists, commentators on the Left like Herbert Aptheker, and on the Right like David Irving considered it to be a revolt against the Jews.
This history should be considered when discussing the history of Hungary and Jews.
(I rarely comment to respond to others, but this time I did. In 2 of my responses, I urged people to read an article from a Jewish academic journal, and my "Affirmative Action and the Nazis." In both of my responses, a word was changed. In both, the word "Nazis" became "#$%$." So now, for the politically correct, are there 2 "n" words? Too words so horrible we may not utter or write them? Ah, free speech!!)
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imz14u2c • Report Abuse
Your post WWII history is obviously made up as the Hungarian Jews were wiped out in the war. What bogus historical text did you pull this from?
- Hugh Murray • Remove
Clearly not all Hungarian Jews were killed during WWII. George Soros, the millionaire Left winger who subsidizes many front groups in the US, is one example.
I do not say that all Jews joined the Hungarian Communist secret police, but surely they were a much larger percentage of the police-state apparatus than non Jews. In the US a Hungarian Communist publishing house issued a book maintaining that the 1956 uprising was simply anti-Semitic.
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- Hugh Murray •
Clearly not all Hungarian Jews were killed during WWII. George Soros, the millionaire Left winger who subsidizes many front groups in the US, is one example.
I do not say that all Jews joined the Hungarian Communist secret police, but surely they were a much larger percentage of the... More -
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JonS • Report Abuse
Rakosi was born Jewish but publicly repudiated his religion. Bela Kun had a Jewish father and a Christian mother but was brought up Christian and educated at a Christian school. Whether or not any person has some Jewish ethnicity in his lineage is hardly a valid excuse for anti-semitism.
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imz14u2c • Report Abuse
This #$%$ is all from David Irving, the holocaust denier and racist as found by English courts.
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Hugh Murray •
Herbert Aptheker was a leading member of the Communist Party USA and said the 1956 uprising in Hungary was simply anti-Semitic.
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BG • Report Abuse
Soros has made quite a few antisemitic remarks. He does not consider himself to be a Jew.
According to the opened Soviet archives, after the 1917 Soviet revolution, about 1% of commies were Jews. By 1940, that number was down to 0.1%. After the WWII, it was miniscule. In the leadership, the... More -
ellie • Report Abuse
I am Jewish, so here's some history. David Ben Gurion (Israel's founding father) and the zionists were avowed socialists because Germany represented its opposite-fascism. However, they flatly rejected communism. Most Jews who were communists, disavowed their religion per communist teaching. There... More
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Hugh Murray •
In regard to Bela Kun's Communist government in Hungary following WWI: Concerning the leadership in Kun’s revolutionary government—“ . . . of 48 Peoples’ Commissars . . . 30 were Jewish, as were 161 of its 202 highest officials.” W. D. Rubinstein, “Jews in the Economic Elites of Western Nations... More
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Hugh Murray •
On how few Jews were Communists, one might note, how influential Jews were in the Communist movement. Lenin had a Jewish grandfather. AndNot counting Lenin, of the seven members of the early Politburo, four were Jews—Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, and Sverdlov. Furthermore, after Lenin’s death, the... More
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Ella • Report Abuse
I can't even believe Soros, is a Jew. If he truly is it's only by birth, there's nothing Jewish left in him and he refuses to be considered as such himself. And you could find a lot of people that have Jewish ancestors. Is this how you plan to explain how Jews are responsible for all the ills of... More
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Brian • Report Abuse
According the the anti-semites who have posted, European Jews were converted Khazars. Now they are Communists. Seems to me, the anti-smites can't keep their litany of lies straight, let alone keep a straight face when they try to pass off lies as historical facts. The truth wins out every time.... More
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Hugh Murray •
Read the Jewish Journal of Sociology, the citation I gave for the quote about Jews in the Hungarian Communist regime of Bela Kun. Read my "Affirmative Action and the #$%$" for more material. I do not make up quotations. Some simply reject history that does not fit with their ideology. That is... More
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BG • Report Abuse
Interesting... On neonazi sites, the as)hols look for no excuses. They are simpletons, antisemitic dirt.
Here, on Yahoo boards, the as)wipes cover themselves in pretenses, but once you strip away their covers, you see the same, though pretentious, filth.
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