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Calendar Picks and Clicks: July 17-23, 2010

2010. július 14. szerda, 03:12
Calendar Picks and Clicks: July 17-23, 2010

Parno Graszt will be playing at Skirball. thursday pick (MUSIC) Hungarian Romani folk artists Parno Graszt — an eight-piece ensemble with strings, good vibes and innovative instruments (trash cans Tovább »

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For Israeli Students, Medical Training in Hungary Deepens Jewish Identity

2010. július 11. vasárnap, 22:34
For Israeli Students, Medical Training in Hungary Deepens Jewish Identity

Toasting the new graduates in Hebrew at the Hotel Intercontinental ballroom, 300 guests – proud family and friends from Israel and Budapest’s Jewish community – saluted Chabad’s role in helping the students survive their years of studies and internship. Tovább »

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Welcoming Shabbat With Adon Olam – From Russia – Fourth of a Series

2010. július 9. péntek, 08:32

It’s becoming a tradition at Jewish Humor Central to get in the Shabbat mood with a version of Adon Olam as it’s sung around the world.  In the last three weeks we shared renditions from Hungary, Brazil, and Argentina.  This week it’s Russia’s turn, by way of Israel. Tovább »

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‘Nazi’ to stay in Australia

2010. július 8. csütörtök, 18:32

An Australian court has refused to extradite an alleged Nazi war criminal to his native Hungary. As an officer in the Nazi-allied Hungarian army during the Second World War, Charles Zentai is accused of beating a 14-year-old Jew to death for not wearing a yellow star. Tovább »

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Heroes Among Us

2010. július 8. csütörtök, 01:12

“I felt I was in the presence of someone special,” Auschwitz survivor Susan Beer said of her encounter in 1944 with Hannah Senesh in a Budapest prison when Beer spoke at the 18th annual Spring Tovább »

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The Flourishing of Jewish Life in Hungary

2010. július 7. szerda, 17:02
The Flourishing of Jewish Life in Hungary

This brochure highlights the breadth of the Jewish Agency’s identity-building activities in Hungary. Learn more about our work in the region. Read More » Tovább »

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Woman Preserves Cucumber That Looks Like Husband’s Penis

2010. július 7. szerda, 00:42
Woman Preserves Cucumber That Looks Like Husband’s Penis

A Hungarian women who purchased a cucumber decided not to cut it after she arrived at the conclusion that it resembled her husband’s penis . Iren Harsca, 35, stated that after bringing it home, upon further examination, she realized what is was and could not desecrate the phallic symbol. Tovább »

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Australian Nazi suspect wins appeal against extradition to Hungary

2010. július 6. kedd, 03:42

(WJC)–An Australian citizen, Charles Zentai, has won an appeal against extradition to Hungary on war crimes charges. He is accused of killing a young Jewish man during World War II while serving in the Hungarian army, then allied to Nazi Germany – a charge he denies. Tovább »

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Was the actor HANS MOSER Jew?

2010. július 5. hétfő, 16:02
Was the actor HANS MOSER Jew?

Photo: Film Reporter No, Hans Moser (1880 – 1964) was not a Jew, but his wife, Blanca (Bianca) Hirschler was Jewish. At the time of the Third Reich refused Moser for divorce from his wife, but in 1939 they had to emigrate to Hungary. Tovább »

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Alleged Nazi wins extradition appeal

2010. július 5. hétfő, 14:52

Charles Zentai served in the Nazi-allied Hungarian army The world’s most prominent Nazi hunter has condemned an Australian court for refusing to extradite a man accused of murdering a Jewish youth during the Holocaust. Tovább »

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Australian Nazi suspect wins appeal against extradition to Hungary

2010. július 5. hétfő, 11:22

An Australian citizen, Charles Zentai, has won an appeal against extradition to Hungary on war crimes charges. He is accused of killing a young Jewish man during World War II while serving in the Hungarian army, then allied to Nazi Germany – a charge he denies. Tovább »

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Zentai’s extradition overturned

2010. július 4. vasárnap, 16:42

SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – An alleged Nazi war criminal living in Australia has escaped extradition to his native Hungary. Perth-based pensioner Charles Zentai won a Federal Court ruling Friday, Tovább »

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“War crimes suspect averts extradition from Australia”

2010. július 2. péntek, 22:52

 man wanted in Hungary for the torture and killing of a Jewish teenager during World War II averted extradition Friday after an Australian federal court ruled in his favor, the an Australian news agency reported. Hungary issued a warrant for Perth resident Charles Zentai, 88, in 2005. Tovább »

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Accused WWII Criminal Wins Bid Against Extradition

2010. július 2. péntek, 19:22

Perth, Australia – An alleged Nazi collaborator wanted in Hungary in the torture and killing of a Jewish teenager in 1944 won an appeal Friday against extradition from his adopted country of Australia. Tovább »

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Alleged WWII war criminal wins Australia extradition fight

2010. július 2. péntek, 18:13
Alleged WWII war criminal wins Australia extradition fight

SYDNEY (AFP)—An alleged Nazi war criminal accused of murdering a Jewish teenager 65 years ago won a five-year legal battle against his extradition from Australia to Hungary on Friday. Read More » Tovább »

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War crimes suspect averts extradition from Australia

2010. július 2. péntek, 17:04

(CNN) — A man wanted in Hungary for the torture and killing of a Jewish teenager during World War II averted extradition Friday after an Australian federal court ruled in his favor, the an Australian news agency reported. Hungary issued a warrant for Perth resident Charles Zentai, 88, in 2005. Tovább »

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To ‘come separated at birth.

2010. július 2. péntek, 17:03

Hello, and Secretary of Eitan Ampa his Malibu Star Trek. Internet probing raised the direct inspiration: the symbol of Starfleet Command. We talked about him here and trendy designs with a smile – marketing (Amazon, Discount, Danone): here it is again, this time Perry T. Tovább »

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Accused WWII criminal wins bid against extradition

2010. július 2. péntek, 15:52
Accused WWII criminal wins bid against extradition

Australia overturns extradition of Charles Zentai, 88, wanted by Hungarian court for alleged torture, murder of Jewish teen in 1944 on grounds that he has yet to be charged with crimes ascribed him Tovább »

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Capturing Your Family’s History

2010. június 30. szerda, 13:42
Capturing Your Family’s History

Maternal great-grand-parents of Barbara Hoff Delvac in Torna, Hungary, circa 1912. Photo courtesy of Barbara Hoff Delvac “How absolutely terrifying.” “That’s wild.” “I have found what I was looking for. Tovább »

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Police in Cyprus arrest 11th suspect named in Russian spy ring

2010. június 29. kedd, 21:42

Robert Christopher Metsos, 55, was arrested in Larnaca after an Interpol “red notice” was served on him. He was traveling on a Canadian passport and was about to board a flight to Budapest, Hungary. Tovább »

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Police in Cyprus arrest 11th suspect named in Russian spy ring

2010. június 29. kedd, 19:22
Police in Cyprus arrest 11th suspect named in Russian spy ring

Washington (CNN) — Police in Cyprus arrested Tuesday an 11th suspect in an alleged Russian spy ring in the United States. Robert Christopher Metsos, 55, was arrested in Larnaca after an Interpol “red notice” was served on him, Cypriot police told CNN. Tovább »

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Police in Cyprus arrest 11th suspect named in Russian spy ring

2010. június 29. kedd, 17:02

Washington (CNN) — Police in Cyprus arrested Tuesday an 11th suspect in an alleged Russian spy ring in the United States. Robert Christopher Metsos, 55, was arrested in Lanarca after an Interpol “red notice” was served on him, Cypriot police told CNN. Tovább »

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Imre Kertesz

2010. június 27. vasárnap, 03:12

Fatelessness, Imre Kertesz , Vintage, December 18, 2007 At the age of 14 Georg Koves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of  Budapest and without any particular malice, placed on a train to Auschwitz. He does not understand the reason for his fate. Tovább »

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Yud Beis Tamuz Link

2010. június 26. szombat, 03:52
Yud Beis Tamuz Link

Chabad Revisited – Moscow, 1927 We discussed how in far-away Hungary they heard about the Rebbe’s arrest and possible execution, r”l. My zeide, a”h , told me so himself. He was 17 at the Tovább »

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Beautiful Synagogue Photography

2010. június 25. péntek, 20:52
Beautiful Synagogue Photography

Posted by Naomi Firestone Laszlo Regos, a photographer based in Michigan, recently sent us a beautiful book he published on the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. The book was published last Tovább »

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Welcoming Shabbat With Adon Olam: Second Of A Series – From Brazil

2010. június 25. péntek, 08:04

Last week we inaugurated a new series, bringing you videos of how Jews around the world welcome Shabbat with the singing of Adon Olam, starting with a klezmer troupe in Budapest, Hungary. Read More » Tovább »

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Brandl Kalman – 11 April 1885

2010. június 24. csütörtök, 23:52
Brandl Kalman – 11 April 1885

Kalman Brandl, 26 Nisan 5645 (Shabbat, April 11, 1885) larger image (larger version) Sterbematriken: Karl Brandl, born in German cross (sic), dealer, married, died on 10 April 1885, with 79 years Lungenkatharr, in Budapest. Tovább »

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Fwd: THE ONLY SURVIVING PHOTO ALBUM FROM AUSCHWITZ

2010. június 24. csütörtök, 15:42

bs”d Please pass this around, to help assure that people will continue to bear witness to this evil legacy.   Click here to view the Auschwitz Album This Album is from May 1944 Hungary.  At Tovább »

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It’s raining frogs

2010. június 24. csütörtök, 05:12

Josef alerted me to a Hungarian article published on June 22nd regarding frogs raining down from the sky. The following is a Google translation. Sorry, I can’t do any better but Hungarian is just not my language. Tovább »

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Belgian court indicts Barak, Livni

2010. június 24. csütörtök, 01:42
Belgian court indicts Barak, Livni

An indictment was filed in Belgium Wednesday calling for various Israeli officials – including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, opposition leader Tzipi Livni and former prime minister Ehud Olmert – to be tried for war crimes, according to Hungarian News Agency MTI. Tovább »

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