Budapest

Soak, sip, savor: The ultimate Budapest experience

Budapest is a city where history, indulgence, and rejuvenation flow together—quite literally.

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Zwack Unicum is a legendary, dark Hungarian herbal liqueur created in 1790, made from a secret blend of over 40 herbs and spices.
PETER MAGYAR, leader of the opposition Tisza Party, speaks during a press conference a day after the parliamentary election, in which Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat, Budapest, Hungary, April 13, 2026.

The end of an era: Why the Orban-Netanyahu axis collapsed - opinion

Budapest is no longer a legal “safe haven”; should an Israeli leader subject to an ICC warrant land in Hungary, the authorities would be compelled to act. 

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THE HUNGARIAN par­lia­ment build­ing as seen across the Danube from Bud­apest Castle.

Soaking in Budapest: Thermal tradition, Jewish legacy, and a city reborn after dark

Long before domes, synagogues, and ruin bars, there were springs. Budapest sits on more than 120 natural thermal sources. Romans channeled them. Later rulers built over them.

|ByDAVID ZEV HARRIS, MARK GORDON
A drone view shows people gathering at Nasser hospital as they welcome freed Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025.

Terrorist released in Schalit, Oct. 7 hostage deals to give Hungary, Spain talks

The Budapest event, held at the Open Doors Hungary office and organized by Tariq El Tahrir and the Uncivilized Book Club, described Barghouti in promotional materials as a "symbol of resistance."

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Reporter's Notebook: Shabbat on the 'wrong side' of Budapest

Buda might be the smaller Jewish community of Hungary’s capital, but it was the right side to be for a warm welcoming Shabbat.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
The Obuda Synagogue on the Buda side of Budapest

5 men tell Hungarian cantor and his wife they ‘belong in the gas chamber’

Police began a search using closed circuit television footage, Szombat reported.

AUGUST 31, 2019ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
A STAR of David is seen at the new Holocaust museum called the House of Fates in Budapest, Hungary, last year

Historic Budapest synagogue to reopen amid Jewish cultural revival

Tamas Irsai was a teenager when he last sang in the choir in Budapest's Rumbach synagogue during World War Two.

AUGUST 19, 2019ByREUTERS
Budapest's Great Synagogue: 'In Europe,' I could always tell where the synagogues and Jewish schools were located because they were protected by concrete barriers and heavily armed police.'

Operatic milestone

We are due to get a taste of the Middle East, albeit a musically presented historic slice, straight from Budapest.

AUGUST 14, 2019ByBARRY DAVIS
‘The Queen of Sheba’

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