Marom Budapest Organises Hanukkah Festival 21.12.2008

Marom Budapest is organising a Hanukkah Festival between December 21 and 29 that will celebrate the ties between the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions. 

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Jewish World / Arts and Culture Talkin' about their generation 04.08.2008

"Jews in Hungary are not religious," says Adam Schoenberger, the festival's 28-year-old organizer. "They are individuals who know that they are Jewish and they have some interpretation of their identity. But their identity is a very complex identity. So, this is a quest to try to create an environment where people can more easily relate to each other."

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Revival in Budapest 18.06.2008

Two years ago, Eszter Susán, 30, put up a small plastic mezuza on the doorpost of Sirály, a bar where she spends many an evening. She'd had it for 19 years, gathering dust since she won it when she was 11 years old, at some now-forgotten event of the city's Jewish community. At the time, it was merely a curious object. "I never knew how to put it up, so I kept it in my drawer," says Susan.

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