News in Brief Budapest's Jewish community thrown into chaos over COVID-19 case Jul 28, 2020 The federation of Hungarian Jewish communities (Mazsihisz) and Budapest’s Jewish community BZSH have decided to close down synagogues in the capital for two weeks due to a positive coronavirus case.
News in Brief Jewish leader thanks Hungarian government for support of European Maccabi Games Aug 22, 2019 The president of Hungary’s Jewish federation Mazsihisz has sent a letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán thanking him for the government’s backing of Hungary’s organization of the 15th European Maccabi Games.