As some 150,000 Orthodox Jews flock annually to Yeshaya Steiner's grave in Bodrogkeresztur, the village's future is at risk even as Budapest seeks to become a top Jewish center
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“The sudden influx in the last decade of so many foreign Jews has been a culture shock for some locals,” said the mayor of the town called Kerestir in Yiddish.