Prayers ring out again in historic Budapest synagogue A photo taken on June 24, 2021 shows a reading desk of the bimah inside the Rumbach Street Synagogue in Budapest, after the synagogue's six-year-long renovation. For rabbi Peter Deutsch, it was an emotional moment to lead the first official morning prayer service since the Holocaust in the reopened 150-year-old Rumbach Street Synagogue in Budapest. PETER KOHALMI / AFP. BUDAPEST (AFP) .- For rabbi Peter Deutsch, it was an emotional moment to lead the first official morning prayer service since the Holocaust in the reopened 150-year-old Rumbach Street synagogue in Budapest. "The building has a big history and saw a lot of sadness. I can hardly believe that I am now able to continue the history," Deutsch told AFP at the renovated Moorish-style synagogue, which was built in 1872 by Viennese architect Otto Wagner.