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Hungary: Orban critics fight to be heard Celebrating anti-Semitic public figures "This government is not anti-Semitic,” claimed Andras Kovas, Professor for Jewish Studies at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest in an interview with DW. However, he agreed that the government does use anti-Semitic stereotypes in its ongoing campaign against Soros. The government has also celebrated public figures who are openly anti-Semitic. The far-right Erno Raffay who had already received numerous awards, was given another in August. In 2015, he had compared migrants from largely Muslim countr...

Rising anti-Semitism in Hungary worries Jewish groups dw.com 12/17/2020 Felix Schlagwein Hungary says it provides a safe environment for its Jewish community. But the government has shown itself to be tolerant of anti-Semitic figures in public life. © Getty Images/G. Kuchta Provided by Deutsche Welle Jewish groups in Hungary and abroad condemned a recent op-ed in the Hungarian online media outlet Origo, in which a government-appointed cultural commissioner compares George Soros to Hitler. Szilard Demeter, the head of Budapest's Petofi Museum of Literature and a loyal supp...