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Democracy’s dangerous descent in Hungary

EuropaUnión Europea,

The famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal often said, “Where democracy is strong, it is good for Jews; where it is weak, it is bad for Jews.” Today, 100,000 Jews in Hungary are worried about their future.

Last week, the mayor of a small town in eastern Hungary, presided over the hanging in effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former President Shimon Peres, saying that he did it to protest “the efforts of Freemason Jews to rule the world.” While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the “lynching,” the reality is that this action occurred in a country where anti-Semitism is increasingly legitimized in word and deed by Hungary’s political leadership.…  Seguir leyendo »

EuropaUnión Europea,

I first visited Budapest, Hungary, in June of 2013. The occasion was a conference for young leaders from Central and Eastern Europe working to create more open societies that would foster respect for minorities. As I walked around the city, I was drawn to the Danube River, which flows through it.

Along the banks of the Danube is a memorial sculpture honoring the Jews who were killed by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen during World War II. They were ordered to take off their shoes and were then shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies would fall into the river and be carried away.…  Seguir leyendo »