Is Hungary a Jewish country?

No, Hungary is not and was never a ‘Jewish country’. However, before World War II, there was a notable Jewish minority living in Hungary - maybe about 5% of the population was Jewish. Jews lived in Europe since Roman times at least, of course. read more

From this number, 725,000 (or 4.94%) were Jewish in accordance with Jewish religious law (4.30% in pre-1938 Hungary, 7.15% in the territories annexed from Czechoslovakia and Romania in 1938–1940 and 1.38% in the territories annexed from Yugoslavia in 1941). read more

The Hungarian Jewish community, estimated at between 75,000 and 100,000, is the largest in East Central Europe. Most Hungarian Jews live in the capital, Budapest, which has some 20 working synagogues and a plethora of other Jewish institutions, both religious and cultural. read more