According to Israel’s Chief Rabbi, Jewish public life is increasingly active in Hungary, the Press Office of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office stated following Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén’s official visit to Israel.

Successful talks that are useful from the perspective of both nations were held in Israel by Zsolt Semjén, who met Jerusalem’s Christian Patriarch, after which he was received by the country’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, David Lau. According to the Chief Rabbi, Jewish public life has gained impetus and the faithful have become more active in two European countries: Germany and Hungary.

The Chief Rabbi welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister’s invitation to visit Hungary because, as he explained, he would like to reinforce the relationship between the religious Jewry in Israel and their fellow followers of the Jewish religion in Hungary, and accordingly during the course of his planned visit to Hungary in addition to Budapest, he would also like to visit Jewish communities living outside the capital.

(Prime Minister's Office, MTI)