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Hungary Is Repairing
Jewish Communal Ties
GISELA WEISZ
Special to The Jewish News
I n Hungary — where
during World War II
the plan was to exter-
minate all Jews — a renewed
flowering of Judaism is
noticeable.
During the past four
decades, without apparent
signs of encouragement, the
Communist government
merely tolerated religious
studies and synagogue ser-
vices in the country. For the
past two, or three years,
however, an observable sup-
port exists toward the Jewish
religion.
Tourism means income and
hard currency for the state. It
is possible that the
Hungarian government's ob-
ject is to have more foreigners
impressed by a visible,
flourishing Judaism in
Hungary, thereby bringing in
more tourist dollars.
It is estimated that there
are approximately 100,000
Jews living in Hungary today,
compared with the estimated
600,000 Jewish souls, who liv-
ed there prior to the Nazi
terror.
Jewish tourists have been
visiting Budapest in increas-
ing numbers. Visitors tell
stirring stories of services in
the majestically beautiful,
130-year-old Dohany Street
Synagogue. For the High Ho-
ly Days, the synagogue with
3,400 seats, overflows with
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Gisela Weisz writes from
Indianapolis.
ER [DAY. NOV,.._20._1987
5,000 worshippers. During
Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur, the sidewalk is thick
with well-dressed people say-
ing their prayers.
While attendance at the
synagogue during the rest of
the year is also on the in-
crease, it is questionable
whether services can con-
tinue to be held. The magnifi-
cent Moorish style edifice,
with sculpted, gold-painted
balconies, is crumbling.
Under the entire wide ceiling,
above the - glittering
chandeliers, an ugly plastic
sheet is stretched to prevent
plaster from falling on
visitors.
Rough-cut wooden beams
are holding up finely chisell-
ed carvings, parts of the
balcony and ceiling. The ar-
chitectural masterpiece,
which served generations as
the most important syna-
gogue in Budapest, was a
shelter during the Holocaust
for the living and the dead.
About 200 victims, whose
bodies were found on the
streets of the ghetto in 1944,
are buried in its courtyard
cemetery.
Rabbi Alfred Schoner,
spiritual leader of the
synagogue and member of the
Hungarian Parliament, ex-
pressed deep concern when he
said: "If the Dohany Street
Synagogue goes —
Hungarian Jewry will go
with it!"
A whole generation of
Hungarian Jewry is missing:
very few Jewish Hungarians
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