PM Orbán and Mayor Karácsony mark Jewish New Year

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has wished a “happy and sweet” new year to Hungary’s Jewish community.

“Darkness is replaced by light, rain is followed by sunshine and sweet days will come after bitter ones. We are saying good-bye to a year of many ominous clouds and bitterness, but I trust that the sound of the shofar will mark the beginning of times with more happiness,” Orbán said in his letter marking Rosh Hashanah.

The letter was sent to leaders of Hungary’s Jewish organisations.

Karácsony greets Budapest Jewish community on Jewish New Year

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony greeted the city’s Jewish community on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, in a Facebook message on Monday.

Though Budapest’s Jewish community is looking back on a difficult period that also involved sacrifices, the year ahead will be one of reconciliation and reassurance, Karácsony said.