YOM HASHOAH – HOLOCAUST DAY #paremos1minuto – “let’s stand/stop for a minute” Dear friends, Yom HaShoah commemorates the worst crime in human history: the Genocide against the Jewish People, devised, planned and executed as state policy by Nazi Germany and its numerous henchmen. When 72 years have passed since the “Final Solution” […]
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Yom HaShoa message from rabbi Carlo Tapiero
יום השואה והגבורה YOM HASHOAH – HOLOCAUST DAY The duty of memory Dear friends, We are a People with a long memory for history. In recalling our redemption from slavery in Egypt 3300 years ago, we celebrated the very act of our birth as a Nation. In joy or sadness, many of our holidays […]
Son of Saul: Oscar Winner
This award marks the first Golden Globe to be received by Hungary. We are immensely proud of the whole staff and crew of the movie, Son of Saul. We were lucky enough to listen to producers Gabor Sipos and Gabor Rajna, who shared detailed behind the scenes looks with the future leaders of Maccabi. […]
Remembering the Holocaust: We, Jews, belong to Europe
The Maccabi VAC wholeheartedly agrees with the statement of the European Maccabi Confederation which they gave on Holocaust remembrance day, quoted below: “Even 70 years after the Holocaust, we can still feel the rise of antisemitism in Europe. It is our responsibility to fight against the hate and racism directed towards Jews. We cannot […]
Exhibition in London about Jewish athletes died in the Holocaust
A unique exhibition about Jewish sport diplomats and athletes died in the Holocaust was organized in December 2014 by Maccabi VAC and Balassi Institute. The exhibition was held in the Balassi Institute in London. Michael Ziff represented Maccabi GB in the opening ceremony of the event. According to our plans the exhibition will be presented […]
March of living in Budapest
This April, with no exception, Budapest held their annual March of living. The Maccabi VAC played a very special part this year. The Hungarian Maccabiah delegation began their walk at the Dohany street synagogue, were we remembered all the fallen Hungarian Jewish Athletes whose lives were taken during the war. Zsuzsa Toronyi, the Hungarian Jewish […]
Our New Waterpolo Club!
The new Maccabi VAC waterpolo team has newly formed this April, on the day of the Hungarian Holocaust Remembrance. It was a special day for the Maccabi VAC, as waterpolo has tremendous history in not only Hungarian heritage, but Jewish as well; the sport was also very popular among Jews before the war. Our […]