Ukrainian-Jewish community thanks Hungary

“The president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine (FJCU), Rabbi Mayer Tzvi Stambler, penned a letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in which he thanked Hungary for accepting Ukrainian Jewish refugees and also expressed his hopes for peace as soon as possible in Ukraine,” Bertalan Havasi, Deputy State Secretary in charge of the Prime Minister’s Press Office, told MTI.

Uman, 2014. szeptember 26. Ortodox zsidó férfiak imádkoznak a zsidó újév, a ros hásáná alkalmából a Kijevtõl 200 kilométerre délre fekvõ Umanban 2014. szeptember 25-én. (MTI/EPA/Roman Pilipej) Fotó: ROMAN PILIPEJ