Mandy Damari, the mother of freed hostage Emily Damari, speaks during a press conference at Sheba Tel HaShomer Medical Centre in Ramat Gan on 20 January 2025.

A Closer Look at the Hostage Release and What’s Next

The world press has covered the Israel–Hamas ceasefire deal in great detail, but little has been written about the three brave Israeli women who were the first to be released as part of the deal. Out article tells their story, also reminding that a Hungarian Israeli is still held by Hamas.

American Family (United States Works Progress Administration, between 1935 and 1943)

The Golden Age of America Begins Right Now

U.S.-led Western society has been tainted by the LGTBQ+ policies to the point of redefining the institution the family. It was, thus, reassuring to hear the president say: ‘As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.’

The Inauguration of US Presidents: A Brief History

President Donald Trump is set to take office for the second time in Washington, D.C. today, 20 January. However, 20 January was not the original inauguration date. In fact, the first inauguration of George Washington was not even held in Washington, D.C. Here’s a brief rundown of the history of presidential inaugurations in the United States.

Members of a People's Court Council attend an execution in the courtyard of the Capital City Court of Law in Markó Street, Budapest on 12 March 1946.

Victim or War Criminal? A Woman Before the People’s Court in 1946

People’s Courts were special judicial bodies in Hungary set up after WWII, operating between February 1945 and 1 April 1950, established primarily for the purpose of prosecuting war criminals. However, they became the controversial instrument of a regime change originally intended to be democratic, sometimes abused to exact personal revenge.

Gaza Ceasefire: More Trump than Biden

US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both claimed credit for the ceasefire deal reached between Hamas and Israel on Wednesday. However, third-party sources confirmed that Trump’s Mideast special envoy, Steve Witkoff, accomplished more to secure the agreement in a single meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu than Biden did over the past year.

Dezső Szabó's head sculpture on the promenade named after him, by Tibor Szervátiusz, Budapest, near the Citadel on Gellért Hill

The Talmud or Dezső Szabó? On the Quote ‘Every Hungarian is responsible for every Hungarian’

‘Few things better illustrate the antisemitic recycling of certain Jewish concepts than the quote attributed to Dezső Szabó, “Every Hungarian is responsible for every Hungarian.” Of course, a reader with some knowledge of Jewish tradition will immediately recognize the Talmudic origin of this quote: “kol Yisrael arevim zeh bazeh,” which means, “All of Israel are responsible for one another.”’