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Hungary’s government is despised by liberals. But Budapest is Israel’s only real ally in the European Union and, as long as Viktor Orbán remains in power, the Jews there are safe.

The Vice President of the Municipality, PhDs from the University of Beira Interior and experts in Jewish tourism joined members of the Jewish communities of Belmonte, Lisbon and Oporto.

Before the Second World War there were 9 million Jews on the old continent, today only 1 million and they continue to leave, especially after October 7th.

Ministers Gomes Cravinho and Ana Mendes were accompanied by the Israeli ambassador, Dor Shapira

Oporto Jewish community is one of the founder members.

According to Judi Garrett, the Jewish Relief Network Ukraine's COO, at the onset of the war, Chabad in Ukraine was providing humanitarian aid to some 30,000 people.