Hungarian Jewry Rocks!

This article taken in it's entirety from Jewschool


Habitus: Arthur Koestler in Budapest
Posted by Joshua | יום רביעי, אוקטובר 19, 2005 | Link

Christopher Hitchens reflects on anti-Communist writer Arthur Koestler and his milieu in Slate.



"There probably is a monograph by somebody, somewhere, on the single subject of Hungarian Jewry in the 20th century, from men of letters to political dissidents to economists to nuclear physicists. Think of the context: the cafe society of the twin cities of Buda and Pest, the end of Austro-Hungary, the cockpit of Bolshevism and fascism, the most ghastly closing scenes of the Final Solution and the first armed revolution against Stalin, all of this transmitted by a diaspora of the brilliant—and much of it mediated though a language that is almost impossible for an outsider to master."

Read the premier issue Habitus Magazine, out this spring, for a far-reaching, multi-voiced meditation on Budapest, with input from some of Hungary's leading Jewish and non-Jewish writers.

From the editor's desk of Habitus.

Best High Holiday Pic (so far)

Found this goodie on Judapest, a Hungarian Jewish Blog. Check out their site, see what the Yidden in Budapest are up to, this is good stuff.