Nineteenth-Century Synagogue Officially Reopens In Budapest

The Rumbach Street Synagogue in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, officially reopened with a ceremony on June 10. Prior to the reopening, the Torah was transported from the Dohany Street Synagogue, the largest in Europe, in a festive march to the sound of a brass band. In the communist era, the synagogue was taken into state ownership, and was not returned to the Jewish community until 2006.