by COLlive staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with 2 Chabad Shluchim from Hungary in his office in Jerusalem on Thursday.
They were Rabbi Shlomo Koves, head of EMIH – Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities, Hungary’s central orthodox Jewish community, and Rabbi Shmuel Oirechman, director of the Orthodox community.
The meeting took place ahead of the possible moving of the Hungarian embassy to Jerusalem and dealt with a series of events that are going to accompany this historic move, as well as with additional topics related to the Jewish communal life in Hungary.
Rabbi Koves had stressed during the meeting the importance of the friendship between the two countries.
The community leaders have used the occasion to invite Netanyahu for a reciprocal visit to Budapest, which coincides with the 35th anniversary for Chabad in Hungary.
In honor of the historic events, the community has also translated in recent months Netanyahu’s bestselling book “Bibi – My Story” into Hungarian.
The rabbis used the occasion to present to Netanyahu the first copy of the translation that is set to be published in honor of the embassy move and Netanyahu’s Budapest visit.
Rabbi Koves has also presented to Netanyahu the new plans for the holocaust museum in Budapest, the construction of which is undergoing for the last few years.
