Rise of Conservative right alarming Hungary’s Jews
The radical far-right Jobbik party is poised to emerge in next month\’s elections in Hungary as a potent force in Parliament, and the prospect is ringing alarm bells in Central Europe\’s largest Jewish community.\n\n\”It\’s scary,\” said Vera Szekeres-Varsa, a Holocaust survivor and former chair of the Hungarian branch of Amnesty International. \”It\’s not like 60 or 70 years ago, but it\’s still scary.\”