Author: PapadillosPapadillos Date: May 7, 2008 00:42
The New York Times
May 7, 2008
Abroad
Simmering Anti-Semitism Mars a Vibrant Hungary
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
BUDAPEST ‹ Ostensibly, a rock concert sparked it, reminding us that culture
is not the exclusive province of liberals, certainly not here in Europe. A
young woman (who knows whether she was just intending to make trouble)
walked into a ticket office in the traditionally Jewish 13th District in
this Hungarian capital several weeks ago and asked about Hungarica, an
obscure extremist far-right band.
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