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‘It almost reads like a gag,” Sam Blair said. “Have you heard about the fascist politician who found out he was a Jew?” Blair was talking about Csanád Szegedi, a former leader of Hungary’s extremist right-wing Jobbik party. Jobbik is widely, but not officially, associated with anti-Semitism; as an example, in the run-up to the…
A former leader of the ultranationalist Jobbik party in Hungary was sent out of Canada prior to a speaking engagement in Montreal. On Sunday, Canadian immigration officials ordered Csanad Szegedi on a plane back to Budapest just before he was slated to address a Chabad group. Approximately 200 people who came out to hear Szegedi,…
A far-right Hungarian politician will reportedly visit Auschwitz after recent revelations that he has Jewish ancestors. Rabbi Shlomo Koves told JTA that he had met with Csanad Szegedi, in Budapest on August 3, and the Jobbik party member had said he would take the trip. Szegedi apologized for any comments he had made against the…
A Hungarian far-right lawmaker who recently declared he was Jewish has resigned from most of his positions within the Jobbik Party. Csanad Szegedi stepped down last week at the request of the party’s leaders, according to Jobbik’s official website. The Anti-Defamation League describes Jobbik as “openly anti-Semitic.” Szegedi had created a “spiral of lies” in…
