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László Salgó
László Salgó (23 April 1910, Budapest – 24 July 1985, Budapest) was a Hungarian rabbi and member of the National Assembly. Life He became a rabbi in 1935, and then became deputy rabbi and worked at the synagogue in Józsefváros, and became chief rabbi at the same place after 1945. In July 1957, he served on a delegation of Hungarian rabbis to a celebration of the tenth anniversary of Gustav Sicher's installation as the chief rabbi of Prague. In 1959, he was the Director of the Budapest Rabbinate (ritual as superintendent) and worked as a professor at the National Jewish Theological Seminary, also known as the Budapest Rabbinical Seminary. He was a member of the National Jewish Council. From 1971 until his death, he was the Deputy Chief Rabbi of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest and the senior rabbi of the main temple. On April 22, 1980, he was awarded the Order of the Flag of the Hungarian People's Republic. He was a member of Hungary's National Assembly In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (Hungary)
The National Assembly ( hu, Országgyűlés, lit=Country Assembly) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to 4-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proportional representation: a mixed-member majoritarian representation with partial compensation via transfer votes and mixed single vote; involving single-member districts and one list vote; parties must win at least 5% of the popular vote in order to gain list seats assembly. The Assembly includes 25 standing committees to debate and report on introduced bills and to supervise the activities of the ministers. The Constitutional Court of Hungary has the right to challenge legislation on the grounds of constitutionality. The assembly has met in the Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest since 1902. The current members are the members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026). History The Diet of Hungary ( hu, Országgyűlés) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józsefváros
Józsefváros (german: Josefstadt) is the 8th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the part of the city centre in the wider sense as one of the 18–19th century older suburbs, close to Belváros. Location The main streets in Józsefváros are Baross utca, Rákóczi út and Üllői út; Kálvin tér connects this district with the 5th and 9th. Keleti (Eastern) Railway Station is located at the junction of 7th, 8th and 14th districts. Name The 18th century suburb was first called ''Alsó-Külváros'' (literally "Lower Suburb"). It was named after the heir of the Hungarian throne, Emperor Joseph II in 1777. Description Józsefváros mostly consists of old, often neglected residential buildings with nice interiors. It can be divided into three parts, the borders being Grand Boulevard (''Nagykörút'') and the roads ''Fiumei út'' and ''Orczy út''. The innermost, central part includes several remarkable spots, such as the National Museum, and the central buildings of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Sicher
Gustav Sicher (August 31, 1880 in Klatovy – October 5, 1960) was a chief rabbi of Prague. Sicher was a student at the Vienna Rabbinical Seminary and also studied philosophy at Charles University ) , image_name = Carolinum_Logo.svg , image_size = 200px , established = , type = Public, Ancient , budget = 8.9 billion CZK , rector = Milena Králíčková , faculty = 4,057 , administrative_staff = 4,026 , students = 51,438 , undergr ... under Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. He first held rabbinical office in 1905 in Náchod, and took part in Zionist organizations, participating in Mizrachi and founding an organization called the Sinai Association. During World War I, he served as a Feldrabbiner (chaplain) in the Austrian army. In 1921, he ran for office as a candidate of the Jewish Party ''(Židovská strana)''. He served as rabbi of the synagogue of Vinohrady in Prague from 1928 until he emigrated to Palestine in 1939. While in Palestine, he founded a synagogue for Czech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest Rabbinical Seminary
The Budapest University of Jewish Studies ( hu, Országos Rabbiképző – Zsidó Egyetem, or Országos Rabbiképző Intézet / ''Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies'' / german: Landesrabbinerschule in Budapest) is a university in Budapest, Hungary. It was opened in 1877, a few decades after the first European rabbinical seminaries had been built in Padua, Metz, Paris and Breslau. Still, it remains the oldest existing institution in the world where rabbis are graduated. History 19th century The growing liberal segment in Hungarian Jewish society, known as Neologs, were interested in secularly-educated clergy and their leaders strove to have a modern seminary. Orthodox Hungarian rabbis were very much against a rabbinical seminary. In order to prevent its establishment in Budapest, they sent a delegation to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria in Vienna. However, the Emperor was favorable to the rabbinical school and even financed its construction, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dohány Street Synagogue
The Dohány Street Synagogue ( hu, Dohány utcai zsinagóga / nagy zsinagóga; he, בית הכנסת הגדול של בודפשט, ''Bet ha-Knesset ha-Gadol shel Budapesht''), also known as the ''Great Synagogue'' or ''Tabakgasse Synagogue'', is a historical building in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the largest synagogue in Europe, seating 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism. The synagogue was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, with the decoration based chiefly on Islamic models from North Africa and medieval Spain (the Alhambra). The synagogue's Viennese architect, Ludwig Förster, believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose ''"architectural forms that have been used by oriental ethnic groups that are related to the Israelite people, and in particular the Arabs"''. The interior design is partly by Frigyes Feszl. The Dohány Street Synagogue complex consists of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Flag Of The Republic Of Hungary
The Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary ( hu, Magyar Népköztársaság Zászlórendje) was a State Order of the Hungarian People's Republic. It was founded by Decree No. 17 of 1956 and then was abolished in 1991. Classes The Order originally had five Classes, the 4th and 5th being abolished in 1963. Recipients * Anatoly Alexandrov (physicist) * Leonid Brezhnev * Vladimir Dzhanibekov * Anatoly Filipchenko * Yuri Gagarin * Henryk Jabłoński * Yevgeny Nesterenko * Nikolai Ogarkov * Vitaly Popkov * Konstantin Provalov * László Salgó * Pyotr Shafranov * Vladimir Sudets * Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal * Dmitry Ustinov * Boris Volynov * Boris Yegorov * Alexei Yepishev Alexei Alexeyevich Yepishev, also spelled Epishev (Russian: ''Алексей Алексеевич Епишев''; – September 15, 1985) was a Soviet political officer, politician and diplomat. He served as the Chief of the Main Political Direct ... {{Div col end Insignia The Star of the Order w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian People's Republic
The Hungarian People's Republic ( hu, Magyar Népköztársaság) was a one-party socialist state from 20 August 1949 to 23 October 1989. It was governed by the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, which was under the influence of the Soviet Union.Rao, B. V. (2006), ''History of Modern Europe A.D. 1789–2002'', Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Pursuant to the 1944 Moscow Conference, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin had agreed that after the war Hungary was to be included in the Soviet sphere of influence. The HPR remained in existence until 1989, when opposition forces brought the end of communism in Hungary. The state considered itself the heir to the Republic of Councils in Hungary, which was formed in 1919 as the first communist state created after the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR). It was designated a " people's democratic republic" by the Soviet Union in the 1940s. Geographically, it bordered Romania and the Soviet Union (via the Ukrainian S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sándor Scheiber
Sándor Scheiber (also Alexander Scheiber; 9 July 1913 – 3 March 1985) was a Hungarian rabbi and an eminent Jewish scholar. From 1950 until his death he was director of the Rabbinical Seminary in Budapest. Biography Scheiber was born in Budapest into a rabbinical family on both his maternal and paternal sides. He was ordained at the Seminary in 1938 as a student of Bernát Heller. After studies in London, Oxford and Cambridge, where he discovered many genizah fragments while analyzing medieval Hebrew manuscripts, he served as rabbi in Dunaföldvár from 1941 to 1944. In 1945, he became a professor at the rabbinical seminary and was its director from 1950 until his death. This institution retained its international fame throughout the Communist era, when it was the only place in the Eastern bloc where rabbis would be graduated for serving in Hungary and abroad. Furthermore, Scheiber joined the faculty of the University of Szeged in 1949, teaching oriental folklore. He consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 Births
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Deaths
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
