BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's once virulently anti-Semitic Jobbik party tried to show a more tolerant face this year by sending Hannukah greetings to local Jews. Neither their rabbi nor some Jobbik members appreciated the gesture.
The main opposition group, which has been moving away from its earlier far-right stands, was rebuked both by Rabbi Slomo Koves and by one of its Budapest party chapters after sending its greetings for the Jewish holiday being celebrated this week.
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