Sat, Jan 28, 2012

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Új évi köszöntő
Új évi köszöntő

Wishing all our kind Readers a very blessed and healthy New Year!

Kivánunk minden kedves Olvasónknak áldásos, békés, egészséges új esztendőt!

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Vörösmarty Mihály

A Day in Hungarian History: January 1st, 1823

Statue of Petőfi in Fehéregyháza, Transylvania
A Day in Hungarian History: January 1st, 1823

Important historical dates may be of different types;  many of them are dates of battles, others may commemorate the signing of a significant document. This one is a birthday. It is the day on which a person of great historic and literary significance was born.   

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Erika Papp Faber

American-Hungarian Community

100 Eventful Years: “Charlie” Bálintitt’s Birthday Celebration

Charlie Bálintitt's 100th birthday party
100 Eventful Years: “Charlie” Bálintitt’s Birthday Celebration

Charlie Bálintitt’s lifetime of a hundred years spans a very turbulent time in Hungarian history.  Below is his story, as he related it in a very concise and focused manner, with a few facts added by his wife Éva.

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Erika Papp Faber

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Hungary Today

Snapshots: Sárospatak, an Old School Town

The Rákóczi Castle at Sárospatak
Snapshots: Sárospatak, an Old School Town

During last year’s visit to Hungary, Zsuzsa Lengyel, President of Magyar Studies of America, together with a schoolmate from the “old days”, Olga Svékus (widow of film director Tibor Nagy) visited a friend in Sárospatak, in northeastern Hungary. Here are some “snapshots” she took of that city.

 

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Magyar News Classics

Disznótor
Disznótor
The original article was printed in the March 2003 issue of the MAGYAR NEWS See the full story...

Arts and Culture

Correction

In “America is Named after St. Emery” (Nov. 2011 issue), we erroneously gave the date of canonization for Imre, István and Gellért as 1031. It should be 1083!  Sorry for the mistake!

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Erika Papp Faber

Hungarian Mosaic - Champagne
Hungarian Mosaic - Champagne
During the 1980's Claudia and Joseph Balogh wrote, edited and presented an informative radio series in the Bridgeport, Connecticut area as part of the weekly program featuring Rózsika and László, very well known and respected Hungarian musicians. The Hungarian Mosaic focused on a variety of topics of interest to Hungarian Americans and we are pleased to present another of these topics. See the full story...

What’s In A Name ( A Hungarian Name)?

If you have a Hungarian surname, and are not sure what it means, you may find your answer in this article.

 

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Robert Kranyik

Meggyes pite
Meggyes pite

Inspired by Zsuzsa’s trip to Sárospatak, where she and her friend picked sour cherries off the tree, this tasty pastry can be made with canned sour cherries as well, any time of year. 

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Változó Idők

Hugonnai Vilma
Változó Idők

A study of women in Hungarian science was published in Budapest, sketching the careers of outstanding female personalities of two centuries. It is considered a pioneering study, reviewed here by our Florida contributor, Ella Bitskey.

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Bitskey Ella

It's a Small World/Kicsi a Világ

Kicsi a világ!

A colored woodcut by Joseph Domján
Kicsi a világ!
Hungarians can meet unexpectedly not only today, but they can also find each other in a meeting spanning centuries. See the full story...

P.S. to our “Magyaráb” story

The May 1994 issue of the print Magyar News, as well as our March 2011 online version included articles about some really distant Hungarian “relatives”. An interesting item relating to them has just been in the news recently.

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Did you know…
Did you know…
Reminded, no doubt, by our piece “The Proud City of Eger” in our November issue, one of our readers offers a clue to the name of a famous Hungarian wine. See the full story...