On 2 October, H.E. Ambassador András Kocsis met with Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs and wished him Shana Tova.
The situation of anti-Semitism in Europe was discussed and the Ambassador informed the Chief Rabbi about the measures taken by the Hungarian government for combating anti-Semitism.
The Hungarian Jewish community is the biggest in Central Europe with dozens of synagogues, a full Jewish education system from kindergarten to university and the annual Jewish Cultural Festival, one of the biggest and most popular events in Budapest.