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Originally Posted by Crawford
Hungary had a huge Jewish population prior to WW2, but it was decimated. Cities like Prague and Warsaw have almost no Jews; why would Budapest have such a large community in 2016? Not a wealthy city or immigrant hub so almost certainly a longstanding population.
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A majority of Budapest Jews survived the war, in contrast to the provincial Jewry of Hungary. And likely the Jewish population has gravitated further towards Budapest since. It's also quite likely the case that they have a very liberal definition of who is Jewish (i.e. one Jewish grandparent).