A ‘Violet’ at the Kiddush

A ‘Violet’ at the Kiddush

As many history enthusiasts may know, Sándor Scheiber, the neológ rabbi and director of the Budapest Rabbinical Seminary, was repeatedly the target of covert investigations and anti-Zionist persecutions during the Kádár era. His persecution has been explored by several researchers, most comprehensively in András Kovács’s 2019 source book. However, even that work ignored the reports documenting Scheiber’s Kiddush ceremonies—his Sabbath welcoming …