Jews in Hungary faced many difficult times in Hungary. But during the Ottoman rule of the 1500 and 1600's Jews saw some better times and were allowed to practice Judaism.
Sadly, when the Ottomans were overthrown most of the Jews were murdered. In Hungary, I found the story of the Ottoman overthrow was rarely told from the Jewish perspective. Rather, it was considered a celebrated event that the Ottomans were thrown out; but related to this it was a horrible event for Jews who faced an oppressive and murderous regime.
But we should remember it is important to learn from history. We should remember there was a time when Jews and Muslims got along well and lived together peacefully. We should work to better live together peacefully again.
Also we should learn about the dangers of slaughter based on classification. Be that the slaughter of groups of people or be that the slaughter of animals.
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