Mitzvah Day & Jewish Budapest
For its first follow-on project, Marom Hungary joined the network of Mitzvah Day projects inspired by St Albans Masorti Synagogue (UK).
As part of the 'Social Action Exchange Programme' of Marom, 15 young people spent a weekend cleaning a Jewish cemetery in the autumn of 2009. The same group also collected clothing and gave out food for the homeless as a continuation of this project.A second follow-on project was a more narrow focus on the Jewish district of Budapest, inspired by Comunidade Judaica Masorti Beit Israel (Lisbon, Portugal).
As part of the Quarter6 Quarter7 festival organized by Marom in the winter of 2009, Marom Hungary offered tours of the Jewish neighbourhood in Budapest. Over 120 people (of all ages) joined the tours, which were offered free for one week.
