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People group profile · PG011744

The Hungarian Jews of Israel

The Hungarian Jews of Israel, numbering about 76,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a repatriated diaspora community of Hungarian Jews in Israel.

They are a diaspora people in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. Their primary religion is Judaism, and they primarily speak Hungarian.

Pray for the Hungarian JewsPrint profile

AI-generated illustration representing the Hungarian Jews people
AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Jew, Hungarian

Fast facts

Country
Israel
Population
76,500
Affinity group
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
People cluster
Jews
Primary language
Hungarian (hun)
Primary religion
Judaism
Strategic Progress Index
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Western Asia, Asia

Where they live

Gospel status

The Hungarian Jews are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Hungarian Jews

  • Continue prayer and fasting for this group
  • Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
  • Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Primary religion

Judaism

99% adherents

Primary language

Hungarian · Uralic family

100% speak Hungarian

Gospel resources in Hungarian

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Hungarian Jews

  1. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  2. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  3. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  4. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.

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