Cultural diplomat at the Hungarian embassy in Tel Aviv Eszter Lányi said that Professor Szalai had been awarded in recognition for her years of Hungarian language instruction at the Hebrew University. She is currently working on a Hungarian-Hebrew dictionary and is promoting Hungarian literature and linguistics in Israel.
Modai is head of the department in charge of cultural cooperation at the Israeli foreign ministry and she helped organize many events in Israel to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic links between Hungary and Israel, Lányi said.
Vardi has been recognized for promoting Hungary in the Israeli press and writing the Hungarian cookbook Goulash for Surfers, Lányi said. Vardi, who writes for the Israeli dailies Jediót Ahronót and Izrael Ha Jom, said he started a blog four years ago, covering his Hungarian grandmother's recipes for dishes and sweets. "Granny" went after her children in Israel in 1957, cooking for the family and looking after the grandchildren. Vardi said he would spend plenty of time in the kitchen with her and learnt Hungarian from her. He started collecting and publishing her recipes online after she had died. Goulash for Surfers immediately climbed the country's Top 5 list of popular books after it was published in print last year.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
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