Top Hungarian Anti-Semite Admits Jewish Roots; His Grandparents on Mother's Side Were Jews

The New York Times website reports today (August 14, 2012) that a top Hungarian anti-Semite has admitted that he is a Jew.

As a rising star in Hungary's far-right Jobbik Party, Csanad Szegedi was notorious for his incendiary comments on Jews: He accused them of "buying up" the country, railed about the "Jewishness" of the political elite, and claimed Jews were desecrating national symbols.

Now, it has been revealed that Szegedi, 30, himself is a Jew.

Following weeks of Internet rumors, Szegedi acknowledged that his grandparents on his mother's side were Jewish -- making him one also under Jewish law, even though he doesn't practice the faith.