had been previously translated into Hungarian, the first-ever extensive translation of the Jewish sacred text. It was at this time that EMIH under Köves’ leadership also opened Hungary's first kosher slaughterhouse, one of Europe's largest. Csengele is “the only kosher slaughterhouse for geese in Europe” and provides kosher foie gras to countries around the world. Rabbi Köves and EMIH have been active in charity via a number of ventures including the Olajág elderly homes and the Cedek soup kitchen, which provides 1,500 hot meals daily to those in need, as well as other assistance, from medical intervention to support for children's homes. Opinions and controversies The rabbi is known for his emphasis on the importance of a positive Jewish identity based on Jewish religious heritage versus the so-called “Holocaust identity”. Köves has been attacked by the liberal, Neolog (Reform) Jewish community Mazsihisz for not being sensitive enough to the Holocaust and practicing “moral relativism.” When the Orbán government unveiled a memorial to WWII victims in Budapest's Freedom Square, some Hungarian Jews were outraged and called for a boycott against the Hungarian government's planned Holocaust memorial events for what they saw as antisemitic whitewashing of Hungary's role in killing and deporting Jews. Köves, however, did not support the boycott; instead, he referred to the statute as “a sign of a confused national identity and a confused national narrative,” not as something directly antisemitic. Köves and EMIH have actively taken on antisemitism in Hungarian society, including in politics, e.g., in the far-right party Jobbik. Köves established the Action and Protection Foundation (Tett és Védelem Alapítvány or TEV) to fight antisemitism in a progressive way, based on legal reform, actual legislation and education. The center monitors and documents antisemitism both in Hungary and across Europe via monthly reports, has an antisemitism hotline, funds educational/justice initiatives and also hosts conferences to discuss “the future of Jews in Europe”. One of TEV's most high-profile actions was going after the far-right portal kuruc.info. which Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán had called “a center of anti-Semitism in Hungary”. The site, however, was not using a server in Hungary but one in the U.S. and had been set up by a supposed Hungarian neo-Nazi supporter residing there, Bála Varga. Lawsuits against Varga, who threatened and harassed TEV for its efforts to shut him down, and an investigation by the FBI, sought to figure out who in Hungary was supporting