Jewish leaders say Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic

Dozens of European Jewish leaders, joined by Israeli and American diplomats, decried Antwerp prosecutors who plan to charge ...
Jewish Journal

For Antwerp Jews, turns out diamonds aren’t forever

Some years ago, Benjamin Lubelsky’s son asked him for help fixing his bicycle, a preferred mode of transport here among Jews and gentiles. Lubelsky, a Bobover Chasid, acquired the necessary parts and ...
Arutz Sheva

8 haredi men attacked amid rising antisemitic incidents in Antwerp

At least eight Haredi Jews have been attacked in recent weeks in Antwerp, Belgium, including four children who were beaten in antisemitic assaults. The attacks have increased since the outbreak of the ...
Cleveland Jewish News

European Jewish leaders protest prosecution of circumcisers from Antwerp

Dozens of leaders of Jewish communities in Europe on Tuesday called on Belgian authorities to halt their prosecution of Jewish circumcisers, or mohels, from Antwerp. “All the words of politicians ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Antwerp Jewish community braces for 85% infection rate and hundreds of deaths from coronavirus

(JTA) — Jewish community leaders in Antwerp are predicting that the coronavirus will infect 85% of its members — a significantly higher rate than the one projected for Belgium’s population. The ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

City of Antwerp invites residents of heavily Jewish neighborhoods for COVID-19 testing

Infection rates have jumped in the two neighborhoods and are now four times higher than the city average, the mayor said. (JTA) — The mayor of Antwerp, a city in Belgium with a large haredi Orthodox ...
Hyperallergic

Letter from Antwerp II: Rubens, More Diamonds, and Dogs

ANTWERP — The Jewish Diaspora and the diamond trade are not synonymous. Their stories don’t merely intertwine either. Together they have given rise to two cultural and literary archetypes, the ...
The Forward

Following Terrorist Attacks, Antwerp Jews Told Not To Wear Purim Masks

Following terrorist attacks in Brussels, the crisis management center of the Jewish community of Antwerp urged locals not to wear masks on Purim. In addition to this instruction, the Jewish Crisis ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

First cohort of Belgian soldiers take up position outside Jewish sites as security bolstered

The move follows an explosion this month at a synagogue in Liege, an arson attack on a synagogue in Rotterdam, and an explosion at a Jewish school in Amsterdam. Soldiers were deployed on the streets ...

Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic, Jewish leaders say

Jewish leaders said that prosecuting mohels was “antisemitic in nature, reminiscent of efforts taken in Europe against Jewish ...
The Forward

Antwerp Jewish community braces for 85% infection rate, hundreds of deaths

(JTA) — Jewish community leaders in Antwerp are predicting that the coronavirus will infect 85% of its members — a significantly higher rate than the one projected for Belgium’s population. The ...