The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/joods-actueel/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:15:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Joods Actueel | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/joods-actueel/ 32 32 Belgian federal parliament welcomes first Orthodox Jewish lawmaker https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-federal-parliament-welcomes-first-orthodox-jewish-lawmaker/ Tue, 28 May 2019 16:01:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2084646 Michael Freilich has vowed to work in parliament to reverse a de facto ban on producing halal and kosher meat in much of the country

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]]> Jewish paper editor enters Belgian politics to fight Kosher slaughter ban https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-paper-editor-enters-belgium-politics-to-fight-kosher-slaughter-ban/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:15:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2004002 Michael Freilich will be first Orthodox Jew in lower house with his expected entry to parliament

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]]> Belgian Jewish paper demands EU action on Abbas ‘blood libel’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-paper-demands-eu-action-on-abbas-blood-libel/ Fri, 08 Jul 2016 18:58:01 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1423998 Referring to PA chief's false talk of rabbis wanting to poison Palestinian wells, editor Michael Freilich urges 'unambiguous rejection of this anti-Jewish incitement'

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]]> Belgian Jewish newspaper complains over interview with Holocaust denier https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-jewish-newspaper-complains-over-interview-with-holocaust-denier/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:37:05 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1324525 De Morgen daily comes under fire for piece on far-right sympathizer Siegfried Verbeke, who claims that no one died in Nazi gas chambers

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]]> Belgium’s defiant Haredi schools may be shuttered https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgiums-defiant-haredi-schools-may-be-shuttered/ Mon, 19 Aug 2013 23:21:19 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=637648 Refusal to teach legally required secular topics could lead to fatal loss of government funding

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]]> Belgian party leader stepping down ‘temporarily’ over slur https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-party-leader-stepping-down-temporarily-over-slur/ Wed, 22 May 2013 10:19:00 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=516690 Wrote 'a few Jewish families that monopolize the banking world' caused Europe's financial crisis

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]]> Half of Belgian Muslim teens hold anti-Semitic views https://www.timesofisrael.com/half-of-belgian-muslim-teens-hold-anti-semitic-views/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:36:58 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=435778 Survey shows Muslim students are seven times more likely than non-Muslims to agree that 'Jews foment war'

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]]> School no longer forced to teach anti-Zionist’s sons https://www.timesofisrael.com/school-no-longer-forced-to-teach-anti-zionists-sons/ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:38:44 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=367562 Publicly funded Haredi academy in Belgium won't need to go co-ed

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]]> Divided Belgium finally admits Holocaust complicity https://www.timesofisrael.com/divided-belgium-finally-admits-holocaust-complicity/ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:36:01 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=350724 Long after most of Western Europe, country acknowledges its widespread involvement in the deportation of Jews

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]]> Ethics board summons Belgian doctor over Israel boycott https://www.timesofisrael.com/ethics-board-summons-belgian-doctor-over-israel-boycott/ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:33:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=350198 Order of Physicians holds hearing to discuss efforts to block sales of Teva pharmaceuticals

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]]> Anti-Zionist provocateur wins case, makes enemies in Antwerp https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-zionist-provocateur-wins-case-makes-enemies-in-antwerp/ Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:06:06 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=339752 Is Moshe Friedman -- a supporter of Hamas and an alleged Holocaust denier -- fighting for his sons' religious education, or using them as a legal weapon?

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]]> Antwerp Jewish girls school forced to admit boys https://www.timesofisrael.com/antwerp-jewish-girls-school-forced-to-admit-boys/ Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:42:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=326026 Benoth Jeruzalem will be fined for failure to comply with request of anti-Zionist father who participated in 2006 Holocaust denial conference in Iran

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]]> IDF band’s European tour takes nasty turn during Gaza operation https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-bands-european-tour-takes-nasty-turn-during-gaza-operation/ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:52:03 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=291162 A bomb threat and chants of 'Jews to the gas' provide the low points of young musicians' annual concert series

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