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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

Antwerp Jews

An undated image of Jacob Jacob Street in Antwerp, which houses the Value Trading gold refinery. (Google Maps)
May 25, 2023, 9:27 am
Allegations of greed and antisemitism taint Belgian urban pollution dispute
A gold refinery situated in a heavily Jewish part of Antwerp claims it’s the victim of Jews pretending to be worried about their health to take over real estate
By Canaan Lidor
Kevin Janssens (left) and Robbie Cleiren as Noah and Eli Wolfson in the Netflix thriller 'Rough Diamonds.' (Netflix)
April 21, 2023, 5:14 am
‘Godfather’ meets ‘Shtisel’: New Netflix thriller delves into Haredi diamond dealers
‘Rough Diamonds,’ an Israeli-Belgian co-production, tells a tale of an Antwerp Hasidic family struggling to keep its business alive as it is drawn deeper into the underworld
By Amy Spiro
Health care workers wait to administer nose-swab tests at the mobile COVID-19 testing site in Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
February 6, 2021, 5:50 am
At Antwerp Haredi school, non-Jewish staff strike on failure to virus-test kids
Teachers at girls’ department of the Jesode Hatora Beth Jacob school stop working, citing failure of some parents to test children for the coronavirus to teachers’ satisfaction
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The Antwerp Central Synagogue in Antwerp, Belgium. (Wikimedia Public Domain)
December 12, 2020, 8:25 am
Belgian court reverses virus ban on houses of worship, following Jewish petition
Nation has world’s highest reported death rate from COVID-19 per million inhabitants; Jewish umbrella group welcomes ruling, saying restrictions unfair if museums, pools are open
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Vultures fly over a Jewish man in Antwerp, Belgium in a caricature from August 7, 2020 that critics say is anti-Semitic. (Pierre Kroll/Le Soir via JTA)
August 15, 2020, 6:09 pm
Belgian daily runs cartoon seeming to label Jewish area ‘coronavirus village’
Le Soir takes heat for drawing that includes an Orthodox Jewish man in Antwerp without a face covering, as masks are seen on the ground nearby
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk in Antwerp, Belgium, March 16, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
June 17, 2020, 10:50 am
Antwerp’s Orthodox Jews defy own prediction, weather pandemic surprisingly well
Some credit swift action by rabbis, others the unified communal response; whatever the cause, the 20,000-strong community avoided Belgium’s highest per capita death rate globally
By Cnaan Liphshiz
File: Belgian para-commandos patrol near a synagogue in the center of Antwerp, Belgium, on Saturday, January 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
June 12, 2019, 9:09 am
Iraqi man with kippah and knives stopped at entrance to Antwerp synagogue
Guards suspected the man, who claimed to be Jewish, was not a member of the community; police detain him for questioning
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Two Jews walking down a street in Antwerp, Belgium, August 22, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
September 4, 2018, 10:12 pm
Belgian heatwave puts a cherished Rosh Hashanah tradition on ice
At Antwerp’s City Park pond, the annual tashlich ritual will be improvised with tanks as it is unadvisable for Jews to walk en masse to another body of water a mile away
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A view of the Stadspark pond in Antwerp, Belgium. (Tony Wicks/Facebook via JTA)
August 10, 2018, 11:47 pm
Antwerp to refill dried up pond for Rosh Hashanah ‘tashlich’ ritual
Jews need a large body of water to perform the traditional ceremony, but extreme heat has depleted Stadspark pond
By JTA
Aron Berger (r) being interviewed earlier this year by a Belgian journalist outside his daughter’s state-funded elementary school in Antwerp in August 2013. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
May 1, 2018, 8:03 am
Jewish candidate drops out of Belgian elections race over fraud conviction
Aron Berger convicted of stealing nearly $34,000 from an older and ‘vulnerable’ person, also criticized for refusing to shake hands with woman
By JTA
A man and his son diving to avoid a car heading toward them in Antwerp on February 3, 2018. Screen capture: YouTube)
February 8, 2018, 4:13 am
Antwerp police: Alleged car-ramming attempt not a hate crime
Jewish father and son were nearly run over on the sidewalk on Saturday; police say driver was drunk
By JTA
A man and his son diving to avoid a car heading toward them in Antwerp on February 3, 2018. Screen capture: YouTube)
February 4, 2018, 6:20 am
Man held in Belgium after car nearly rams Hasidic man, son
Apparent attempted attack in Antwerp caught on video; suspect to be arraigned Sunday
By JTA
Illustrative: Antwerp's Jewish district (JTA/Ben Harris)
September 4, 2017, 9:34 pm
Ultra-Orthodox man in Antwerp says he was attacked for being Jewish
Victim says assailant punched him while shouting ‘Jew’; attacker briefly detained by soldiers guarding area
By JTA
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher slaughtering a chicken. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 6, 2017, 10:26 pm
Israel ‘closely following’ Belgium’s plan to limit ritual slaughter
Country’s Flemish Region recently announced curbs affecting kosher, halal meat production
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher slaughtering a chicken. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 30, 2017, 6:33 pm
Belgium’s Flemish Region announces new limitations on ritual slaughter
Jewish leaders have not consented to change in regulations governing kosher, halal meat production
By JTA
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