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Belgian military personnel stand guard outside a synagogue in central Antwerp as part of Belgium's reinforced security measures established at Jewish schools and synagogues, on March 23, 2026. (John Thys/AFP)
March 24, 2026, 3:17 pm
Car torched in suspected antisemitic attack in Belgium
Two minors arrested moments after the arson attack; Israel’s ambassador calls for a ‘thorough investigation and decisive action’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Belgian police man the perimeter around a synagogue on Leon Fredericq street after it was struck overnight by a blast in Liege on March 9, 2026. (JOHN THYS / AFP)
March 18, 2026, 4:25 pm
After synagogue attacks, Belgium sending soldiers to guard Jewish neighborhoods
Troops will be deployed at two dozen sites in the wake of explosions last week at Jewish institutions in Liège and the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam
By Zev Stub
A view of the Monty Hall in Antwerp, Belgium in March 2023. (Google Maps)
June 8, 2024, 11:36 pm
Belgian arts center apologizes for canceling Jewish school’s event over Gaza war
But head of Antwerp’s municipal-funded Monty Hall, which had cited Israel’s ‘genocide,’ still vows not to cooperate with Israeli government ‘or any organization associated with it’
By Canaan Lidor
Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Friedman. (Courtesy)
November 21, 2023, 2:11 pm
Antwerp rabbi files police complaint against 6 circumcisers who suck blood by mouth
Moshe Aryeh Friedman, whom many in Belgian Jewish community consider a gadfly, says that the custom known as ‘metzitzah b’peh’ is dangerous and unnecessary
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
Illustrative photo of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Antwerp, Belgium. (Alexander Stein/ullstein bild via Getty Images/JTA)
January 27, 2021, 10:02 am
Antwerp mayor: Ultra-Orthodox fanning anti-Semitism by flouting COVID-19 orders
Bart De Wever warns of ‘terrible backlash’ as members of community caught breaking restrictions while some Jewish neighborhoods have infection rate 4 times higher than rest of city
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
An ultra-Orthodox Jew walks past Belgian soldiers as they patrol during religious services in Antwerp, Belgium January 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
May 23, 2020, 12:21 am
Belgium plans to end army protection for Antwerp synagogues
Expected move related to budget shortfalls caused by coronavirus pandemic; Jewish community says it needs ‘more, not less protection’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: View on the Delwaide dock in the Port of Antwerp. (Wikipedia/Arminius/CC BY-SA)
July 25, 2019, 5:18 pm
Amid record heat, Belgian drug dealers call cops on themselves
With 40-degree highs in Antwerp, two men get stuck in a metal shipping container full of cocaine
By AFP
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
Illustrative image of a calf in a pen ahead of slaughter. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images via JTA)
May 15, 2019, 8:45 am
US anti-Semitism envoy: Europe’s kosher meat bans ‘forced expulsion’ for Jews
Elan Carr tells rabbis’ conference that the prohibition on Jewish method of ritual slaughter of animals is ‘intolerable’
By JTA
Illustrative photo of a Belgium police car in Antwerp city center. (Getty Images)
April 25, 2019, 3:00 pm
Belgium probes suspicious death of Palestinian boy at asylum center
Body of 9-year-old who holds Lebanese citizenship found in ditch near Antwerp; prosecutors office says 5 people arrested
By AFP
Moshe Friedman, right, talks to journalists with his wife Lea Rosenzweig outside Antwerp’s Benoth Jerusalem girls school in Belgium, Jan 7, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
September 15, 2018, 12:31 pm
Anti-Zionist rabbi finds himself and family embroiled in Belgian spy scandal
Moshe Aryeh Friedman and his daughter, who is running for office in Antwerp, face scrutiny over their ties to woman accused of spying for Morocco
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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