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A man kneels to light a candle beneath a police cordon outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, after a shooting there left 11 people dead on October 27, 2018 (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
October 28, 2018, 8:24 am
Pittsburgh shooting is latest in series of recent attacks on Jewish institutions
From Seattle to Toulouse to Istanbul, attackers, whether neo-Nazis or jihadists, have repeatedly targeted synagogues, schools and community centers
By Agencies
People pay their respects in front of a makeshift memorial at the entrance of the Jewish Museum in Brussels, on May 25, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/GEORGES GOBET)
September 4, 2018, 12:42 am
Alleged Brussels Jewish museum attack accomplice jailed for extortion in France
Nacer Bendrer is also accused of aiding the gunman in the Belgium attack; that trial is due to start in several months
By AFP
This court drawing made on June 26, 2014, shows Mehdi Nemmouche, (C), the suspect in a deadly terror attack at the Brussels Jewish Museum, during a court hearing in Versailles, France. (AFP Photo/Benoit Peyrucq)
April 19, 2018, 5:22 pm
Suspected Brussels Jewish museum killer to stand trial
Belgian judge rules there is enough evidence against French jihadist Mehdi Nemmouche in 2014 attack that killed four, including two Israeli tourists
By AFP
Pictures released on June 1, 2014, shows the then 29-year-old suspected terrorist Mehdi Nemmouche. (AFP)
September 21, 2017, 5:17 pm
Belgian lawyer says Jewish Museum terror suspect may have brain tumor
Mehdi Nemmouche, alleged killer of four in 2014 attack, has been in solitary confinement without trial for three years
By AP and TOI staff
A Jewish boy standing with flowers in front of an Israeli flag and flowers laid outside the Jewish Museum in Brussels, where a deadly shooting took place two days before, May 26, 2014. (AFP/Belga/Anthony Dehez)
March 15, 2017, 4:28 am
Spanish police show off massive haul of seized weapons
Investigation launched following a shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in May 2014 that killed four people
By AFP
Policemen stand guard around the site of a shooting near the Jewish Museum in Brussels, on May 24, 2014 (AFP/Belga/ Nicolas Maeterlinck)
March 13, 2017, 8:33 pm
Belgian policeman appeals negligence conviction in Jewish Museum murders
The officer received a two-month suspended jail term in 2015 for failing to process tip by an informant in time
By JTA
Pictures released on June 1, 2014, shows the then 29-year-old suspected terrorist Mehdi Nemmouche. (AFP)
November 3, 2016, 6:10 pm
Belgium backs extradition of Jewish Museum suspect to France
Mehdi Nemmouche wanted in Paris over suspected involvement in captivity of French journalists in Syria, months before Brussels attack that killed 4
By AFP
Mira and Emanuel Riva, an Israeli couple killed in the terror attack on the Brussels Jewish Museum on May 24, 2014 (photo credit: Courtesy)
May 19, 2016, 1:41 am
Belgium declines Israeli teens’ aid request after parents killed in museum attack
Tel Aviv teenagers Shira and Ayelet Riva lost their mother and father in 2014 terror assault
By JTA
File. Extra police deploy in Belgium after a May 2014 attack at the Jewish museum in Brussels. (Joods Actueel/Flash90)
April 14, 2016, 6:45 am
This year, Elijah to face armed guards outside Brussels Seders
In light of terror attacks, already heightened security will be increased at Jewish institutions in the Belgian capital for the upcoming holiday
By Judah Ari Gross
A tribute ceremony in the Maale synagogue in Brussels days after the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and the Hyper Cacher kosher market, Jan. 14, 2015. (Thierry Roge/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
March 30, 2016, 6:43 am
Who are the Jews of Belgium? A primer
Divided along French-Dutch lines like the rest of the country, the Jews in this terror-struck land play a key role in Jewish life across the continent
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A Belgian police officer stands guard as people are evacuated from the Wetstraat - Rue de la Loi after an explosion at the Maalbeek subway station in Brussels on March 22, 2016. (Philippe Francois/AFP)
March 22, 2016, 11:41 pm
‘I have kids here. Who will defend them?’ asks Israeli in Brussels
Jewish community locks down, cancels holiday celebrations, as Belgian security forces scramble to respond to attacks
By Judah Ari Gross
This video grab released shows the suspect of the killings in the Jewish Museum on Belgium on May 24, 2014 in Brussels. (AFP photo/Belga/Belgian Federal Police)
December 16, 2015, 8:46 pm
Suspects in Paris, Brussels attacks may be linked
Man believed to have chauffeured terrorists in November attack in France befriended gunman in attack on Belgium Jewish museum
By JTA
Rabbi Albert Guigui appears on new Belgian stamp along with Imam Khalid Benhaddou and Bishop Johan Bonny. (Bpost/Lieve Blancquaert)
November 4, 2015, 1:53 pm
Rabbi, imam and bishop to adorn Belgian stamp
Postal authority aims to encourage unity with joint photo of religious leaders
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative photo of anti-Semitic graffiti in Europe (CC BY-SA Beny Shlevich/Flickr)
October 15, 2015, 3:07 am
US says anti-Semitism a growing problem in Europe
Report on religious freedom also cites ongoing religious discrimination in Israel, including preferential treatment of Orthodoxy
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
People pay their respects in front of a makeshift memorial at the entrance of the Jewish Museum in Brussels, on May 25, 2014. (AFP/Georges Gobet)
June 26, 2015, 5:41 pm
France to extradite suspect in Brussels Jewish museum attack
28-year-old Mounir Atallah will be sent to Belgium over alleged ties to jihadist who killed 4 last year
By JTA
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