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Men wearing a haredi Jews suit with an ant's abdomen and legs at the annual procession of the carnival in Aalst, Belgium on Feb. 23, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

I enjoyed the Belgian carnival that featured anti-Semitic floats. Then I searched for homes in Israel.

JTA’s Europe correspondent explores a parade in Belgium that underlines an ominous shift in attitudes toward Jews in parts of Western Europe.

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Brazilian Carnival parade featured costumes with swastikas. A local Jewish leader was fine with it.

“It was a critical evaluation, one of disapproval and condemnation of Nazism,” said Luiz Kignel, president of the Sao Paulo Jewish federation.

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NFL draft prospect Jerry Jeudy wears a Star of David necklace because his nickname is ‘Jeu’

He apologized for causing any offense with the necklace on Twitter.

Ben Schwartz at a "Sonic: The Hedgehog" event in Hollywood, Calif., Jan. 25, 2020. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Ben Schwartz is the voice of ‘Sonic: The Hedgehog’ and is friends with Billy Crystal. He’s still worried about fitting into Hollywood.

Nissim Black’s ‘Mothaland Bounce’ is the most authentically Jewish song you’ll hear this year

Auschwitz Memorial condemns Amazon’s Nazi-hunting series ‘Hunters’ as ‘dangerous’

Welcome to Mount Hermon, Israel’s only ski mountain. It shuts down when it snows.

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Auschwitz Museum again calls out Amazon and Jeff Bezos for selling ‘Nazi propaganda’

The real story behind ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino’s new Nazi-hunting Amazon series

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Israeli settlement winery introduces label named for Mike Pompeo

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