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Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes at her office in Brussels on Oct. 27, 2019. (Vincent Duterne/Getty Images)

Belgium’s first female prime minister is Jewish

Sophie Wilmes will head a caretaker government during negotiations on the formation of a coalition, which in Belgium has been known to take months.

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Angela Merkel honored by World Jewish Congress for fighting anti-Semitism

Some critics have decried awarding the prize to the German chancellor, suggesting her government is soft on Iran and on Hezbollah.

Electoral gains by far-right Alternative for Germany party worry Jews and Muslims

The AfD party is now the second strongest party in the former east German state of Thuringia after finishing second in two earlier state elections.

Polish students clean up local Jewish cemetery

Polish president withholds signature on paperwork to give Jewish scholar the title of professor

Jacob Dolinger, Jewish Brazilian international law expert, dies at 84

Chairman of the Jewish Agency Isaac Herzog speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on February 18, 2019. Herzog believes that it's still possible to bridge between Israeli and American Jews. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Jewish Agency to fight anti-Semitism, bring Jews together under new operating model

Trump announces death of leader of Islamic State terror organization

Serbian Jewish leader claims that right-wing ‘hooligans’ raided a synagogue. Local Jews disagree.

Netflix to air miniseries on the trial of Nazi guard nicknamed ‘Ivan the Terrible’

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