Belgium

Belgian police charge 3 for commemorating Holocaust in violation of coronavirus rules

One of those named said they wore face masks, kept distance and limited the action to only three to avoid violating emergency measures.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 27, 2020 10:25 am

Haredi Jews walking in Antwerp, Belgium on March 16, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In some European Jewish communities, getting the coronavirus carries a stigma

In some Orthodox circles, the disease is seen as “something like AIDS, happening in the outside world.”

April 13, 2020 4:42 pm

First Person

The Netherlands is OK with citizens being exposed to the coronavirus. That’s both reassuring and terrifying to me.

JTA’s chief European correspondent reflects on life in Holland, where the government has opted against the imposition of full-scale social distancing.

March 24, 2020 2:45 pm

Maria Nowak receiving Flemish Prime Minister Jan Jambon to her 100th birthday celebration at her home in Krakow, Poland on Jan. 20, 2020. (Tytus Kondracki)

Belgian leader celebrates Holocaust rescuer’s 100th birthday

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 22, 2020 3:31 pm

Belgian Holocaust museum cancels event honoring activist who promotes Israel sanctions

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 12, 2019 2:27 pm

Puppets of Jews on display at the Aalst Carnaval in Belgium on March 3, 2019. Courtesy of FJO

Belgian parade that mocked Jews gives up its UNESCO endorsement

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 2, 2019 2:42 pm

Brussels Region Foreign Trade Secretary Pascal Smet in Brussels, Belgium on June 8, 2016. (Courtesy of the office of Pascal Smet)

Belgian officials boycott trade delegation to Israel

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 29, 2019 5:54 am

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 28, 2019 9:47 am

A caricature of an Orthodox Jew on a ribbon ahead of the Aalst 2020 carnaval. (Courtesy of FJO)

The Belgium parade anti-Semitism controversy continues, with caricatures of Orthodox Jews ahead of 2020 event

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 22, 2019 10:26 am

Jewish journalist who covered Belgium’s ritual slaughter ban enters politics to end it

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 22, 2019 4:12 pm

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