Belgium

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.”

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.

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

Flemish prime minister Jan Jambon visited Maria Nowak, who risked everything to save her Jewish schoolmate, en route to a Holocaust Remembrance Day event in Poland.