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Defying their own dire projection, the Orthodox Jewish community of Antwerp has weathered the coronavirus surprisingly well

The community says it followed strict social distancing orders passed along by rabbis.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 11, 2020 5:30 pm

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

Antwerp Jewish community braces for 85% infection rate and hundreds of deaths from coronavirus

The high estimate is based on the frequent interaction among members in the tightly knit, mostly Orthodox community.

March 20, 2020 11:22 am

Lawmakers worry about the future of Belgium’s Holocaust museum after historians resign in Israel spat

The Kazerne Dossin museum has been swept up in the pan-European debate about attitudes toward Israel.

March 12, 2020 5:24 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

Michael Freilich lighting Hanukkah candles in the Belgian federal parliament in Brussels, Belgium on Dec. 19, 2019. (Michael Freilich)

Belgian Jewish lawmaker takes heat for lighting menorah near Parliament nativity scene

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 31, 2019 2:44 pm

Michael Freilich, wearing a kippah, attending a meeting with federal lawmakers and pro-Palestinian activists in Brussels, Belgium on Nov, 7, 2019. (Inge Verhelst/Belgian Federal Parliament)

Belgian daily accuses Jewish lawmaker of spying for Israel

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 23, 2019 3:05 pm

Charges dropped against Belgian soccer fans who sang about burning Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 25, 2019 3:00 pm

Belgian federal parliament welcomes its first Orthodox Jewish lawmaker

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 28, 2019 8:23 am

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 22, 2019 4:12 pm

Belgian ban on kosher slaughter has Jews worried about what comes next

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 4, 2019 11:52 am

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