Belgium

EU court upholds Belgian bans on ritual slaughter, dealing major blow to Jewish and Muslim advocates

The ruling clears a path for additional bans on kosher and halal meat production across Europe.

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 17, 2020 4:57 am

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Belgian court reverses ban on houses of worship following Jewish petition

The country, which recently reopened its museums and pools, has the world’s highest death rate per million inhabitants of the coronavirus.

December 11, 2020 12:44 pm

Esther Cohen

6 prominent Holocaust survivors have died in Europe over the past month

Their passing has been buried under the constant stream of breaking political and COVID-19 news.

December 2, 2020 3:32 pm

The global proportion of Jews living in Europe is as low as it was 1,000 years ago. And the future there doesn’t look bright.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 21, 2020 6:59 pm

Protesters demonstrate against Israel's plan to apply its civilian laws in the West Bank during a rally in Brussels, Belgium on June 28, 2020. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Belgian government funds groups that promise to weaken influence of pro-Israel voices

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 2, 2020 9:35 am

The Chamber of Representatives in Brussels. Belgium. (Wikimedia Commons)

Belgian parliament calls on EU to prepare list of ‘countermeasures’ against Israeli annexation

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 26, 2020 1:35 am

Israeli brothers suspected of murdering compatriot in Belgium over drugs

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 15, 2020 9:34 am

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 11, 2020 5:30 pm

Michel Baert, right, and two commemoration activists laying a wreath at a Holocaust monument in Boortmeerbeek, Belgium on April 19, 2020. (Michel Baert)

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

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 13, 2020 4:42 pm

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