anti-semitism in belgium

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

Ahead of a vote that threatened to remove the Aalst Carnival from a list of important human cultural expressions, the city voluntarily surrendered the designation.

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 2, 2019 2:42 pm

Charges dropped against Belgian soccer fans who sang about burning Jews

The decision follows a string of incidents in which Belgian authorities were seen to be lax on anti-Semitic hate speech.

November 25, 2019 3:00 pm

Belgian parade’s Jewish float was anti-Semitic but not intentionally racist, government says

The creators and their critics should show “more empathy,” its report says.

October 24, 2019 5:19 pm

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

Pedestrians walking on the City Hall Square of the Molenbeek district of Brussels, Belgium on June 29, 2016. (Karmakolle/Wikimedia Commons)

Knife-wielding Muslim man in Brussels asks passersby if they are Jewish

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 16, 2019 12:01 pm

A painting featuring a large swastika at the Bog-Art gallery in Brussels, Belgium.(Courtesy of LBCA)

In Belgium, Jewish leaders worry that anti-Semitism has gone mainstream

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 2, 2019 3:49 pm

A model gesturing a hooked nose on the website if the University of Ghent, Belgium. (University of Ghent)

Belgian sign language group defends hooked nose gesture for ‘Jew’

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 19, 2019 9:25 am

Belgian university uses hooked nose gesture for ‘Jew’ in sign language dictionary

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 16, 2019 9:00 am

"Being Jewish is not a religion, no God would give creatures such an ugly nose," wrote Dimitri Verhulst. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Belgian daily drops the phrase ‘ugly Jewish noses’ from controversial op-ed

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 7, 2019 5:16 pm

Israel condemns Belgian paper’s defense of op-ed about Jews’ ‘ugly noses’

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 7, 2019 9:31 am

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anti-semitism in belgium

Belgian parade that mocked Jews gives up its UNESCO endorsement

Charges dropped against Belgian soccer fans who sang about burning Jews

Belgian parade’s Jewish float was anti-Semitic but not intentionally racist, government says

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

Knife-wielding Muslim man in Brussels asks passersby if they are Jewish

In Belgium, Jewish leaders worry that anti-Semitism has gone mainstream

Belgian sign language group defends hooked nose gesture for ‘Jew’

Belgian university uses hooked nose gesture for ‘Jew’ in sign language dictionary

Belgian daily drops the phrase ‘ugly Jewish noses’ from controversial op-ed

Israel condemns Belgian paper’s defense of op-ed about Jews’ ‘ugly noses’

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