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May 27, 2026, 11:02 am

Jewish leaders say Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic

Two Jewish men may be charged with assault and performing illegal circumcisions because they lacked licensed medical credentials

By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)

US ambassador to Belgium Bill White shows an image of a ritual circumcision, as he arrives for a meeting at the offices of the Foreign Affairs department of the Federal Government in Brussels on Feb. 17, 2026. (Marius Burgelman / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP)

May 7, 2026, 12:30 pm

Israel, US condemn Belgium over planned prosecutions tied to Jewish circumcisions

Belgian prosecutors intend to charge two Jewish men linked to ritual circumcisions, drawing accusations of targeting Jews from Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and U.S. Ambassador Bill White

By Grace Gilson (JTA)

March 18, 2026, 12:24 pm

Belgian authorities deploy military to defend Jewish community

Soldiers will support federal police protecting Jewish institutions, following recent terror attacks across Europe

By Michelle Rosenberg

U.S. Envoy Slams Belgium Over Mohel Probe Twitter/X

February 17, 2026, 10:53 am

US ambassador demands Belgium drop ‘ridiculous and antisemitic’ investigation of mohels

The mohels came under scrutiny after an Antwerp rabbi filed a complaint about their practices.

By Philissa Cramer (JTA)

January 3, 2026, 8:37 am

Former Immanuel College schoolgirl missing after Swiss ski resort fire

Charlotte Niddam, believed to be 15, previously attended the private Jewish school in Hertfordshire

By Jewish News Reporter

September 19, 2025, 9:12 am

OPINION: The book of life and the limits of silence

Rosh Hashanah calls us to collective reflection — and to insist that basic decency be non-negotiable

By Leo Pearlman

Part of the alleged medical report in question

September 2, 2025, 5:50 pm

Doctor in Belgium lists ‘Jewish’ as medical problem on 9-year-old’s record

The incident is the latest in a trend of highly concerning antisemitic occurrences in Belgium, which also expressed its intention today to recognise a Palestinian state

By Jewish News Reporter

Matthias Diependaele (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Jürgen de Witte)

August 13, 2025, 5:58 pm

Senior Belgian politician refuses to send Jewish community Rosh Hashana message

Matthias Diependaele's staff initially cited Middle East conflict as the reason; he later claimed it was because 'no religion...has any role to play in the exercise of my mandate'

By Daniel Sugarman

Two Leopard 1 tanks, of the sort supplied by OIP, in use in Ukraine (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/АрміяInform)

June 25, 2025, 3:39 pm

Anti-Israel group damages military equipment due to be sent to Ukraine

The attack on a hangar in Tournai, Belgium, caused more than €1 million in damage

By Daniel Sugarman

SOS founder Sharon Cohen with rescued donkey Avigdor at his new home in France. Photo Credit: SOS

June 12, 2025, 4:16 pm

Donkeys rescued from Gaza border conflict flown from Israel to Europe

Israeli sanctuary partners with UK charity to rehome animals traumatised by war and abuse

By Annabel Sinclair

A Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration near the Israeli Embassy in Kensingston, days after 7 October.

May 28, 2025, 12:47 pm

OPINION: If you hate Israel, you hate Jews. Own it

Anti-Zionism is not a protest, it’s a pathology — a deep, deranged hatred disguised as politics, infecting the left and much of the Muslim world, aimed squarely at the soul of Judaism itself

By Richard Ferrer

An orthodox Jew and a boy pass two police officers in Antwerp, Belgium, 2014. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

May 15, 2025, 11:08 am

Police raid homes of mohels in Antwerp in probe into possible illegal circumcisions

A Belgian rabbi filed a police complaint over the performance of metzitzah b’peh, a custom perform in some haredi Orthodox communities

By Philissa Cramer (JTA)

Photo of the car involved in the tragic accident in Belgium (pic ZAKA)

January 10, 2025, 10:54 am

Menorah Grammar School pupil killed in road crash

Family were reportedly returning from a simchah in Belgium when tragic accident took place on the E40 road

By Jewish News Reporter

August 7, 2024, 11:58 am

Belgian Jews plan to sue satirical magazine

Columnist calls for specific violence against Jews

By Jenni Frazer

Andrée Geulen-Herscovici. Picture: Yossishussman

June 7, 2022, 4:10 pm

Belgian who smuggled 300 Jewish children away from Nazis dies aged 100

Andrée Geulen-Herscovici, who passed awy on June 1 in Ixelles, Belgium, was a member of the Belgian Resistance during the Second World War.

By Toby Porter

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