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When I visited the Jewish community of Antwerp 15 years ago, three things stood out for me. First, Haredi Jews traveled ...
Today, nearly 90% of the Jewish population in Antwerp identify as Orthodox, most of whom are Hasidic. This is unique since Orthodox Jews constitute a smaller fraction of the global Jewish population.
Brussels is not very Jewish, but nearby Antwerp has 15,000 Hasidic Jews who live and dominate the diamond industry. This Flemish city is a trading center for 85% of the world’s rough diamonds ...
New Netflix drama centered on a haredi family running a business in Antwerp’s ... by 2018 Antwerp was home to at least 20,000 Jews, ... “We want to portray a normal Hasidic family ...
A Holocaust survivor in Belgium says she knows Jewish people who have packed their bags ready to flee amid a spike in antisemitism. Regina Sluszny, 84, from Antwerp, says incidents have rocketed ...
When I visited the Jewish community of Antwerp 15 years ago, three things stood out for me. First, Haredi Jews traveled everywhere on bicycles — something I had never seen in my hometown of New ...