The mayor of Antwerp, where about 15,000 Orthodox Jews live, warned that failure to comply with COVID-19 measures has triggered anti-Semitism. “In the Jewish community, not everyone realizes ...

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.

It is within the city's Jewish community that most of the jobs have been lost - particularly among the Hasidic Jews who adhere strictly to religious laws. Out of about 2,000 Hasidic families in ...

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 ...

Antwerp’s Orthodox Jews defy own prediction, weather pandemic surprisingly well ... [Hasidic dynasty] and others, but none are big enough [to go it alone],” Stroh said.

Yet Antwerp’s Jewish community has weathered the pandemic — one that has killed about 10,000 of their compatriots, ... [Hasidic dynasty] and others, but none are big enough ...

When I visited the Jewish community of Antwerp 15 years ago, three things stood out for me. First, Haredi Jews traveled ...

New government regulations are threatening the pedagogical autonomy of Antwerp’s haredi Orthodox schools and sowing division between hardliners and moderates over whether to bring the community ...

SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA. Some surviving Hasidic Jews went to Antwerp, London or Montreal, but most went to Israel and to the United States. Some important rebbes also survived the war and emigrated ...