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Brussels cathedral installs plaques apologizing for medieval antisemitic persecution depicted in stained glass
by Jesse OrineComments Off on Brussels cathedral installs plaques apologizing for medieval antisemitic persecution depicted in stained glass
More than 650 years after Jews in Brussels were executed and expelled following false antisemitic accusations, church officials at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula have installed a plaque apologizing for the persecution commemorated in its stained glass windows. At a ceremony on April 27, Archbishop Luc Terlinden of Mechelen-Brussels and Rabbi Albert […]
Israel, US condemn Belgium over planned prosecutions tied to Jewish circumcisions
by Jesse OrineComments Off on Israel, US condemn Belgium over planned prosecutions tied to Jewish circumcisions
A diplomatic spat erupted on Wednesday after Belgian prosecutors moved to charge two Jewish men tied to ritual circumcisions, prompting Israeli and U.S. officials to accuse Belgium of targeting Jews for practicing their faith. Gideon Saar, Israel’s minister of foreign affairs, lit into the country in a post on X Wednesday morning, calling the indictments […]
