Eurovision 2025EBU rejects claims Eurovision was ‘rigged’ after public vote surge for IsraelThe event organiser has shut down accusations of vote manipulation, which had been hinted at by some participating countriesBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
BelgiumBelgian police raid mohelim’s homes over circumcision complaintThe raids follow a police complaint against six circumcisers in Antwerp over the alleged use of a controversial traditional techniqueBy JC Reporter2 min read
By Joël RubinfeldBelgium is at the centre of the global Dreyfus trialThe acquittal of a man who wrote that he wanted to ‘stab Jews’ demonstrates the depths to which this country has sunk5 min read
BelgiumBelgian author who wrote that he wanted to ‘ram a knife down Jews’ throats’ is acquittedBrusselmans sparked widespread condemnation over his column about the war in GazaBy Ellie Grant3 min read
BelgiumReport rejects calls for Belgium Holocaust compensation over role in death camp deportationsThe country’s nationalised rail company was paid huge sums by the Nazi regime for helping to facilitate the Shoah, according to a recent studyBy JC Reporter1 min read
FootballIsrael stuns Belgium with late victory to end tough Nations League campaignDespite a dramatic 1-0 win over Belgium, Israel finishes bottom of Group A2By Ellie Grant1 min read
AntisemitismBelgian magazine faces lawsuit accusing it of ‘incitement to murder’ JewsEuropean Jewish Association launches legal challenge over ‘psycopathic’ article about cutting Jews’ throatsBy Hannah Gillott 2 min read
Belgian frisbee tournament for teenagers blocks Israeli team to avoid ‘risk of disorder’Pro-Palestine groups had demanded the youth team was barred from participationBy Felix Pope2 min read||August 9, 2024 16:53
Multiple Belgian cities refuse to host football match against Israel, citing security concernsIsrael will now have to travel to Hungary to face the Belgium national team during the UEFA Nations League in SeptemberBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||July 21, 2024 12:29
Brussels refuses to host Israel-Belgium football match this autumn over Gaza warThe city said it would be “impossible” to allow Israel to play in the Belgian capitalBy JC Reporter1 min read||June 19, 2024 13:07
Swastika sprayed on housing for Holocaust survivors in BelgiumThe umbrella organisation overseeing Belgium’s Jewry said a strong response is requiredBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||April 2, 2024 17:46
The Jewish grandmother who believes she is a daughter of an Arab kingJane Benzaquen has launched a legal case to establish that the late King Hassan II of Morocco was her fatherBy Simon Rocker1 min read||August 27, 2023 13:02
Jewish driver killed and two yeshiva students critically injured in Belgium bus crashShimmy Segal died when his minivan overturned after hitting a carBy Felix Pope1 min read||March 20, 2023 13:35
George Santos insists he 'never claimed to be Jewish', but 'Jew-ish'The embattled New York congressman also insisted that his grandparents were Holocaust survivors, despite evidence to the contraryBy Ben Bloch4 min read||February 22, 2023 10:20
Belgium's hidden gemA new direct flight route to Antwerp offers a tempting city break, including centuries of Jewish heritageBy Cathy Winston5 min read||January 29, 2023 18:30
Belgian-Israeli billionaire dies during penis enlargement surgeryHe had been due to appear in a Belgian Court to face tax evasion chargesBy Daniel Sugarman1 min read||March 8, 2019 14:06
