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
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Fast Forward 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
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Fast Forward Brussels cathedral installs plaques apologizing for medieval antisemitic persecution depicted in stained glass
"They must not be erased, because they are part of history, but they must be accompanied by explanation," the city's chief rabbi said about the windows
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Fast Forward Who is the new ‘terror group’ claiming responsibility for antisemitic attacks in Europe?
The group calls itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya, loosely translating to ‘The Islamic Movement of the People of the Right Hand.’
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Fast Forward Belgian officials investigating synagogue explosion as possible act of terrorism
The explosion took place at 4 a.m. and officials are calling it an antisemitic attack
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Fast Forward US ambassador demands that Belgium drop ‘ridiculous and anti semitic’ investigation of mohels
The mohels came under scrutiny after an Antwerp rabbi filed a complaint about their practices
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Fast Forward Belgium’s railway should apologize but not pay for sending Jews to Nazi death camps, government panel concludes
One member of the commission, the son of Holocaust survivors, excoriated the conclusion
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Fast Forward A popular Belgian author wrote he wanted to ‘ram a sharp knife’ through every Jew he meets. He says it was satire.
“Publicly expressing his desire to stab the throat of any Jew he comes across is psychopathic,” said the head of the European Jewish Association
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