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3 days ago · A notable community is the Jewish one, as Antwerp is one of the only two cities in Europe (together with London and its Stamford Hill neighbourhood) that is home to a considerable Haredi population in the 21st century.
Jun 8, 2024 · (By the 19th century Antwerp already had a great number of Jewish residents, but many Jews died in World War II German concentration camps.) A large and growing part of the population is nonreligious.
Jun 19, 2024 · Areas and locations in the United States where Orthodox Jews live in significant communities. These are areas that have within them an Orthodox Jewish community in which there is a sizable and cohesive population, which has its own eruvs, community organizations, businesses, day schools, yeshivas, and/or synagogues that serve the members of the local Orthodox community who may at times be the ...
Jun 8, 2024 · Immediately after liberation in 1944, Antwerp’s nearly unharmed port was instrumental in the supply of the Allied armies aiming their final blow against Nazi Germany, although bombardment by German missiles devastated the city.
Jun 10, 2024 · Analyzing the history of the Jewish experience in American cities provides an intriguing perspective on the longue durée of urbanization, immigration, economic development, and mobility in colonial America and the United States.
Jun 10, 2024 · For much of modern history in both Europe and North America, Jews have been reliably left of center politically, backing Democrats in the United States, Labour in Britain, Canada’s Liberals, and France’s Socialists. In recent years, though, Jews are moving toward the center, and, somewhat tentatively, even the right.
Jun 3, 2024 · Anti-Zionism is, well, a normative Jewish thing. Babson College Professor Marjorie N. Feld has just published Threshold of Dissent: A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism.
