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The current Jewish community of Antwerp was officially established in 1816, when there were about one hundred Jews living in the city. This, the first legally-recognized community, was known as the Jewish Community (in French, Communauté israélite ).
Sep 29, 2019 · Antwerp, which deported about 10,000 Jews, almost none of whom survived, did not hold a single commemorative event. In the entire surrounding area there was only one such occasion; in the suburb...
There are between 15,000 and 20,000 Jewish citizens in Antwerp now, whereas before the Second World War, there were more than 55,000. The Jewish presence in Antwerp is certainly not a new...
On the eve of the Holocaust, Antwerp was home to 53.8 percent of Belgian Jews, about 29,500 persons. Brussels, by comparison, had a Jewish population of 21,000, 38.5 percent of the total. Thus, Antwerp was the “capital” of Belgian Jewry.
Jun 12, 2018 · Its Jewish roots are still conspicuous – the bourse observes Jewish holidays, and a deal is sealed on a handshake saying “Mazal u’bracha,” Yiddish for “Good fortune and blessing.”
Jun 4, 2013 · Today, Antwerp’s Jewish population is around 15,000; many have family ties to the diamond business. The Red Star Line Museum is but the latest in a growing number of immigration museums in...
Metropolitan areas with populations with Jewish parents (PJP) above 100,000. *Rank by total Jewish and non-Jewish population. Source: Sergio DellaPergola, “World Jewish Population, 2021,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2021, (Cham: Springer Nature, 2021). Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli ...
