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History of the Jews in Belgium

Index History of the Jews in Belgium

Judaism has a long history in Belgium, from the 1st century CE until today. [1]

29 relations: Aliyah, Anton Burger, Belgium–Israel relations, Brussels massacre, Flanders, Flemish Community, Historical Jewish population comparisons, History of Belgium, History of the Jews in Antwerp, History of the Jews in Canada, History of the Jews in Europe, Jewish diaspora, Jewish Museum of Belgium, Jewish population by country, Judaism by country, Julien J. Studley, Le génie du mal, Mala Zimetbaum, Michelle Collins, Outline of Belgium, Pogrom, Putte, Netherlands, Religion in Belgium, The Holocaust in Belgium, Timeline of Belgian history, Union des progressistes juifs de Belgique, Warsaw concentration camp, World Jewish Congress, 2005 Maccabiah Games.

Aliyah

Aliyah (עֲלִיָּה aliyah, "ascent") is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to the Land of Israel (Eretz Israel in Hebrew).

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Anton Burger

Anton "Toni" Burger (19 November 1911 – 25 December 1991) was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the German Nazi SS, Judenreferent in Greece (1944) and Lagerkommandant of Theresienstadt concentration camp.

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Belgium–Israel relations

Belgium–Israel relations are the bilateral relations between Belgium and Israel.

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Brussels massacre

The Brussels massacre was an anti-Semitic episode in Brussels in 1370 in connection with an alleged host desecration at the Brussels synagogue.

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Flanders

Flanders (Vlaanderen, Flandre, Flandern) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, although there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics and history.

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Flemish Community

The term Flemish Community (Vlaamse Gemeenschap; Communauté flamande; Flämische Gemeinschaft) has two distinct, though related, meanings.

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Historical Jewish population comparisons

Jewish population centers have shifted tremendously over time, due to the constant streams of Jewish refugees created by expulsions, persecution, and officially sanctioned killing of Jews in various places at various times.

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History of Belgium

The history of Belgium predates the founding of the modern state of that name in 1830.

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History of the Jews in Antwerp

The history of the Jews in Antwerp, Belgium goes back at least eight hundred years.

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History of the Jews in Canada

Canadian Jews or, alternatively, Jewish Canadians are Canadian citizens of the Jewish faith and/or Jewish ethnicity.

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History of the Jews in Europe

Jews, originally Judaean Israelite tribes from the Levant in Western Asia, Natural History 102:11 (November 1993): 12-19.

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Jewish diaspora

The Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: Tfutza, תְּפוּצָה) or exile (Hebrew: Galut, גָּלוּת; Yiddish: Golus) is the dispersion of Israelites, Judahites and later Jews out of their ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe.

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Jewish Museum of Belgium

The Jewish Museum of Belgium (Musée juif de Belgique, Joods Museum van België) is a museum in Brussels, Belgium, focusing on the history of the Jews in Belgium.

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Jewish population by country

The world's core Jewish population was estimated at 14,511,000 in April 2018, up from 14.41 million in 2016.

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Judaism by country

This article deals with the practice of Judaism and the living arrangement of Jews in the listed countries.

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Julien J. Studley

Julien J. Studley (born Julien Joseph Stuckgold; May 14, 1927 – October 13, 2015) was an American real estate broker and founder of Julien J. Studley Inc (now Savills Studley).

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Le génie du mal

Le génie du mal (installed 1848) or The Genius of Evil or the genie of evil or the spirit of evil, known informally in English as Lucifer or The Lucifer of Liège, is a religious sculpture executed in white marble by the Belgian artist Guillaume Geefs.

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Mala Zimetbaum

Malka Zimetbaum, also known as "Mala" Zimetbaum or "Mala the Belgian" (26 January 1918 – 15 September 1944), was a Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent, known for her escape from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the resistance she displayed at her execution following the escape's failure.

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Michelle Collins

Michelle Danielle Collins (born 28 May 1961) is an English actress and TV presenter, best known for her roles in the British soap operas EastEnders and Coronation Street.

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Outline of Belgium

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Belgium: Belgium – sovereign country located in northwest Europe.

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Pogrom

The term pogrom has multiple meanings, ascribed most often to the deliberate persecution of an ethnic or religious group either approved or condoned by the local authorities.

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Putte, Netherlands

Putte is part of the Dutch municipality of Woensdrecht, and had 3751 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008.

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Religion in Belgium

Religion in Belgium is diversified, with Christianity, in particular the Catholic Church, representing the largest community, though it has experienced a significant decline since the 1980s (when it was the religion of over 70% of the population).

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The Holocaust in Belgium

The Holocaust in German-occupied Belgium refers to the persecution and attempted extermination of Jews and Roma between 1940 and 1944 during World War II.

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Timeline of Belgian history

This is a timeline of Belgian history, including important legal and territorial changes and political events in Belgium and its predecessor states.

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Union des progressistes juifs de Belgique

The Union des progressistes juifs de Belgique (UPJB, Union of Progressive Jews of Belgium) is a Belgian Jewish organization set up in 1939 as Solidarité juive (Jewish Solidarity) by antifascist Jews in Belgium, becoming in 1946 Solidarité juive, aide aux victimes de l'oppresseur nazi (Jewish Solidarity, help to the victims of the Nazi oppressor).

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Warsaw concentration camp

The Warsaw concentration camp (Konzentrationslager Warschau, short KL or KZ Warschau) was an associated group of the German Nazi concentration camps, including an extermination camp, located in German-occupied Warsaw, capital city of Poland.

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World Jewish Congress

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in August 1936 as an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations.

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2005 Maccabiah Games

The 2005 Maccabiah Games (המכביה ה-17 ישראל תשס"ה), held in Israel, were the 17th incarnation of the 'Jewish Olympics.' They attracted the largest attendance of any Maccabiah Games, including more than 900 representatives from the United States, almost 500 from Australia, and more than 2,000 from Israel, bringing the total participants to more than 7,700 from 55 countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Belgium

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