Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
History of the Jews in Belgium
 Picture of Belgian Jews deported from the Dossin Barracks during the Holocaust. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 30,000-42,000[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Antwerp, Brussels | |
| Languages | |
| Dutch, French, Hebrew, Yiddish or other languages | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism and Irreligious | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardi Jews[3] |
The history of the Jews in Belgium goes back to the 1st century CE until today. The Jewish community numbered 66,000 on the eve of the Second World War[4] but after the war and the Holocaust, now is less than half that number.
Today, Belgium is home to more than 42,000 Jews,[2] of whom two-thirds live in Antwerp.
- ^ American Jewish Year Book. "The Jewish Population of the World (2010)". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Jewish Heritage in Flanders | VISITFLANDERS".
- ^ "Joods Historisch Museum - Joods Cultureel Kwartier". Archived from the original on 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Belgium" (PDF). Yad-Vashem.
Previous Page Next Page
تاريخ اليهود في بلجيكا Arabic Židé v Belgii Czech Geschichte der Juden in Belgien German Histoire des Juifs en Belgique French יהדות בלגיה HE Storia degli ebrei in Belgio Italian Joodse gemeenschap in België Dutch História dos judeus na Bélgica Portuguese История евреев Бельгии Russian Židia v Belgicku SK
