Brussels – The De Standaard newspaper in Belgium has reported that Jews are deserting Antwerp, the country’s diamond centre.
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The Belgian newspaper has predicted that in fifty years there will be no more Jews living in the city due to an increase of Anti-Semitism.
It said many young Jews had been leaving the city to study in London, New York or Israel, where they could work more freely while still wearing their Jewish skullcaps, which have made them targets for anti-semites in Antwerp.
It has also become more difficult for them to start a career in Antwerp since the Jewish community lost its dominant position in the diamond trade.
De Standaard commented: “Only the poor Hasidic Jews stay and they refuse to adapt.”
50 years? I think Moshiach will be here way before that. I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Live one day at a time and daven for Moshiach to come already.
Sad but true.
There are still thousands of frum Yidden there and they will stay until Moshiach.
those poor hasidic jews-always causing trouble. They started the holocaust, vietnam war, 9-11 etc.
I’m coming from there b”h I’m out of there and I really feel bad for the ppl living there my prediction is that the jews will get thrown out of there much faster then 50 years the belgium government and people are mamesh like nazis run b4 its too late
While it’s true that there aren’t many young ones joining the community here, this article is waaaayyy exaggerated. In 50 years there’ll still be a solid community with a couple of jewish schools and shuls. Hopefully the financial situation will pick up so new people have an opportunity here, but I don’t see the jewish people disappearing from here anytime soon.
I live in Antwerp yesterday a reporter came into my store and asked my what do i say i told them true that the diamond isnt anymore a buissness for the standers (except) for the big ones but today most of the yong generation has learnd that its a waste of time to work in diamonds and bh they started working in diffrent things and i dont think they are so bad off and what they said about skullcaps i go here all over Belgium never anyone commented me on being a jew whad did happen to me in New York and in london
the handwriting is on the wall for everyone to see,HASHEM want’s his children to go home,and if we will not go back willingly,then we will be forced to go back,HASHEM has his ways,one way or another we will find ourselves in ERETZ YISROEL.
Today it is is Europe that is being taken over by the muslims,and has exploded with anti semitism,tommorow it will be here in the good old USA,
actually our US has been taken over by the muslims already,as we have Hussein Obama sitting in the white house.
YIDELECH TIME TO START PACKING OUR BAGS