On Yom Kippur, Antwerp’s Jewish quarter shuts down completely. And on Purim, street celebrations featuring costume parades and music caused non-Jews there to call the holiday “Jewish Carnival.” ...
Children and adults cycle along Antwerp’s extensive network of bike lanes. Along the Schupstraat, the pedestrian street in the Jewish quarter that is ground zero for the global diamond trade ...
Their plan was to target Antwerp’s Jewish quarter. We must be grateful to police in the city for their timely intervention which disrupted another outbreak of anti-Semitic violence in Europe.