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Former Vlaams Belang MP Dries Van Langenhove to be tried for Holocaust denial

Dries Van Langenhove, a former Federal MP for the Flemish far-right Vlaams Belang party, will have to appear before the Correctional Court for denying the Holocaust, the Ghent Chamber of Indictment announced.

Belgium Jewish Museum exhibition shows Moroccan Jewish and Muslim women common culture

The Jewish Museum of Belgium, located in Brussels, is currently showing the exhibition ‘Moroccan Women - Between Ethics and Aesthetics’ with focus on dresses and jewelry used in the past by both Jewish and Muslim women in Morocco.

Belgian Jewish filmmaker’s film voted greatest of all time by British critics

The film 'Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles' directed by the Belgian Jewish filmmaker Chantal Akerman has been named “the greatest film of all time” by British critics. It is the first time a woman has won the accolade in the 70-year survey,

210 Holocaust victims honoured at portrait ceremony in Mechelen

Kazerne Dossin, the memorial, museum and research centre on Holocaust and Human Rights in Mechelen, held its tenth portrait ceremony, honouring the memory of 210 holocaust victims. 

CCOJB expresses its indignation at exhibition in the Belgian Federal Parliament

The Coordination Committee of Jewish Organisations in Belgium (CCOJB) expressed its indignation at an exhibition on Palestinian youth that was inaugurated in the Belgian Parliament.

CCOJB President Yves Oschinsky: “I have always worked in favor of the Jewish community”

The new Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organizations (CCOJB) President Yves Oschinsky was interviewed by the CCLJ about his new role.

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