The Flemish city of Aalst has renounced its famed carnival’s place on the United Nations’ cultural heritage list after months of backlash over charges of anti-Semitism. “Citizens of Aalst are done ...

Israeli children were running for shelters as Aalst was celebrating its carnival. A country that is truly concerned about children and the future would not permit the poisoning of minds that was ...

BOGOTA (AFP) - Unesco on Friday (Dec 13) withdrew an annual carnival in the Belgian city of Aalst from its heritage list over persistent charges of anti-Semitism. In an unprecedented move, Unesco's ...

AALST, Belgium (JTA) — I probably spend an unhealthy amount of time thinking about the Holocaust. Partly as a consequence of covering Jewish news in Europe at a time of rising anti-Semitism, Holocaust ...

A float caricaturing a Jew during the Aalst Carnaval parade in Aalst, Belgium, 23 February 2020. [[Stephanie Lecocq/EPA/EFE]] The European Commission on Monday (24 February) slammed a Belgian street ...