Article by Joël Kotek

The return of the child-murdering Jew: when caricature revives medieval antisemitic tropes in today’s world

After the Brusselmans affair, the Flemish magazine HUMO has struck again… This time, it is the medieval antisemitic trope of the “Jewish butcher” that has been revived by a cartoon by the duo Kama & Seele. Joël Kotek, historian and president of the Jonathas Institute, looks back at the history and current state of antisemitic imagery in the Belgian and international press.

Belgium – a laboratory for European antisemitism?

What is going on in Belgium? Joël Kotek is alarmed at the spread of an “anti-Israeli passion” across the entire Belgian political spectrum, and asks what is allowing the expression of unabashed antisemitism in Europe’s capital.

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