Images from the demonstration at the Jewish Museum of Belgium.
A day after four people were shot and murdered at the museum, hundreds of demonstrators came together in solidarity against antisemitism and in memory of the victims.
A simultaneous demonstration of solidarity was held in Paris, where two young Jewish men were attacked and beaten after leaving their synagogue on Saturday.
“The Jews are in the streets, the Jews are angry. The Jews are concerned, but they’re still standing,” said Joël Mergui, the president of the French Jewish Consistory.
The man in the first picture is a dear friend of mine. He and many of my other friends were scheduled to perform in an event at the Jewish center in Brussels today. They performed at a memorial instead.
One of them wrote today that he heard a man say that when Jews hurt, all Jews hurt.
We hurt today.
May the memories of those murdered be for a blessing, and may we stand forever against senseless violence and injustice.