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| No Insurance for Jewish Kindergartens in Belgium |
| 2015-04-03 |
| A Belgian insurance company has refused to insure a Jewish kindergarten in Brussels. The company claimed the risk of a terror attack on the European Jewish Association-run institution was too high. EJA General Director Rabbi Menachem Margolin called on all European governments and heads of European Union institutions to provide security to all Jewish institutions that would satisfy insurance companies, and establish an alternative insurance mechanism that would secure any institution that might fall victim to anti-Semitic attacks. “It is truly a scandal,” Rabbi Margolin said. “First and foremost, not enough is being done in order to secure Jewish institutions throughout Europe, despite our repeated requests and warnings, and then insurance companies are using the security situation as an excuse in order not to insure kindergartens. “This is the bizarre and cynical reality facing Jewish communities across Europe,” he said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 So is Belgium one of those countries that doesn't allow individuals to posses the guns they need to protect themselves? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2015-04-03 11:12 |