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Brussels cathedral installs plaques apologizing for medieval antisemitic persecution depicted in stained glass

JL;DR SUMMARY The Cathedral of St. Michael in Brussels has installed plaques apologizing for the antisemitic persecution depicted in its stained glass windows, which illustrate the 1370 accusation against Jews for desecrating the Eucharist, leading to executions and expulsions. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Antisemitic PersecutionJewish Christian RelationsNostra AetateBrusselsHost DesecrationStained GlassCathedral Of St. MichaelPlaquesArchbishop Luc TerlindenRabbi Albert Guigui

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Brussels, Belgium
"Plaques installed in April 2026 inside the Cathedral of St Michael in Brussels explain and apologize for the antisemitic violence depicted in the stained glass windows."
Flemish Brabant, Belgium
"At a ceremony on April 27, Archbishop Luc Terlinden of Mechelen-Brussels and Rabbi Albert Guigui, the chief rabbi of Brussels, unveiled four plaques..."

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