Belgian carnival float features puppets of grinning Jews, rat, money bags

Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs condemned the float Sunday at the annual Aalst Carnaval street celebration as “shocking.” It contains “typical, antisemitic caricatures from 1939."

Giant figures depicting Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel (C) and other politicians are seen during the 87th carnival parade of Aalst February 15, 2015. The Aalst Carnival, which is inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, often shows informal groups

(photo credit: YVES HERMAN / REUTERS)

ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

MARCH 5, 2019 10:17