Kosher food in Belgium
House / Flat Swap / Rental:
Below are some contact details, which I hope will come in handy. Most of them speak English and if you encounter a language barrier, please don’t hesitate to ask me to mediate!
Family Neuman, Belgiëlei, 0032487011190
Family Charitan (Weingarten), Nerviersstraat, 0032489877588
K-Stay 0032 32081331
Luxe Dirah 0032 489 192 044 / luxdira@gmail.com
Terlist Suite 00323 289 0179
There is also a booklet of Hachnasat Orchim (that my brother’s children have compiled in memory of their mother – Antwerp’s only young victim of COVID-19), which might be of help.
Since May 2025, there is a very friendly new hotel opposite the Stadspark, on the Van Eycklei: Van der Valk Hotel Park Lane Antwerpen - Best price guarantee. Just tell at the reception desk that you cannot use electronic cards for the locks and they will arrange a regular key for you to use over Shabbos!
I thought you might as well have the following information handy when planning for camp in Belgium:
Put the following address into your SatNav: Jewish Antwerp
Whether you are planning a day trip to Ieper, you rented a bungalow in the Ardennen or you booked an AirBNB in Knokke, Kosher food should not be a worry!
www.Travelzoo.com.php?city=Antwerp&action=searchresults
http://www.kosherholidays.net/Details_HE.aspx?vacationID=allyearRadissonBluAstridHotelAntwerp
I have included some other addresses – see below - in case you need something different.
If you are looking for a Tour Guide in Antwerpen, contact Anneke Schiff: +32 475 27 67 19 / annekeschiff@gmail.com
Whilst there, you could also pop into Ora, the Printers & Stationers on the Belgiëlei No. 27, where my Mechutan is holding forth his fort…
Kosher food in Antwerpen
Check out this website N I K Kosher list (by the Rabbinate of the Netherlands) https://kasjroet.nik.nl, which lists all Kosher-approved products on sale in Belgium - especially those that are on sale at Albert Hain super market.
Superette Supermarket
For kosher meat
and poultry call Mr Janki Spira (my brother-in-law - give him my
best regards) on the Lamorinièrestraat 199, 2018 Antwerpen.
Behind his shop, he runs M. S. Distribution (office@msdistribution.be: 00 32 486
88 23 31, Fax: +32.3.2813205), whose products (e.g. Tivall, Yeast and
Potatoes for Chips) you can also find in London’s Kosher supermarkets.
He will be happy to prepare any other food items and
palletise it, so that you may only need to arrange one delivery for any Kosher food
you may need for camp.
As he does this for other camps and hotels all over Europe,
perhaps he’ll be able to advise / help you with regards to the Kosher meat anywhere in Europe.
Bread, Cakes, Delicatessen etc.
Gottesfeld Bvba have Hechsher from Machzike HaDas - +32 3
230 00 03, Mercatorstraat 20, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium.
Kleinblatt (aka “עלה קטן שלי”)
on the Provinciestraat.
Order your bread, meat, wines, liqueurs and other essentials from Shop | Kosher4u, run by Ari Mandel (my son’s brother-in-law): 00 3 23
2397000 / info@kosher4u.eu by King Food on the
Lamorinièrestraat 25, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium.
A Warm Meal
Blue Lagoon kosher restaurant
Confetti's Kosher Italian Restaurant, Lange Herentalsestraat 12, 2018 Antwerpen, +32 3 213 31 76
Mama Mia, Plantin en Moretuslei 10, 2018 Antwerpen, +32 3 230 68 64
Mr Moshe Hoffman of Hoffy’s restaurant has the best food in town: Phone number +32 3 234 35 35, on the Lange Kievitstraat 52, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium.
Rivi’s kosher restaurant
Shaye's Kosher Restaurant, Lange Leemstraat 138, 2018 Antwerpen, +32 3 230 48 00
Time Out, Lange Herentalsestraat 58, 2018 Antwerpen, +32 3 281 23 00
Dairy products
Mr Joel Erblich of Shefa (my brother’s brother in law), +323
888 1830, +323 888 1830, Fax: +32 476 799 851, info@shefaco.be,
http://www.shefaco.be/ on the Steenweg op
Waarlos 63 A/25, 2840 Reet, Rumst, België.
Smoked Fish
Mr Binyomin Kohn of Nordiax Limited (nephew of Eliko Food
Distribution in London, 004420 8805 8789), 0032 475 375 850, 0032 4847 88088, info@nordiax.com on the Lange
Herentalsestraat 53, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium.
Preserves: Mayonnaise, Pickles (Gurken), Tiras (=Corn)
etc.
Mr Eli Lubelski of Elisha Food bvba is an expert on the OU,
OK and Kedassia: Telephone: +32 32 30 20 83, Fax: +32 32 30 31 01, email: info@elisha.be, Lange Leemstraat 279, 2018
Antwerpen, Belgium.
Chocolate, Sweets and Biscuits etc.
Contact Paskesz International Bvba, have Hechsher from the
USA: +32 3 230 78 92, B, Smallandlaan 18, 2660 HOBOKEN, Belgium.
Disposables
Mr Lebrecht of L&G Disposables: Tel: +323. 226.6000 •
Email: info@lgdisposables.com.
For a list of taxi drivers, visit the following link and
scroll down to “Antwerp”: https://trybetter.blogspot.com/2023/07/driver-gemach-list-of-drivers.html
Prayers in Antwerpen:
Whilst in
Antwerpen, perhaps you’ll want to Daven Shacharis etc., so the best place for
you – as a Yekke – is to visit the Eisenman Shul, located on the Oostenstraat No. 29, situated in between the two
beautiful synagogues of the Machsike Hadass and Shomre Hadass respectively…
The best place for you – as a Yekke – is to visit
the Eisenman
Shul,
located on the Oostenstraat No. 29, situated in between the two beautiful
synagogues of the Machsike Hadass and Shomre Hadass respectively, who also have
Nusach Ashkenaz Minyonim…
You could also try Kehal
Chassidim on the Lange Leemstraat in Antwerpen, where there are
Minyonim from the Netz to the Tzes (well - almost . . .).
Otherwise ask one of my friends listed below, who
will be happy to help:
Nechemia Schuldiner - nechemyas@hotmail.com of the Shomre
Hadass. Make sure to attend Davening at the Van Den Nestlei Synagogue, where Nechemia is a warden and the great-uncle of my son in law, Chazzan Binjomin Muller is officiating.
Rephael Benizri (I think that he's listed on LinkedIn) - 0032472713792 of the
Berditchev Shteeble.
Perhaps you’d
want to visit the newly-installed Chief Rabbi of Belgium, Rabbi Pinchas Leybush
Padwa, whose brother Akiva works for the KLBD. His shul is on the
street where I grew up: Van Den Nestlei, a stone’s throw from the Belgiëlei,
where there’s a monument to commemorate the Jewish victims of the Nazi
atrocities who were deported from Antwerpen.
The Minyonim listing, which will help you catch the best
Minyan at the right time, is available from the publisher in hard-copy: Rabbi
Scheinberger, who is on 0032476508398.
There are at least three other Mizrachi-type Shuls in
Antwerp, but I’m sure you’ll feel welcome in whichever Shteeble you walk into!
Hatzola in Antwerpen: 003232890000
Parking in Antwerpen:
As a city with
high-rise blocks of flats, parking spaces are restricted all over Antwerpen, so
give yourself a bit more time to find a parking space and leave your car there
until you’ve finished shopping, Davening etc. – remember to allow yourself
enough time to retrace your way to your vehicle…
Do eMail me with any editions or additions, wchi will help the next person who needs this help...
