(JTA) — A Belgian government-recognized organization caring for people with hearing impairments defended the inclusion in its sign language dictionary of a hooked nose gesture for the word “Jew.” The ...

Other gestures for the same work included motions for side curls and a beard. (JTA) — A gesture signaling a hooked nose is how one Belgian university described “Jew” in its online sign-language ...

It's more than just an innocent gesture. It’s said that communication is 7% verbal and 93% nonverbal. And though the exact accuracy of that specific statistic is debated, its message is true: body ...

The chairman of the European Jewish Association has written to the rector of the University of Ghent to ask for an explanation of an online dictionary of Flemish sign language that uses the gestures ...

BRUSSELS — A university in Belgium has refused demands to “immediately” strip its website of Flemish sign-language videos displaying stereotypical and anti-Semitic symbols for Jews, saying it was ...

The state-recognized center for the hearing impaired did add the words “negative connotation” to the two videos depicting a long nose and sidecurls. (JTA) — A Belgian government-recognized ...

A model gestures a hooked nose depicting “Jew” on the website of the University of Ghent, Belgium. (University of Ghent) (JTA) — A gesture signaling a hooked nose is how one Belgian university ...