 Today, Belgium is home to more than 30,000 Jews, of whom two-thirds live in Antwerp.The first Jews to arrive in the present-day territory of Belgium arrived with the Romans between the years 50 and 60 AD Jews were mentioned as early as 1200 in Brabant (and in 1261, Duke Henry III ordered the expulsion of Jews and usurers from the province).The Jewish community suffered further during the Crusades, as many Jews who refused to be baptised were put to death.