I Got Access To The World's Most Secretive Jews

Right now, I'm standing in the heart of a modern European city. But this is also the home to some of the most conservative Hasidic Jews in the world.

They don't use the Internet, rarely talk to outsiders, and still dress like it's the 1800s. Most of them came here for the diamond trade.

That's $15 million. Today, around 30,000 Hasidic Jews live in the city center, blended into the local population while following strict religious customs.

I'm about to dive into their unique way of life and learn how their traditions shape the way they see society.

My friend Raphael, who's a member of the community, is going to help me enter their hidden world. The last 10, 15 years, the Hasidic community has expanded tremendously.

It grew very big. Sure. So, if you walk today on the street, you'll see a lot of Hasidim, you know, on bikes, on foot, you'll see them everywhere.

The beauty, what you have in Antwerp, it's a warmth that even if you're not religious, everyone has that here, and that's actually unique to Antwerp.

So are you Hasidic? Yes, from my grandparents, we are Hasidic. So, now here, we're entering the Square Mile.

It's called the Diamond Square Mile. Our first stop will be by a synagogue here. It's a Portuguese synagogue.

So, in 1980, there was a terrorist attack here. The big miracle was that it was Simchat Torah. That's after Sukkot.

I was very young at the time, but I remember my father telling me he had his office right across the synagogue, and there was actually glass pieces in his chair.

Oh, man. The terrorists did not take in consideration, luckily, that it was a Jewish festival, and therefore the casualties were very limited.