On Sunday June 1st, IJC and Beth Hillel came together in record numbers to celebrate Shavuot together. We started with Erev Shabbat...

Judy, a longtime IJC member, is of Hungarian origin, born in Budapest in 1944. She managed, with the help of others, to escape from...

On a Sunday in May, a group of IJC culture and history enthusiasts met at the Museum of History and Art in the Parc Cinquantenaire to...

On Saturday April 12, the first night of Pesach, after weeks of remote preparation, administrative follow-up, and a concentrated 48 hours...

By Ann E --- Golan, former IJC Administrator and a well-known figure in our community, was born into a secular family in Jerusalem in...

By Sarah S -- Our recent visit to the mikveh in Tilburg was more than a ritual - it was a moment of profound spiritual connection,...

By Golan --- Some IJC friends and I recently had the opportunity to attend an engaging talk by Rev. Dr. Jesper Svartvik at the Church of...

By Klio G  -- On Sunday 27th April, the evening of Rosh Chodesh in the new month of Iyar, I invited five women from our IJC community...

Hila Levi has recently assumed the role of IJC administrator from Golan who has stepped down. She is a familiar face to some, less well...

By Rabbi Brian --- In early April I represented the European Union of Progressive Judaism together with Paul Gompes (Vice Chair EU...

Favourite recipes from Valerie P I love the Pesach traditions and when sitting around the Seder night table, I think of all the Seders I...

Shalom Aleykoum, Salam Lekoulam By Leslie Oversteyns - My best friend of +40 years and I met up in Marrekesh for six wonderful days at...

A delicious lunch was provided by Chantal and Zoe her daughter, along with a sumptuous selection of cakes without which no Jewish event...

Spring is in the air, and Tu BiShvat, our New Year for Trees, draws our attention to the manifold ways our planet earth sustains us and...

By Tiene (Ruth), IJC member -- For the third time, I had the privilege of volunteering in Rabat, Morocco’s capital. While my previous...

By Golan --- I’d like to share with our community a few thoughts from my recent visit to Israel. Despite immense challenges, I was...

The story of the Nazi extermination plans for the Jews of Europe has been told many times. For some it is repeated so often that it loses...

On January 19th, the rabbis of Kerem Beth Din, based in Paris (Marc Neiger, Josué Ferreira, and Nathan Alfred) convened at our synagogue...

Shabbat service Or Chadasch Vienna* By Veronica Lederman -- Last month I represented Belgium at the EUPJ Shabbaton in Vienna. It was the...