Purim in the City
In a first for IJC, our community joined forces with Moshe House Brussels on March 6 / Adar 13 to celebrate Purim. A solid crowd –...
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- Mar 8
Remembrance through Stolpersteine
By Peter Oliver -- Early February, Philippa and I attended a very moving ceremony in Haarlem: the unveiling of two Stolpersteine...
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- Mar 8
IJC’s Gabbai Team Refreshes, Renews, and Expands
What is a Gabbai? In former times, a gabbai was the person in charge of collecting and distributing the community’s tzedakah, helping...
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- Feb 21
Perceptions and Experiences of Antisemitism: Have your Say
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is conducting a survey about perceptions of antisemitism and life as a Jew across...
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- Feb 7
Announcing Teaching Their Chapter
The IJC is partnering with the pan-European Bar and Bat Mitzvah teacher training program. It’s called Teaching Their Chapter. The program...
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- Feb 7
‘This Installation Feels Long Overdue’
President Anu Ristola’s speech to Rabbi Brian, January 22, 2023 I remember our first meeting. It was during a summer Kabbalat Shabbat...
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- Feb 7
My Journey to Becoming IJC Rabbi
January 22, 2023 --- Last Shabbat, not yesterday, but the week before, in the context of reading about Moses and the burning bush that...
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- Feb 7
My Rabbinical Installation
I was ordained rabbi on December 1st 2022 in the Rykestrasse Synagogue in Berlin. We tried in vain to have the ordination relocated to...
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- Jan 9
Grief, Loss and Mourning
Remembering my Mother This week is my mother’s yahrzeit. She passed away fifteen years ago at the age of 94, and our extended family all...
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- Jan 9
A New Year in Sefarad
Over the holidays, I visited Cordoba in Spain. At the Casa Sefarad museum, the region’s rich Jewish past came alive. Although there’s...
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- Jan 9
Letter from Berlin
By George Perlov How often do we get to experience the simcha of seeing a new rabbi being ordained? On December 1st we had the honor of...
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- Dec 7, 2022
Brussels Jewish History made Real
Many courageous IJC members and guests came out on a recent rainy Sunday to learn about Jewish life in Brussels, starting in the...
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- Dec 6, 2022
Liberal Judaism’s Deep Belgian Roots
On a recent rainy and cold Sunday, I joined a group of IJCers for a guided tour of the Dieweg Cemetery. This 19th-century cemetery,...
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- Dec 6, 2022
Lo Ba’Shamayim Hi – Not in Heaven
After a long and sometimes difficult wait, resulting in part from the Covid pandemic, December 1st finally arrived, the day of my...
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- Nov 23, 2022
We Made It! Thank You to All Our Donors!
The big news is that we exceeded our goal of €20,000 for the 5783 Kol Nidre Appeal – thanks to your generosity! As of mid-November, the...
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- Nov 2, 2022
Dancing with Torahs
After the solemn High Holy Days, we have celebrated more joyous holidays - and some of them with drams of whiskey. Our annual Sukkot and...
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- Nov 2, 2022
Profile: IJC Treasurer Maria Loose
Many of you will recognize Maria’s smiling face from our IJC service and activities. She has become such an active IJC member in recent...
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- Nov 2, 2022
Book Lover’s Corner: War and Peace for the 20th century
Life and Fate is a 1959 novel by Vasily Grossman, who was a Ukrainian Jew and correspondent for a Soviet military paper during World War...
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- Oct 19, 2022
Tallit, Tefillin and Women
By Andres B. Mosquera While liberal Jews have historically considered wearing the prayer shawl and phylacteries – tallit and tefillin –...
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- Oct 4, 2022
Revving Up For a New Take-off
It's almost 20 years since the IJC was launched. Back in 2003, seven families -including mine - set out to create an English-speaking...
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