Simchat Torah 5785
On the Thursday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in the middle of the ten Days of Awe, we traveled as a family to Soest in Germany...
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Sep 5
Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot and the Days of Awe
While the coming High Holidays 5785 are late compared to 5784 – we celebrate Rosh Hashanah on October 2/3 and Yom Kippur ten days later...
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Jul 6
Drasha for Pride Shabbat – 21/6/2024
Let’s read a little Talmud together… Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: When Moses ascended on High to receive the Torah, the angels said...
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May 14
Combatting Online Hate
These are complicated times. There can be little doubt that antisemitism in all its forms has surged significantly in recent months and...
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Mar 15
Looking In and Looking Out
IJC can be rightly proud of its inclusivity and welcoming ‘open tent’ approach to membership. The membership committee – Maria, Golan,...
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Feb 5
HIAS’ Sixth Annual Refugee Shabbat
Shabbat Yitro on February 3rd was a special day for IJC in several ways. Our community joined many other communities across the globe to...
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Dec 18, 2023
Building Bridges of Light on Chanukah
IJC meets the Neighbours Coalition On December 9th, record numbers of IJC members and friends assembled in the synagogue to celebrate the...
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Nov 29, 2023
Thoughts about Vengeance in the Wake of October 7
Karen Engel is a final year rabbinical student at Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam. She studied with Rabbi Brian, and they remain...
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Nov 11, 2023
Every Jewish Thing You Do
On October 8th I headed to Berlin to participate in the opening in-person seminar of a certificate programme entitled ‘Current Forms of...
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Oct 14, 2023
We Are All Israel
Since last Saturday, I have been experiencing a nagging sense of unease, a feeling that I’m not myself, that everything is different,...
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Sep 6, 2023
A Lifetime of Choosing
I’ve had several in-person, online and email conversations during the summer with people who want to embrace Judaism. Most of the time...
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Jul 16, 2023
Like an Open Book?
A few weeks ago, I was invited to participate in a programme on BRUZZ TV, Brussels Flemish network. I was there as a book, a living book,...
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May 7, 2023
Remembering
The month of April (Nisan and Iyyar) is a month of remembering with Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzma’ut, all three relatively...
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Apr 7, 2023
Shoes by the Door
IJC’s Pesach Seder 5783 started with a quiet moment of reflection. Our Seder is full of ancient and more recent rituals, but this year we...
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Mar 8, 2023
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 7, 2023
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, 2023
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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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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Sep 27, 2022
Giving with Gratitude
Did you ever give a gift in whatever form, and think the receiver was ungrateful? Did you expect gratitude? Maybe just a little – after...
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Aug 28, 2022
Summer Shabbatot @ IJC
During the short summer recess, the IJC gathered in person once each month to celebrate Shabbat.
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