The IJC is seeking one Jewish man and one Jewish woman  to join the Chevra Kadisha , which we share with our friends at Beth Hillel. The...

By Ann E – Part of a two-part series… We all know exceptional Jewish women. Our formidable mothers for a start, then there is a whole...

By Sarah S -- LJG Brabant – Tilburg Synagogue recently held its annual shul outing, this time to the beautiful city of Maastricht....

Henry VIII and the Rabbis or “How the King Relied on Jewish Law to End His First Marriage - and Why He Failed” by Jerry Rabow Every...

First rabbinical ordinations  in Spain since 1492 -- Andres Boaz Mosquera is ordained..   Early in June of this year, I was asked by the...

‘When you are asked to serve, you have to step up,’ says Leslie Oversteyns, who has just joined the IJC Board. She had been asked before,...

For our final event of the semester, 20+ IJC members and friends gathered in the sun-drenched Kortenberg countryside for a Shabbaton of...

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...