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A Rabbinical Trip South
After our wonderful High Holy Days at the IJC, the weather in Brussels began to turn dark and cold, and I decided to follow the...
Oct 28, 2024
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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...
Oct 27, 2024
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Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life
As EUPJ Envoy to the European Commission, Rabbi Brian filed this report from Budapest: It has been a while since I got on a plane. When I...
Oct 27, 2024
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Victim, Hero or Learner?
Erev Yom Kippur 5785 --- On Monday of the week before Yom Kippur we remembered the anniversary of October 7th in ceremonies across the...
Oct 13, 2024
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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...
Sep 5, 2024
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Welcome Back!
I enjoyed my summer break in Finland. The weather was beautiful, sunny, and warm, and I could take full advantage of nature. My favorite...
Sep 4, 2024
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New Rosh Chodesh Group
Kick Off October 2! As announced before the summer break, a Rosh Chodesh group will start this fall, organised by Efrat. Â While this is...
Sep 4, 2024
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A Home in New York
By Sarah Struglia Mattia and I went to New York in July. Besides visiting the 9/11 Memorial, Ellis and Liberty islands, China Town,...
Sep 4, 2024
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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...
Jul 6, 2024
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Maintaining Dialogue: Jewish-Muslim Allyship Workshop
Report from Golan: Â Late last month I had the privilege of attending the IJC Neighbours Coalition's workshop on Jewish-Muslim allyship....
Jun 17, 2024
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A Time to Retreat and a Time to Return
On June 14th and 15th, close to 20 IJC members gathered for a Shabbaton retreat at the Old Abbey in Kortenberg, a former Benedictine...
Jun 17, 2024
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Wishing You a Great Summer...
We are still waiting for the summer to begin here in Brussels, but the IJC is preparing for its annual summer break. Despite the storms...
Jun 17, 2024
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Book Lover's Corner: Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
By Ann Englander: Sebald's work is not everyone's cup of tea. His sentences can go on and on (one single sentence in this book lasts for...
Jun 16, 2024
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Looking Back on a Year of Growth
As we prepare for our annual general assembly on June 2, there are many reasons to celebrate. Our community is growing. Our rabbinical...
May 14, 2024
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Return to Göttingen
By Diana Kanter --- At the invitation of my mother’s former high school in her hometown of Göttingen, I spoke to more than 300 students...
May 14, 2024
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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...
May 14, 2024
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Blessed with Bar and Bat Mitzvahs
Bar and Bat Mitzvahs are special in our community. Large synagogues hold two or more each weekend. My American nephew was Bar Mitzvahed...
Apr 11, 2024
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IJC Visit to Breendonk
Report by Imke Roebken--- More than 20 IJC members and guests met in early April in Breendonk for a guided visit of this Belgian national...
Apr 11, 2024
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From Hidden Child to Baroness
By Valerie Perales --- Régine Sluszny was born in 1939 in Antwerp to a Jewish family of Polish origin. She was the youngest of three...
Apr 9, 2024
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Purim Shenanigans at HIAS!
This year's Purim celebration wasn't just about the Megillah reading (though there was plenty of grogger-shaking involved!). We teamed up...
Apr 8, 2024
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