The Brummel House of Pilsen Comes to Brussels
By Steve Brummel --- I recently gave a speech at the Czech Centre Brussels on my efforts decades ago to save an architectural landmark...
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Apr 7, 2023
Cantillation and Connection
By Anneke Silverstein --- Standing at the bimah, yad in hand and chanting from the Torah is like stepping into the flow of Jewish...
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Mar 8, 2023
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, 2023
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, 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 21, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
‘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, 2023
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, 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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Jan 9, 2023
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, 2023
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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