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Grieving, Fearful – But Hopeful
Ever since October 7, our community has been in shock and grieving. Hamas’s massacre and the war in Gaza are always on my mind, and...
Nov 14, 2023
Project Keitana: Building Bridges for Israeli Kids
Alex, our beloved former Hebrew School head teacher, has been part of a spontaneous and amazing day camp project in Brussels – Project...
Nov 13, 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...
Nov 11, 2023
Finding Strength in Challenging Times
By Golan Tsdaff --- October 7, Modi'in, Israel. I wake up to the sound of shouting. "Call your parents to ask if they are okay." A few...
Nov 11, 2023
No Time To Cry
By IJC Member Althay Ramallo It's 7.30 am, October 7th, in Tel Aviv. I just woke up from a deep sleep after having spent a peaceful...
Oct 18, 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,...
Oct 14, 2023
Oseh Shalom
Yesterday was supposed to be a day of joy. In spite of early news reports that something was going on in Israel, I headed in to Brussels...
Oct 8, 2023
Building Bridges in Jerusalem
Anneke Silverstein reports on the ‘Teach your Chapter’ trip to Jerusalem... It’s lonely out there in the desert. What do you say? Lonely?...
Sep 7, 2023
Celebrating a Year of Renewal
Dear IJC Members and Friends: it’s Rosh Hashanah time. As we stand on the threshold of a New Year in a world that faces severe...
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...
Sep 6, 2023
Summer @ IJC
While IJC, like many progressive Jewish congregations, enjoys a short summer recess, there is always plenty going on behind the scenes,...
Aug 13, 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,...
Jul 16, 2023
Dr Marina Bers on Personal Theologies
An interview by Andres Mosquera.. In June, during the semester-kinus of the Instituto Rabinico Reformista, I had the opportunity to meet...
Jul 16, 2023
The Kazerne Dossin and Memorial
By Imke Roebken -- On the last Sunday of May, IJC organized a visit and tour of the former Kazerne Dossin with its Memorial and Museum in...
Jun 7, 2023
Yoko Morikawa and the Japanese Schindler
I have just spent the month of May in Japan. Our youngest son Benjamin had won a two-year fellowship to work in Hiroshima and my husband...
Jun 7, 2023
Joining Forces for Shavuot
The days between Pesach – the commemoration of our liberation from slavery in Egypt – and Shavuot – our commemoration of receiving the...
Jun 7, 2023
Celebrating Two Decades
It's already 20 years. In 2003, seven families decided to set up a new synagogue in Brussels, one catering to the international...
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...
May 7, 2023
Commemorating Transport XX
Late in the evening of 19 April 1943, Transport XX left the Dossin barracks in Mechelen for Poland. The train held 1631 Jewish men, women...
May 6, 2023
Navigating Israel-Palestine with Lea Mühlstein
Rabbi Lea Mühlstein helped us get political on Sunday, 16 April, by decoding the current political crisis in Israel. Rather than a...
May 6, 2023
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