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...

As we prepare for our annual general assembly on June 2, there are many reasons to celebrate. Our community is growing. Our rabbinical...

Bar and Bat Mitzvahs are special in our community. Large synagogues hold two or more each weekend. My American nephew was Bar Mitzvahed...

At a recent Shabbat service, we had another packed house. We sang. We prayed. Afterwards, a member of our sister community came to Rabbi...

It was winter and cold outside. Inside, much-needed warmth spread through our synagogue - a Shabbat morning service celebrating the...

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...

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...

It's already 20 years. In 2003, seven families decided to set up a new synagogue in Brussels, one catering to the international...

Volunteers founded the IJC two decades ago. A group of seven families, including mine, gathered together and vowed to begin holding...

Over the holidays, I visited Cordoba in Spain. At the Casa Sefarad museum, the region’s rich Jewish past came alive. Although there’s...

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,...

After the solemn High Holy Days, we have celebrated more joyous holidays - and some of them with drams of whiskey. Our annual Sukkot and...

It's almost 20 years since the IJC was launched. Back in 2003, seven families -including mine - set out to create an English-speaking...

During this scorching summer, I hope most of us were able to head off on holiday. I have spent most of my time in my native Finland,...

It’s AGM - Annual General Meeting - time. On June 12 we will meet at the synagogue and discuss how we have fared over the past 12 months...