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5 June 2025, 1.45pm The CCLJ, in association with the Maison de la Culture juive, is continuing its visits around Brussels, with the working-class districts near the station, where many Jews settled at the beginning of the 20th century, but also in Woluwe. Jewish life in Brussels in this area is particularly relevant to the Second World War, when Jews were rounded up but also witnessed ...
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17 November 2024 at 5.30pm at the Jewish Museum of Belgium This tribute to the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux from 1938 to 1940 is organised by “Les Justes de Belgique” and the “Aristides de Sousa Mendès Foundation – US”, in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Belgium and the Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique. It honours the courage of the consul who ...
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8 December 2024 from 10.30am to 6pm at Mazal Café This new edition of the Book Fair brings together many authors and works. And in a variety of forms, including novels, essays, graphic novels, comic strips and cookery books. Some of the authors are also taking part in conferences organised by the organisers. A moment of cultural sharing that is particularly welcome in these difficult times. ...
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17 November, 2pm The House of Jewish Culture, in partnership with the CCLJ, is organising a guided tour of the Cureghem synagogue, inaugurated in 1933, in this working-class district of Brussels. This was a time when many Jews fled the pogroms of Eastern Europe and the rise of Nazism in Germany. It is one of the last remaining Jewish buildings from this period, which is why it is so important ...
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4 November 2024, 12.30pm at the CCLJ A discussion with Albert Aniel, Sophie Milquet (Fondation de la Mémoire contemporaine) and Yannik van Praag (Fondation Auschwitz) on the book “Anderlecht’s triangle: Jewish memories of a neighborhood”. The book gives participants an insight into the history of the Jewish populations who migrated from Eastern Europe to the working-class districts of ...
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16 June 2024 at 2pm The CCLJ and the Maison de la Culture Juive regularly organise tours of Brussels neighbourhoods to share the past and present of Jewish life, whether in working-class or upmarket districts. This time, it’s the residential district of Uccle, with a very long-standing Jewish presence, as evidenced by the cemetery near the Dieweg. There are currently two Sephardic ...
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5 May 2024 at 2pm The CCLJ and the Maison de la Culture Juive are presenting a themed walk in the company of a guide, as they do regularly to give participants a better understanding of Brussels’ Jewish history and cultural heritage. This time, the tour will focus on Marolles and the surrounding area, which was home to many refugees from Eastern Europe, particularly between the wars. ...
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On 28 January 2024 The CCLJ and La Maison de la Culture Juive are offering a themed walk to mark the International Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Holocaust. The walk will (re)discover the history of the Jewish refugees who settled in this working-class district of Brussels, close to the Gare du Midi and the legendary Union stadium, at the turn of the 20th century. They were very much ...
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Dieweg 95, 1180 Uccle Tel +32 2 374 17 50
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Goswin de Stassartstraat 153, 2800 Mechelen Tel : +32 15 29 06 60 https://kazernedossin.eu/en/
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Few Jews lived in Mechelen before the war, but the city is infamous in Jewish history for the Kazerne Dossin. This building dates from before Belgian independence, from Austrian times. At the beginning of the 20th century, it served as a military barracks for the Belgian army. In 1942, when the Nazis were looking for a place to round up the Jews, they chose the Kazerne Dossin. It seemed ...
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