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Tijdens haar zitting van 22 april 2015, heeft de Algemene Vergadering van het Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België (CICB) Meester Philippe Markiewicz verkozen tot voorzitter van het CICB.Meester Markiewicz volgt aldus Julien Baron Klener op, die de eerbiedwaardige tweehonderdjarige instelling deze 15 laatste jaren heeft voorgezeten.Wij wensen de nieuwe voorzitter veel succes toe.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The word razzia is sad and repellent. The razzia like a police-orchestrated manhunt of the innocent is the repulsive act that we are remembering this evening. Those who remember stand still and look back. To remember is to interrupt, briefly, the flow of the everyday to recall together events or people from [...]
May 14, 2012
Joëlle Milquet
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Equal Opportunity
Rue de la Loi, 2
1000 Brussels
Mrs. Milquet,
We were extremely pleased to learn that this past May 9th the mayor of Brussels prohibited the highly controversial French “comedian” Dieudonné, who is well known for his negationism and anti-Jewish positions, from performing in Brussels, [...]
On Monday, March 19, 2012, the children and staff of a Jewish school in Toulouse were the victims of an unqualifiably savage attack. A man opened fire on some parents who were taking their children to school, chased the children who fled towards the schoolyard, and gunned them down without scruples and in cold blood. [...]
Press release of the Jewish Central Consistory of Belgium
It is with great sorrow that the Jewish Central Consistory of Belgium informs you of its loss with the passing of its Honorary President, Baron Georges Schnek.
Baron Georges Schnek was an extremely committed member of the Resistance during the years of Nazi domination, professor of chemistry at [...]
Dear Readers,
You will find some new interviews on the “News” page of our site, namely,
- Nathan Weinstock, Esq., on his recent book on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Terre promise, trop promise - Genèse du conflit israélo-palestinian (1882-1948), published by Odile Jacob in September 2011;
- Chief Rabbi Albert Guigui on his books on Judaism published by Racine;
- [...]
Press release
from the representatives of the Jewish community of Belgium
following their meeting this Monday, May 23, 2011
with Justice Minister Stefaan De Clerck
This May 23, 2011, representatives of the Jewish community of Belgium met with Justice Minister Stefaan De Clerk in his office.
On Thursday, May 12, Senator Bart Laeremans of the Flemish party Vlaams Belang submitted [...]
The Jewish Central Consistory of Belgium is very pleased to take note of the excerpts of the second volume of Jesus of Nazareth, by Pope Benedict XVI, that the Vatican has just published.
The Jewish Central Consistory of Belgium deems the pope’s text to be a major step forward, as it explicitly exonerates the Jews from [...]
If you click on the following link “This Day…in Jewish History”, you will discover a fascinating site presenting a long list of historical events concerning the history of our people. The day that you enter the site is its birthday. Try it and see!