Metadata: Fonds Events, Activities and Actions
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- Communauté Israélite Libérale de Belgique Beth Hillel
- Holding institution (official language):
- Communauté Israélite Libérale de Belgique Beth Hillel
- Postal address:
- Rue des Primeurs 80 / Vroegegroentenstraat 80, 1190 Bruxelles (Forest)
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)2 332 25 28
- Web address:
- http://www.beth-hillel.org/
- Email:
- secretariat@beth-hillel.org
- Reference number:
- ComIsrLibB-Brussels-Fonds Evénements, Activités et Actions
- Title:
- Fonds Events, Activities and Actions
- Title (official language):
- Fonds Evénements, Activités et Actions
- Creator/accumulator:
- Communauté Israélite Libérale de Belgique Beth Hillel
- Date(s):
- 1981/2010
- Extent:
- 2 moving boxes
- Scope and content:
- This fonds contains material related to activities, events and actions organised by the CILB. We also find files concerning abandoned, unfinished projects. The files generally contain correspondence, bookkeeping records, seating plans, contracts, posters, publicity, photographs and activity reports. We note files concerning: the balls and soirees organised on the occasion of anniversaries of the CILB (1984-1990); the concert in support of the new synagogue (2004); the donations made to the KKL for the planting of trees, notably on the occasion of bar mitzvoth, fundraisers, donations, deaths (1981-2006); post-bar mitzvah trips to Poland (1997); preparatory activities related to bar mitzvoth, the trip to Spain (1999); action at the (centre for asylum seekers) Petit Château (2000); the action Sans Abri (2000); the bridge tournament (2000); the ceremony in honour of rabbi Dahan (2000); the charity event with actor Richard Ruben (2002); the drawing contest for children “Dessine-moi ta synagogue” (2002); the action in favour of the Levovitch high school in Netanya, non-annotated photo albums (2003-2006); the activity organised under the auspices of the Hungarian Cultural Institute (2006); the spectacle of Michel Boujenah (2006); the Hebrew learning seminar (2007); the trip to Paris (2007); the voyage to Israel (2008); the community Pesach Seder (2008); the choir of Strasbourg (2008); the conference of rabbi Alain Michel “Hereux comme juifs en France? Étude sociologique” (2008); the visit of the exhibition “Yossel de Rosheim” (2008); participation in Yom Haatzmaout (2008); the visit of the exhibition “The Holocaust by bullets” (2010); the music workshops organised by Y. Harel, etc. We also note a file concerning the organisation of the Pesach Seder (1989-2004).
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Union Israélite Libérale de Belgique was created in 1965 by a group of friends originating from Anglo-Saxon countries, where this type of open Reform Judaism is more common. Rabbis were hired ad hoc until the nomination of rabbi Abraham (Albert) Dahan, who remained attached to this community for more than four decades. He organised a Sunday school and a program of specific courses. Soon the first religious ceremonies took place: marriages, circumcisions, bar and bat mitzvoth. In 1970, Beth Hillel was the first synagogue in Belgium allowing girls to have their religious “confirmation” in a synagogue. The community expanded. It relocated to new buildings and acquired, in 1976, a warehouse situated in the avenue de Kersbeek. The synagogue there was inaugurated in 1979. In addition, a Talmud Torah (school for studying Judaism) was also established, accommodating dozens of children and adults. Beth Hillel is not recognised by the consistorial religious authorities. One of the main objects of controversy is the lack of recognition of the Jewishness of some members of Beth Hillel, resulting in the refusal to bury them in the Jewish cemeteries of the two orthodox Jewish burial societies. The Board of Beth Hillel has acquired an independent plot in the Kraainem cemetery called Gan Hashalom, where members of the community can be buried. Lastly, Beth Hillel is recognised as a fabrique d’église by the State, allowing the community to receive operating subsidies and public financial contributions. These subsidies, in addition to the generosity of members and friends, allowed the community to construct a new building located at rue des Primeurs 80. It was inaugurated in September 2005. (http://www.beth-hillel.org)
- Access points: persons/families:
- Boujenah, Michel
- System of arrangement:
- The files are arranged in chronological order of the activities.
- Access, restrictions:
- Consultation requires the authorisation of the board of the Communauté Israélite Libérale de Belgique.
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium
