Musée Juif de Belgique

Allez:NL 2026: the Jewish Museum of Belgium takes part in the city’s big Dutch practice day

On Thursday 26 November 2026, Brussels will come alive for Allez, a special day offering opportunities for Brussels residents who are learning Dutch to practise the language. Now in its fifth edition, the event is an opportunity to meet others, practise Dutch in an inspiring way and discover more about Brussels’ Dutch-speaking network.

The programme features more than 60 free activities across the city, organised by more than 50 Brussels-based organisations. Sing, read, play sports together, visit an exhibition, watch a film… and chat, chat, chat! CAPITAL vzw is the central meeting place throughout the day. Everyone aged 16 and over who would like to practise their Dutch is welcome — including beginners.

Our activity: a walk exploring Jewish life in the Marolles

The Marolles has always been a popular and multicultural neighbourhood, full of life and shaped by the rebellious spirit, playfulness and spontaneity of its residents. Over the centuries, different communities have found their place here and left their mark on the urban landscape and life of the neighbourhood.

Less well known is the short but intense history of the Jewish community in the Marolles. It was a period of major change, when progress, renewal and new ideas went hand in hand with one of the darkest chapters in our history.

What did the arrival of the Jewish community mean for the Marolles? How did it transform the neighbourhood, and what traces of its presence can still be seen today? Together, we will delve into this lesser-known chapter of history and explore what the Jewish community left behind in the heart of the Marolles.

Allez is a collaboration with Het Huis van het Nederlands Brussel and aims to make culture and history accessible to everyone. The walk is conducted in clear, accessible Dutch, allowing people who are learning the language to discover the history of the Marolles too.

Practical information

Thursday 26 November 2026
Free participation — registration opens on 15 October
Open to everyone aged 16 and over, including beginners

More information about Allez:NL is available here.

Welcome to Maya, our new European volunteer!

Every year, our museum has the privilege of welcoming a volunteer through the Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste (ASF) program – Action Reconciliation Service for Peace. This year, we are delighted to welcome Maya, who is joining our team thanks to the European Solidarity Corps. This European Union program enables young people to engage in solidarity projects across Europe and beyond, while developing valuable skills and contributing to meaningful causes.

A long-standing partnership

For over 60 years, ASF has been committed to memory, understanding, and human rights. Each year, by welcoming an ASF volunteer, we strengthen our shared commitment to peace and reconciliation. These intercultural exchanges and collaborations enrich our daily work and remind us of the importance of international solidarity.

The European Solidarity Corps: a human and solidarity adventure

The European Solidarity Corps is aimed at young people aged 18 to 30 (and up to 35 for humanitarian missions). It offers them the opportunity to get involved in a variety of projects: supporting vulnerable people, environmental actions, local initiatives, and much more. For Maya, this experience will be an opportunity to make her contribution while gaining a unique and enriching experience.

Learn more If you would like to learn more about ASF or the European Solidarity Corps, please visit the following links:

Co-funded by the European Solidarity Corps of the European Union.

Rosh Hashana: Let’s celebrate the Jewish New Year together!

The Jewish Museum of Belgium, the Jewish Cultural Center and the Jewish Social Service are delighted to invite you to a festive and convivial gathering on the occasion of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.

Monday 22 September 2025, from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Jewish Social Service – Avenue Ducpétiaux 68, 1060 Brussels

This event is open to everyone looking for a welcoming place to share the first evening of Rosh Hashana, in a spirit of solidarity, sharing and traditions.

Program:

Ceremony of wishes
Mini-exhibition of objects related to Rosh Hashana from the collections of the Jewish Museum of Belgium, with the presence of our archivist
Rosh Hashana Seder followed by a full dinner (starter, main course, dessert)
Short dracha with Luc Kreisman
Traditional songs in Yiddish and Hebrew
Participatory and intergenerational wish tree

Participation: €30
You may also offer a solidarity ticket to allow more people to join this evening.

Information and registration via the Jewish Cultural Center: https://maisondelaculturejuive.be/evenements/seder-de-roch-hachana-5786/

Even while the building is closed, our activities continue. Discover our new brochure with all our updated offers now!

The Jewish Museum of Belgium offers a wide range of educational and engaging activities. Designed to suit all audiences—students of all ages and levels, as well as extracurricular groups, associations, and adults—our activities are tailored to your needs. Workshops are available in French and Dutch.

Discovering other cultures, developing critical thinking, and deconstructing stereotypes are at the heart of our program!

Download our new brochures:

Primary Education
- French version (PDF)
- Dutch version (PDF)

Secondary Education
- French version (PDF)
- Dutch version (PDF)

Book your workshop by clicking here!

In March and April 2025, several classes of primary and secondary school students from Brussels collaborated within the framework of the Beit Project. This educational project, launched in Paris in 2011, has been deployed in 16 different cities to explore and celebrate the shared cultural heritage. It fosters encounters among young people and encourages them to look beyond their differences to live a shared experience.

At the Jewish Museum of Belgium, the young participants worked together to create a « nomadic school of citizenship, » symbolizing their learning. They explored the memory of places and the richness of urban cultures, which led to the creation of a film.

Watch our video to discover how these young minds are shaping the future.

Discover the new brochure from the Mediation Department!
Even during the building closure, our activities continue.

The Jewish Museum of Belgium offers a wide range of educational and fun activities. Designed to suit all audiences—students of all ages and levels, as well as extracurricular groups, associations, and adults—our workshops are conducted in French and Dutch only.

Discovering other cultures, developing critical thinking, and deconstructing stereotypes are at the heart of our program!

Explore our educational brochures now:

Primary Education
- French version (PDF)
- Dutch version (PDF)

Secondary Education
- French version (PDF)
- Dutch version (PDF)

These activities take on even greater significance in a multicultural society. They aim to build a more inclusive society together, where everyone has their place.

Kids’ workshop around our “PASSAGE” exhibition: fabrics tell stories! Let’s explore them!

Have you ever wondered where the patterns that decorate the fabrics in your home or on your clothes come from? And how are their colors made? During this week’s workshop, we’ll explore the vast history of textile colors and patterns, and what they say about us and the world we live in. An opportunity, for once, to create our own colors from our environment (using dye plants from wasteland, kitchen scraps, etc.), and to reinject meaning into the images that adorn our fabrics.

The workshop will be conducted in French by Amandine Brun Sauvant, a textile designer trained at the Beaux-Arts of Clermont-Ferrand and La Cambre.

When? From 8 to 12 July 2024, 10am to 5pm.
Who is it for? Children aged 9 to 12
Price: €90 for the workshop (€70 with Pass Cultuur Marolles)

LIMITED PLACES (max 10 children)

To register, please contact edu@mjb-jmb.org

Amandine Brun Sauvant is a textile designer trained at the Beaux-arts in Clermont-Ferrand and at La Cambre.

She discovered vegetable dyeing in Malaysia in 2016, where she learned to draw colors exclusively from local plants from the weavers of Rumah Gareh.

Back in Brussels, she deepened her apprenticeship with Charlotte Marembert and Michel Garcia, never to leave this healthier and, above all, living color tool. Initially drawn to the history of printed textiles, from Indians to digital prints, she explores, through weaving, printing and resist dyeing, how a woven surface can present different degrees of legibility, meaning and color.

This building, built in 1878, bears witness to the desire for integration of the Jewish community in this city. An opportunity to discover the architectural and religious heritage of Brussels.

Want to discover Judaism? We propose three workshops on Jewish cultures aimed at all audiences, regardless of their origin, faiths and beliefs. Our ambition is to build bridges across people, showing the commonalities between cultures and their enriching differences. The Jewish Museum of Belgium is a place where to meet and dialogue and where all questions can be asked, without taboo.

The workshops have been designed in partnership with the CEJI (Jewish Contribution for an Inclusive Europe)

The ABC of Judaïsm (8 to 99 yo)

What rites and practices are part of the life of a Jewish family? Emphasis will be placed on what makes us alike from a social, cultural and religious standpoint. During this workshop, participants get an insight on Jewish rites.

Myths & Stereotypes (12 to 99 yo)

Thanks to an interactive visit (of part) of the museum, students become familiar with another culture. They discuss similarities and differences with their own culture. During this workshop, thanks to visual aids, and based on Jewish experiences, they become aware of cultural myths and stereotypes. They discover how stereotypes work, how propaganda can use them and what dangers this entails.

Rites of passage from here and elsewhere (8 to 99 yo)

What is a rite of passage? Why do we celebrate birth? Why do we commemorate death? What are the differences and similarities between religions and cultures? This workshop encourages critical thinking and questioning, as well as the discovery of other cultures.

By meeting someone who lived through and survived the Shoah, young people make the link between their history classes and the real-life experience of the witness. Life stories bring to life events that, for younger generations, seem remote.

Through personal stories, which they can present themselves, students become familiar with the history of the 20th convoy to Auschwitz and the resistance that rose up against it.

Through the eyes of refugees, a walk in the Marolles in search of Jewish migration from the beginning of the 20th century until the post-war period. Our tools consist of photos, maps and historical documents on tablets. The history of Europe and its migrations, condensed in a district of Brussels!

https://youtu.be/D0_KJB2z3_E

Vous avez entre 12 et 15 ans ? Vous souhaitez découvrir différentes cultures et croyances à Bruxelles ? Alors cette visite est faite pour vous. Le Musée Juif de Belgique se trouve sur ce parcours le jeudi 12 août. Au programme : découverte de soi, initiation au judaïsme, discussion sur les stéréotypes et visite d’une synagogue. Inscrivez-vous sur le site de Axcent.

6 institutions culturelles des Marolles s’unissent pour vous offrir un Pass gratuit !

Le Musée Juif de Belgique s’associe avec 5 autres institutions culturelles des Marolles s’unissent pour vous offrir un Pass gratuit !

Vous habitez, travaillez, étudiez ou avez des enfants scolarisé·es sur le territoire des Marolles? Le Pass Cultuur est fait pour vous! Ce Pass gratuit vous donne droit à des réductions dans six lieux culturels de votre quartier.

Le Musée Juif de Belgique vous propose un tarif de 7€ au lieu de 10€ avec le Pass Cultuur Marolles.

Comment obtenir le Pass?

Complétez le formulaire ici et recevez votre Pass Cultuur directement par email, ou venez le chercher au centre culturel Bruegel.

Qui sont les autres partenaires ?

Le Art et marges musée
Les Brigittines
Le centre culturel Bruegel
L’Espace Magh
Le Théâtre Les Tanneurs

Plus d’information sur le Pass ici.

Category: Schools & groups