Torah scrolls dedicated in Brussels

A Torah scroll was completed and dedicated to the synagogue at the Lubavitch European Jewish Community Center (EUJCC) in Brussels over the weekend. Scheduled to coincide with the onset of the New Year, the event drew diplomats, ambassadors and other Jewish representatives of governments, who danced with the Torah scroll under the traditional canopy. According to Rabbi Levi Matusof, director of the EUJCC, the Torah dedication was an affirmative expression of Jewish solidarity and pride coming as it did, at a “time and place that is particularly worrisome for Jews in Europe, given the increased incidences of anti-Semitism here, and the relative feelings of insecurity that Jews are experiencing here.” The Israeli Ambassador to the EU, Oded Eran, observed that “this is the Torah nearest to the European institutions, and I am hopeful that as such, it will bring light, a high morale and equality to all European citizens”.