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In 1670, Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jewish community commissioned a new synagogue, which, when finished, was the largest in the world. The master mason Elias Bouman (ca. 1636–1686), a non-Jew, who had…
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Artist Unknown
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1671–1675
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Established in 1616 as part of a yeshiva in Amsterdam, the Ets Ḥayim library continues to function to this day, making it the oldest operational Jewish library in the world. It moved to its current…
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Unknown
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1718/19 and 1732/33
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By the time this sea pilot’s map of Suriname was created in 1680, there was a well-established Jewish community there. In the 1660s, Jewish communities arose on the Caribbean islands of Martinique…
Contributor:
Hendrik Doncker
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1688
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A street. At the right the entrance to the synagogue, with steps and a portico. At the left the house of Aaron, before which are some chairs, in the shade of an awning. Some trees and…
Contributor:
Herman Heijermans
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1898