Jewish Quarter in Amsterdam (Traveltip!)
For centuries Amsterdam was a city with a large Jewish community. That left a mark on the city with various impressive monumental buildings. A big plus is also that's close to the city center. Check out this clip and add it to your travel list.
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Jewish Amsterdam
Jewish Amsterdam began around 1590. Jews generally lived in the Jewish Quarter of the city. Rembrandt painted some of his masterpieces when he lived there and also painted portraits of his Jewish neighbors. Baruch Spinoza was excommunicated אhere from the Jewish community in 1656. The Portuguese synagogue, built in 1675, is the only one to survive the destruction of World War II. During the war thousands of Jews were deported to concentration camps after they had been gathered into a city square. Anna Frank's family lived in a secret annex for two years hiding from the Nazis. The Jewish Museum of Amsterdam tells the story of the Jewish people and the Amsterdam community.
This film is part of the website The Jewish People Around the World about Jewish communities around the globe today. The site is expected to be launched in May 2011.
Jan 1932 - Jewish Neighborhood in Amsterdam (speed corrected + soundtrack)
Old film of a historically prominent Jewish area (the Jodenbuurt) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in January 1932. Compiled and slowed down footage to a natural rate. I have utilized the original soundtrack, which is an odd mix of unsynced church, added and source sounds, as well as the 1930s recording 'To Ostatni Szabas' (Our Last Sabbath) sung by Adam Aston. This area did not fare well during WW2 nazi occupation with 95% of the Jewish population killed or having abandoned the area. From the EYE film museum
The Jewish World: Netherlands
Maintaining Jewish life in Holland: it's a winding road, but this community is not letting go!
Dutch woman who helped Jews during WWII dies in GR
A western Michigan woman who authored a book chronicling her efforts that helped save hundreds of Jews in the Netherlands during the Nazi Occupation of World War II has died. (Sept. 4, 20219)
23 Feb 1950 unveiling of jewish gratitude monument memorial amsterdam holland and the netherlands
The memorial is located at the Weesperstraat. Before it stood in the park of the Weesperplein where it was removed for the construction of the metro.
Netherlands: Amsterdam - The Museum Willet-Holthuysen
The Museum Willet-Holthuysen is a museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on the Herengracht canal. It is the only fully furnished canal side patrician house in Amsterdam that is open to the public.
The house was built for Jacob Hop, mayor of Amsterdam, around 1685. He was not the last mayor to own the house. In 1739 the outside was redesigned to look as it does today, in the highly fashionable Louis XIV style.
In 1855 the house was owned by coal magnate Peter Holthysen (1788-1858), when he died it was inherited by his daughter Louisa (1824-1895) and her husband, art expert Abraham Willet.
This last private owner, Mrs. Willet-Holthuysen, bequeathed the entire house to the city of Amsterdam on condition it became a museum in 1895. It has been a museum ever since.
Some rooms are unchanged, while others such as the kitchen and the conservatory are renovated in 18th century style.
Three floors are open to the public, the basement floor (souterrain), with the kitchen and garden (restored in 1972), the first floor (bel-etage with long hallway), and the top floor, with one bedroom on display and rooms for exhibitions. The museum has a large collection of silverware, plate, and books from the Dutch Golden Age and a substantial collection of art.
20190814 ~ Mokum Market ~ Amsterdam Jewish Quarter 1931
Update 20190815 - Film playback seems sped up. Thus , I posted a new version the next day, slowed-down to 75% speed at play back - see post 20190815.
① memo 20190814 ~ Mokum Market ~ Amsterdam Jewish Quarter 1931 ~ Sunday outdoor market in the 'Nieuwe Uylenburgerstraat' street in the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam (Mokum). Dutch Polygoon cinema newsreel 25 January 1931. The market on the Uilenburgerstraat specialized in second-hand goods fish, and other food products, including the ever-popular ‘Jewish pickles’. The Depression in the 1930s led to unemployment in many trades, including the diamond industry, where many Jews had worked. As a consequence, the number of market vendors and peddlers increased in the 1930s. In September 1941 the Nazis prohibited Jews from trading at public markets. Special markets where only Jews were allowed to trade opened nearby. Very few Jewish market and street vendors survived the war. The Uilenburgerstraat market never reopened (info source ). Footage thanks to Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Open Images).
Jewish Amsterdam 2013
Amsterdam has historically been the center of the Dutch Jewish community, and has had a continuing Jewish community for the last 370 years. Amsterdam is also known under the name Mokum, given to the city by its Jewish inhabitants (Mokum is Yiddish for town, derived from the Hebrew makom, which literally means place).
In the heart of Amsterdam you will find a number of impressive Jewish monuments within less than one square kilometre. In the old Jewish quarter you will find the Jewish Historical Museum, with its fascinating Children's Museum, the imposing Portuguese Synagogue, and the Hollandsche Schouwburg (National Holocaust Memorial), a moving historic monument.
During the Second World War, Jews were rounded up into the Hollandsche Schouwburg before being deported to concentration camps. Thousands of people were held there, awaiting an unknown fate.
The beautiful Portuguese Synagogue, also called the Esnoga, is one of the most important legacies of the vibrant Jewish community in Amsterdam. During the 16th and 17th century, many Jews that faced persecution in Spain and Portugal fled to Amsterdam. The religious tolerance they enjoyed in the Dutch Republic was unheard of in the rest of Europe.
In 1665, the Jewish community decided to build a new synagogue. The new synagogue was to be the biggest in the world. Architects Elias Bouwman and Daniel Stalpaert were commissioned to build the synagogue. They started building in 1671 and in 1675 the Portuguese Synagogue was ready. It had cost the community not less than 186,000 florins. Minor restorations have been made but the synagogue still looks pretty much the same as 340 years ago.
The architecture shows the self-confidence and wealth of the Jewish community in Amsterdam. It was the largest synagogue of its time and one of the biggest buildings of Amsterdam. A model of the Temple of Salomon in Jerusalem inspired the architects. Around the main building, there are various offices and archives, the rabbinate, a mortuary and the Ets Haim (Tree of Life) library that holds valuable collections of Sephardic manuscripts.
Jewish Amsterdam
Amsterdam has historically been the center of the Dutch Jewish community, and has had a continuing Jewish community for the last 370 years. Amsterdam is also known under the name Mokum, given to the city by its Jewish inhabitants (Mokum is Yiddish for town, derived from the Hebrew makom, which literally means place).
In the heart of Amsterdam you will find a number of impressive Jewish monuments within less than one square kilometre. In the old Jewish quarter you will find the Jewish Historical Museum, with its fascinating Children's Museum, the imposing Portuguese Synagogue, and the Hollandsche Schouwburg (National Holocaust Memorial), a moving historic monument.
During the Second World War, Jews were rounded up into the Hollandsche Schouwburg before being deported to concentration camps. Thousands of people were held there, awaiting an unknown fate.
The beautiful Portuguese Synagogue, also called the Esnoga, is one of the most important legacies of the vibrant Jewish community in Amsterdam. During the 16th and 17th century, many Jews that faced persecution in Spain and Portugal fled to Amsterdam. The religious tolerance they enjoyed in the Dutch Republic was unheard of in the rest of Europe.
In 1665, the Jewish community decided to build a new synagogue. The new synagogue was to be the biggest in the world. Architects Elias Bouwman and Daniel Stalpaert were commissioned to build the synagogue. They started building in 1671 and in 1675 the Portuguese Synagogue was ready. It had cost the community not less than 186,000 florins. Minor restorations have been made but the synagogue still looks pretty much the same as 340 years ago.
The architecture shows the self-confidence and wealth of the Jewish community in Amsterdam. It was the largest synagogue of its time and one of the biggest buildings of Amsterdam. A model of the Temple of Salomon in Jerusalem inspired the architects. Around the main building, there are various offices and archives, the rabbinate, a mortuary and the Ets Haim (Tree of Life) library that holds valuable collections of Sephardic manuscripts.
Amsterdam Jewish quarter
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Dutch and Dutch-Jewish Genealogy - footnotes Episode
Learn about records and online family history resources in the Netherlands. Our guest this week on “footnotes” is Jarrett Ross. He is a professional genealogist who specializes in Dutch Jewish genealogy. Whether your ancestors are Jewish or not, Jarrett talks about several resources for researching in the Netherlands that may be helpful to you if you have ancestors in the Netherlands. Links to several of the resources mentioned below.
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Forced Transfer of Jews to Amsterdam
Stop Jew/Israel Hatred on DamSquare Amsterdam
Stop Jew/Israel Hatred on DamSquare Amsterdam. Stand with Michael Jacobs.
FB event 1 oct 2017:
Stop the hate ...stop antisemitisme Support Israel
We protesteren tegen de behandeling van Michael Jacobs, een joodse citizen van Amsterdam, die meer dan een week in de gevangenis werd gehouden en zelfs tijdens Rosh Hashana omdat hij protest tegen BDS en Hamas-supporters die nu al meer dan vier jaar aanwezig zijn op Damsquare.
We protest against the treatement of Michael Jacobs, a Jewish citizin of Amsterdam that was held in prison for over a week and even during Rosh Hashana because he is protesting against BDS and Hamas supporters that are present on Damsquare now for over 4 years..
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Amsterdam City Pays Retribution To Jewish Community
Amsterdam officials are trying to correct the wrongs of past officials. After the the Holocaust, Amsterdam city bureaucrats decide to fine the remaining Dutch Jews. Holocaust survivors were freviously fined for paying leasehold payments late, which required them to pay rent for the land that their homes were on. This past month the Amsterdam's city council decided to compensate the Jewish community by pledging $11.13 million to them. Part of the funds are reportedly going to the funding the National Holocaust Museum of the Netherlands.
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Mornings in Amsterdam
Touring beautiful Amsterdam in the early morning hours.
Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands,although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague. Amsterdam has a population of 849,799 within the city proper, 1,349,536 in the urban area, and 2,431,000 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, with a population of approximately 7 million.
Amsterdam's name derives from Amstelredamme, indicative of the city's origin around a dam in the river Amstel. Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age (17th century), a result of its innovative developments in trade. During that time, the city was the leading centre for finance and diamonds. In the 19th and 20th centuries the city expanded, and many new neighborhoods and suburbs were planned and built. The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam and the 19–20th century Defence Line of Amsterdam are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands. Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters there, and seven of the world's 500 largest companies, including Philips and ING, are based in the city. In 2012, Amsterdam was ranked the second best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and 12th globally on quality of living for environment and infrastructure by Mercer. The city was ranked 3rd in innovation by Australian innovation agency 2thinknow in their Innovation Cities Index 2009. The Amsterdam seaport to this day remains the second in the country, and the fifth largest seaport in Europe.
Famous Amsterdam residents include the diarist Anne Frank, artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh, and philosopher Baruch Spinoza.
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the world, is located in the city center. Amsterdam's main attractions, including its historic canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, Anne Frank House, Amsterdam Museum, its red-light district, and its many cannabis coffee shops draw more than 5 million international visitors annually.
Amsterdam fans out south from the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Damrak, the main street off the station. The oldest area of the town is known as de Wallen (the quays). It lies to the east of Damrak and contains the city's famous red light district. To the south of de Wallen is the old Jewish quarter of Waterlooplein. The medieval and colonial age canals of Amsterdam, known as Grachten, embraces the heart of the city where homes have interesting gables. Beyond the Grachtengordel are the former working class areas of Jordaan and de Pijp. The Museumplein with the city's major museums, the Vondelpark, a 19th-century park named after the Dutch writer Joost van den Vondel, and the Plantage neighbourhood, with the zoo, are also located outside the Grachtengordel.
Several parts of the city and the surrounding urban area are polders. This can be recognised by the suffix -meer which means lake, as in Aalsmeer, Bijlmermeer, Haarlemmermeer, and Watergraafsmeer.
The Amsterdam canal system is the result of conscious city planning.[83] In the early 17th century, when immigration was at a peak, a comprehensive plan was developed that was based on four concentric half-circles of canals with their ends emerging at the IJ bay. Known as the Grachtengordel, three of the canals were mostly for residential development: the Herengracht (where Heren refers to Heren Regeerders van de stad Amsterdam (ruling lords of Amsterdam), and gracht means canal, so the name can be roughly translated as Canal of the lords), Keizersgracht (Emperor's Canal), and Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal). The fourth and outermost canal is the Singelgracht, which is often not mentioned on maps, because it is a collective name for all canals in the outer ring. The Singelgracht should not be confused with the oldest and most inner canal Singel. The canals served for defence, water management and transport. The defences took the form of a moat and earthen dikes, with gates at transit points, but otherwise no masonry superstructures. The original plans have been lost, so historians, such as Ed Taverne, need to speculate on the original intentions: it is thought that the considerations of the layout were purely practical and defensive rather than ornamental.
Jewish Historical Museum - Amsterdam (Netherlands)
The Joods Historisch Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [joːts ɦɪsˈtoːris myˈzeːjɵm]; English: Jewish Historical Museum), part of the Jewish Cultural Quarter, is a museum in Amsterdam dedicated to Jewish history, culture and religion, in the Netherlands and worldwide. It is the only museum in the Netherlands dedicated to Jewish history. A seven-year renovation of the museum was recently completed (2007).
Jews a taking over the Dutch media! We all are sold out by the Dutch government.