ABSTRACT
Most people know little more than fragments of Dutch Jewish history: the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam; Jewish socialism; the devastating years of the Second World War. So where is the storyline? What happened to the Jews in the Netherlands from the moment they first settled there permanently? This book answers that question. It presents the central points of 700 years of Jewish history in the Netherlands briefly and succinctly. One hundred elements of the story have been chosen that taken as a whole create a balanced and representative picture. Each relates to a central event, place, person or object that helps to illuminate one important aspect of the history of the Jews in the Netherlands, and each is linked to a striking, iconic image. They are grouped by century around unifying themes that make them part of an ongoing story.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1600|52 pages
Seventeenth century: the century of ‘New Jews’
chapter 1656|2 pages
Prominent spiritual leadership in the seventeenth century: Saul Levi Morteira and Isaac Aboab da Fonseca
part 1700|50 pages
Eighteenth century: a time of expansion and stability
chapter 1795|2 pages
The Founding of Felix Libertate and the split between the Alte and Naye Kille
part 1800|44 pages
Nineteenth century, the century of integration
part 1900|60 pages
Twentieth century: a century of extremes
