ABSTRACT
The first Jewish school in Amsterdam, Talmud Torah, was probably founded at the same time as the city’s first Jewish congregation, Beth Jacob. The school became more widely known only after a second Portuguese congregation, Neve Salom, came to an agreement with Beth Jacob in 1616 that meant they would run the school in tandem. Later they were joined by a third, Beth Israel, and eventually the school fell under a united congregation that adopted the same name: Talmud Torah.
