ABSTRACT
‘Here lives a young Jewish generation that wants to get behind the wonderful work known as the preservation, continuation, and building of legitimate Judaism.’ That was how Amsterdam’s chief rabbi Aron Schuster welcomed the opening of the first synagogue in a new residential district called Buitenveldert in 1965. It was no overstatement. Right after the first brick was laid in 1958, young Jewish families were seen to be developing a fondness for the place. It offered the possibility of a fresh start, in a modern, green part of town that was nevertheless close to Amsterdam‐Zuid, where most of the Jewish shops and facilities were to be found.
