ABSTRACT
While the Netherlands celebrated, Dutch Jews were silent. The wedding of Crown Princess Beatrix to Claus von Amsberg, a German, touched a nerve. For the first time in centuries, representatives of Jewish public bodies were absent from a celebration held by the House of Orange. No flags were hung out at the synagogues or other Jewish buildings, and seats in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam that had been reserved for rabbis and Jewish leaders were left empty.
