La Sinagoga portuguesa de Ámsterdam celebra 350 años en un solemne acto con el rey Guillermo Alejandro

La celebración tuvo un carácter nacional y estuvo marcada por la sobriedad y la grandeza. La Snoge fue en el siglo XVII la sinagoga más grande del mundo.

Foto: El rey Guillermo Alejandro durante la ceremonia (Foto: Casa Real Países Bajos)

La Sinagoga de la Comunidad Israelita Portuguesa (PIG) conmemoró este domingo su 350º aniversario en presencia del rey Guillermo Alejandro. El histórico edificio, conocido como la Snoge, reunió a fieles, líderes comunitarios y representantes institucionales en una ceremonia solemne y emotiva.

Según un comunicado, la celebración tuvo un carácter nacional y fue marcada por la sobriedad y la grandeza. El presidente de la PIG, David Samama, destacó que “el

Universidades holandesas ordenan al personal que revele vínculos con grupos judíos e israelíes

La orden siguió a una solicitud enviada el mes pasado por The Rights Forum, un grupo de defensa pro-palestino, a las oficinas de varias universidades.

Por CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

A instancias de una organización pro-palestina cuyos críticos dicen que es antisemita, los administradores de más de una docena de universidades holandesas están instruyendo a su personal para que enumere sus interacciones con organizaciones israelíes y judías.

La orden siguió a una solicitud enviada el mes pasado por The Rights Forum, un grupo de defensa pro-palestino, a las oficinas de varias universidades. Las universidades están reuniendo la información porque la solicitud del grupo fue certificada como lo que se conoce en los Países Bajos como una solicitud WOB, lo

Levi, Thirza and Ezra: Why are non-Jewish Dutch parents giving their children Jewish names?

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AMSTERDAM (JTA) — As he lists the names of his many grandchildren, Joop van Ooijen recites what sounds like a roll call at a typical Israeli classroom.

Yair, Yael, Lael, Odelia, Netanya, Yoaz and Shilon are some of his grandkids with modern names, favored by the Israeli middle class. Baruch, Moshe, Elisheva and Yehuda are among the classics, popular with religious Jewish parents all over the world.

But neither the Van Ooijens nor their 16 children are Jewish.

They are a Protestant Christian family in a small town in the Netherlands, which is among a handful of places in Europe where it’s common for non-Jews to have

The Netherlands unveils its first national Holocaust monument

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte reacts to the exit polls in the Netherlands' general election in The Hague, Netherlands, March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw/Pool/File Photo

AMSTERDAM, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A monument listing 102,163 Dutch victims of the Holocaust was unveiled by King Willem-Alexander in Amsterdam on Sunday, the first national memorial to be built in the Netherlands.

The monument, designed by Daniel Libeskind, 75, who lost relatives in the Holocaust, lies in the centre of the Dutch capital and is a labyrinth of brick walls that, when seen from above, form Hebrew letters reading "in remembrance".

Where Is Anne Frank? Animated film brings Holocaust diary to life

Oscar-nominated director Ari Folman's latest work attempts to reclaim the legacy of teenage diarist for a new generation.

By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EVdacq0L2c

A disoriented teenage girl lies on Anne Frank’s bed as people swarm the family house. But these people are not Nazis; they’re modern-day tourists. And the girl on the bed isn’t Anne, but Kitty – the imaginary friend to whom she addressed her now world-famous diary.

Dutch university removes ‘from the river to the sea’ pro-Palestinian banner following protests by Jews

A banner about Israel hangs on the facade of the De Ateliers arts institution in Amsterdam, May 28, 2021. (Barry Mehler)

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A public Dutch university removed a series of banners about Israel made by resident artists, including one reading “from the river to the sea,” after protests by local Jews.

The State Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam was “not aware of some of the meanings of the phrase and have decided, with the resident artists who displayed banners on the subject, to remove them,” Emily Pethick, the Academy’s director, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Tuesday. “We deeply regret it.”

The slogan is an abbreviation of the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which refers to the area between Jordan River and the Mediterranean

Dutch shop fined for omitting the word ‘settlement’ from label of Israeli wine from the West Bank

Pieter van Oordt, left, with his brother Roger at the Israel Products Center in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, Feb. 19, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Dutch government inspectors fined a store for labeling wine made in an Israeli settlement as “a product from an Israeli village in Judea and Samaria.”

The Israel Products Center near Amsterdam received the $2,514 fine last week following its refusal to replace the label with one acceptable to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, which requires such labels read “Product from the West Bank (Israeli settlement).”

The Israel Products Center, a shop and importer run by the pro-Israel group Christians for Israel, has had legal problems over labeling since 2019. The center’s director, Pieter van Oordt, wrote in a statement that he was “shocked” by the

El rey holandés Willem-Alexander se disculpa por el comportamiento de la bisabuela durante el Holocausto

El rey hizo sus comentarios durante su discurso anual en la ceremonia conmemorativa nacional a las víctimas de la guerra holandesas en Amsterdam. (AP / Mindaugas Kulbis).

Por World Israel News Staff

Diario Judío México - El rey holandés Willem-Alexander reconoció la «indiferencia percibida de su bisabuela ante el destino de los judíos holandeses durante el Holocausto», durante un discurso del Día de los Caídos el lunes, informa JTA.

Hizo sus comentarios durante su discurso anual en la ceremonia conmemorativa nacional a las víctimas de guerra holandesas en Amsterdam, informa el cable de noticias.

Willem-Alexander se refirió a la reina Wilhelmina, quien reinó durante 58 años

Why Amsterdam’s beloved nickname is a centuries-old Yiddish word, ‘Mokum’

Recalling a golden age for the Netherlands and Dutch Jewry, on today's streets of Amsterdam, mamaloshen still peppers local slang

Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, consecrated in 1675. The sanctuary, still without electricity, is lit by 1,000 candles for special occasions, January 2018 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)

AMSTERDAM — Centuries before Amsterdam became synonymous with weed and over-tourism, it was the beloved “Mokum,” or safe haven, for European Jewry. Although only a fraction of Dutch Jews survived the Holocaust, echoes of that era still fill the canal city in the form of Yiddish-based slang, including Amsterdam’s most enduring nickname.

Dutch soccer fans ridicule child Holocaust victims on Twitter

From left to right: Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Donny van de Beek, Frenkie de Jong and Nick Viergever of the Dutch team Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena, Sept. 24, 2017. Ajax players and supporters are often called “Jews” in recognition of the large Jewish community that had existed in the Dutch capital. (VI Images via Getty Images)

AMSTERDAM (JTA) – Soccer fans in the Netherlands used a picture of child victims of the Holocaust to taunt a rival team in what Dutch activists against racism called a new low for anti-Semitic rhetoric in sports.