An English edition has appeared here of the monumental illustrated “History of the Jews In The Netherlands” by Moses H. Gans. The Dutch edition was first published in 1971 and reprinted several times. The English edition, titled “History of Dutch Jewry from the Renaissance to 1940, ” contains 1100 illustrations. The translation is by Arnold Pomerantz, a South African living in London.
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