Amsterdam

The Spinoza scholar who was banned from Amsterdam synagogue is now invited to visit it

The board of directors and the institution that runs the Portuguese Synagogue have overruled the rabbi who cited a 350-year-old edict in rejecting the scholar.

Gideon Italiaander, right, bargains with a customer at his shop in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Oct. 11, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In Amsterdam, a Jewish merchant channels the spirit of a fabled pre-Holocaust flea market

Gideon Italiaander, a friendly 41-year-old Jewish guy, made a gamble that’s allowing his home design chain of stores to flourish thanks to COVID.

Operators prepare the Holocaust Memorial of Names for its opening in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Sept. 2, 2021. (Ramon van Flymen / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands Out via Getty Images)

Amsterdam’s latest Holocaust memorial features the names of 102,000 victims

The monument, which ran up against local opposition for over a decade, is designed by the famed Jewish architect Daniel Libeskind.

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Amsterdam to return Kandinsky painting to Jewish family following public outcry

Part of the permanent exhibition of the Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. (The University of South Carolina)

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University of South Carolina to open Anne Frank Center

KLM airplanes at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands. (KLM)

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18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols

Eran Zahavi, left, plays for Israel at a Champions League game against Chelsea FC in London, UK on Sept. 16, 2016. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Israeli soccer star’s family robbed at gunpoint in Amsterdam home

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema. (City of Amsterdam)

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Amsterdam mayor accuses Netanyahu of hurting the fight against anti-Semitism

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Ex-teacher wins appeal on conviction of molesting student at Amsterdam Jewish school

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A Dutch Jewish cemetery has become a Black pilgrimage site

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