Dutch Jews

The Rintel Menorah on display at the Jewish Historical Museum of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (Courtesy of the Jewish Cultural Quarter/JCK)

In Amsterdam, the world’s priciest menorah gets a new life

The 266-year-old Rintel Menorah, last valued at $563,000, was saved from the public auction block and is now preserved at the Amsterdam Jewish Historical Museum.

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 26, 2019 4:06 pm

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Dutch-Jewish Tob Cohen after a fight with his wife in 2019 near Nairobi, Kenya. (Courtesy of the family)

Wife of Dutch-Jewish businessman who went missing in Nairobi is arrested

Tob Cohen took a picture of himself earlier this year covered in blood, allegedly after being assaulted by his spouse.

August 30, 2019 7:17 am

Dozens of synagogues to open to public on 20th European Days of Jewish Culture

The Portuguese Synagogue of the Hague will host a concert under its glass dome and that of Bourtange will show off a 200-year-old stained glass window its owners saved.

August 23, 2019 3:56 am

Dutch Jewish leader protests comparisons between burqa ban and the Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 15, 2019 1:14 pm

Benoit Wesly. (RTV Maastricht)

Netherlands Jewish leader tortured and robbed at home by 4 men

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 12, 2019 12:05 pm

Claiming threats of violence by Jews, Dutch Holocaust museum nixes event about Syrian refugees

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 30, 2019 6:54 am

Bodies of murdered Jews from Hungary being burned at Auwschwitz in 1944. (Alberto Errera/Auschwitz Memorial and Museum)

Dutch Holocaust museum leaves out graphic Auschwitz pictures from exhibition

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 22, 2019 8:05 am

Dutch senator-elect says her Twitter Holocaust jokes were just tasteless sarcasm

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 22, 2019 11:24 am

Jewish vendor and son stabbed by Egyptian colleague at iconic Amsterdam market

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 20, 2019 12:35 pm

Deadly Utrecht attack leads to heightened security for Dutch Jewish community

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 18, 2019 11:06 am

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