Dutch Jews

A car belonging to the Dutch security forces guarding the Maimonides and Rosj Pina Jewish schools in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 25, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Jewish schools have reopened in the Netherlands, but some worry that their security is compromised

Normally fortified front gates built to block violent attackers have been left open.

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 28, 2020 6:02 pm

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Hans Calmeyer is remembered for saving thousands of Jews. A Holocaust survivor says he sent her to Auschwitz.

Femma Fleijsman’s account, in addition to other research, has ignited a debate in the Netherlands and beyond about the German lawyer’s legacy.

May 6, 2020 4:22 pm

The atrium at the Beth Shalom nursing home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (courtesy of BOP architecten)

Amsterdam’s Jewish nursing home has lost over 20% of its residents to COVID-19. Could it have done more?

Holland’s Health Ministry was asked to review “the possibility that mistakes were made” at Beth Shalom that led to the high death toll.

April 28, 2020 3:09 pm

A French-speaking man pulling a kippah that he wore as a face mask back on his head.

In Purim coronavirus joke, Dutch synagogue asks congregants to wear kippahs over their mouths

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 6, 2020 2:01 pm

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 26, 2019 4:06 pm

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 30, 2019 7:17 am

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz 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

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