Dutch Jews

The global proportion of Jews living in Europe is as low as it was 1,000 years ago. And the future there doesn’t look bright.

Rising rates of intermarriage, a low reproductive rate and high levels of anti-Semitism are chipping away at the continent’s Jewish population, a landmark demographic study has found.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 21, 2020 6:59 pm

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)

Amsterdam Jewish schools lose city’s subsidy because of excess parent contributions, including for security

The defunding is part of a crackdown by a Dutch Labour politician that is meant to prevent socioeconomic gaps in institutions with government.

September 15, 2020 4:58 pm

Blow shofar sparingly and outside, Dutch rabbis warn worshippers

The blowing of the ram’s horn, a core practice associated with the upcoming Jewish new year, is considered a risk for spreading the coronavirus.

August 7, 2020 9:44 am

Dutch-Jewish resistance fighter whose factory was used to make yellow stars dies at 98

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 31, 2020 10:41 am

Dutch national rail company offers $5.6 million for Holocaust-era transport of Jewish victims

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 26, 2020 3:29 pm

The Amsterdam building that used to house the Reform Seminary and children's detainment facility where Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk helped saved hundreds of Jewish children. (Luuk Kramer/Courtesy of the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam)

Amsterdam to contribute $5.6 million for Holocaust museum makeover

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 5, 2020 10:40 am

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 28, 2020 6:02 pm

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz 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?

By Cnaan Liphshiz 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

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