Portuguese synagogue

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.

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 3, 2021 9:30 am

A chandelier at Bevis Marks synagogue in London, UK. (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

London lawmakers reject plan for high-rise building next to historic synagogue

The custodians of Bevis Marks argued the plan would block what scant sunlight their house of worship receives.

October 6, 2021 5:22 pm

Cantors and musicians perform at the annual Hanukkah event of the Royal Concert Hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Dec. 22, 2019. (Eduardus Lee)

How Hanukkah returned to Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall decades after the Holocaust

A cantor from New York who works in tech is behind the recent revival of a holiday tradition that the Nazis had halted for 70 years.

December 3, 2020 10:23 am

Outside Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue, Spanish olive trees endure northern winters

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 27, 2018 4:08 pm

In northern Brazil, Sephardic converts are giving dwindling Jewish communities a new lease on life

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 26, 2018 12:15 pm

Is this the last stand for Amsterdam’s Jewish market?

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 1, 2018 12:41 pm

A Yom Kippur tradition in Amsterdam dates back to the invention of electricity

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 14, 2017 1:28 pm

Portuguese city unveils 16th-century Torah used by crypto-Jews

September 16, 2016 5:48 am

EU boss: Jews exemplify cultural integration

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 9, 2013 12:36 pm

Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue wins EU prize

By Ruth Ellen Gruber March 25, 2012 4:08 pm

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