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Also, the Sephardic cemetery Beth Haim of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, in a village on the outskirts of Amsterdam, has been in use since 1614 and is the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Netherlands. Another reminder of the Sephardic community in Amsterdam is the Huis de Pinto, a residence for the wealthy Sephardic family de Pinto, constructed in 1680.
On December 12, 1670, the Sephardic Jewish community of Amsterdam acquired the site to build a synagogue and construction work began on April 17, 1671, under the architect Elias Bouman . On August 2, 1675, the Esnoga was completed and opened with great ceremony. The design is based on the plans for King Solomon's temple. [7]
The first Ashkenazim, Jews from Central and Eastern Europe, who arrived in Amsterdam were refugees from the Chmielnicki Uprising in Poland and the Thirty Years War.Their numbers soon swelled, eventually outnumbering the Sephardic Jews at the end of the 17th century; by 1674, some 5,000 Ashkenazi Jews were living in Amsterdam, while 2,500 Sephardic Jews called Amsterdam their home. [11]
Beit Yaacov Synagogue, Punta del Este; Ben Ezra Synagogue; Bet Israel Synagogue (Istanbul) Bet Nissim Synagogue; Bet Yaakov Synagogue; Bet-El Synagogue (Caracas) Beth Aharon Synagogue; Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush; Beth El Synagogue (Shanghai) Temple Beth Elohim (Georgetown, South Carolina) Beth Israel Synagogue (Oranjestad, Aruba) Beth ...
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Following is a listing of rabbinical schools, organized by denomination.The emphasis of the training will differ correspondingly: Orthodox Semikha centers on the study of Talmud-based halacha (Jewish law), while in other programs, the emphasis may shift to "the other functions of a modern rabbi such as preaching, counselling, and pastoral work.” [1] [2] Conservative Yeshivot occupy a ...
The congregation uses the 19th century synagogue in the city of Weesp. Its first rabbi is David Soetendorp (1945). There is also a second Dutch Masorti kehilla in the city of Deventer called Masorti Jewish Community Beth Shoshanna [ nl ] that began in 2010 and holds services and other activities in the 19th century Great Synagogue of Deventer .
Spain: Cominidad Israelita de Barcelona , Benidorm Synagogue , Synagogue Jacob Almonznino , Synagogue Issac Benarroch (Melilla), Synagogue Solinquinos (Melilla), Beth El Synagogue , Beth Yaacov Synagogue , Ner Tamid Synagogue , Synagogue of El Transito , Beth Minzi Synagogue (Torremolinos), La Javurá Sinagoga , Main Synagogue of Barcelona