Jewish Historical Museum (Joods Historisch Museum) Amsterdam

Por conta do frio e do pouco tempo que tínhamos, optamos por comprar um pacote de sightseeing de Amsetrdam com um boat tour a fim de conhecermos os principais pontos da cidade, porém as coisas não saíram bem como esperávamos.
Como não tinha o passio que compramos, nos colcaram em um ônibus Hop on - Hop off, o que nos fez perder muito tempo e nã …

World War II and Holocaust

My eyes start to open with the freshly brewed coffee offered by Roel and Martign at the breakfast room at Hotel Fita. We start the morning grazing on the tables of freshly baked croissants, rolls & pastries, Dutch cheeses, fresh fruit, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, granola, yogurt, a variety of preserves, …

Amsterdam was the first stop on the European leg of my trip. I haven't spent much time in Europe and am super excited to spend six weeks bouncing around different countries, riding trains, eating delicious food and experiencing spring in Europe. It randomly happened that Chelsea, a friend of mine from Smith, who lives in Northern Ireland, was also …

... community of the historical Jewish quarter.  Students were given a tour of the 17th century Spanish synagogue, the Jewish Historical Museum, and a deportation center, among other memorial sites.  It was a jam-packed morning of events but well ...

... ; The busy day continued as we passed the flea market, the Amsterdam Music Theatre, Rembrandt’s house, and then stopped by the Jewish Historical Museum.  The Jewish Historical Museum is in an old synagogue and seems to focus a lot on the ...

... the cafe attached to his house).  Our last journey in Amsterdam continued with the Jewish theme as we went to the Jewish Historical museum.  This museum is exactly what one would expect from the title.  Something really interesting within ...

... our coats and take a short brisk walk to the Portuguese Synagogue and learn that we need to pay for admission at the Jewish Historical Museum, so we get some extra walking in the crisp air and that is welcome.  We walk into the Portuguese Synagogue ...

Today I visited Jewish Historical Museum. As the Jewish community continued to grow, a new synagogue was built next to the first one. Not much later the third synagogue was built, followed by the fourth one in 1752. During the Second World War the ...