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    Issue 49 | October 2019

    Issue 49 | October 2019

    Uriel da Costa in the Synagogue, Maurycy Gottlieb, 1877 | courtesy of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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  • The Price of Dissent – Uriel da Costa

    Moti Benmelech

    A converso who returned to his roots, Uriel da Costa found the Judaism practiced in Amsterdam a far cry from the faith he’d encountered in the Bible. The Jewish community’s response to his puzzled objections forced him back into hiding, thi

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  • Queen Wilhelmina in the Great Synagogue

    From the Archives | God Save the Queen

    Denise Rein

    Despite taking place on April Fools’ Day, a royal visit to Amsterdam’s Ashkenazic Great Synagogue was no joke. The event’s commemorative booklet emphasized the elegance and gravity of the occasion Denise Rein On Februay 24, 1924

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