The Jewish Historical Museum is housed in four synagogues, which together stands in the center of Amsterdam, Netherland. They form a striking evidence of the influx which Jewish immigrants had to the city in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The four places of worship offer a inside look into the Jewish religion, history and culture.
What happens during a bar mitzvah? Why does the groom at a wedding rise a glass and call the bystanders “mazal relative”? What does a circumcision and why Jews eat honey during the Jewish New Year? You can find answer to all of these questions in the oldest building of the Jewish Historical Museum, the bustling Great Synagogue . Here is an exhibition about Jewish religious life. Major themes are “the beauty of holiness”, represented in everyday objects like a decorated Torah crowns, Torah shield and torarol (the Torah is the holy book).
Sabbath Celebration
The everyday life is honored in beauty . During the celebration of the Sabbath family is at home celebrating beautiful life, including prayer rugs and chandeliers. The contents of the many Jewish festivals and rituals are portrayed in contemporary films and other materials.
On the run
The first floor contains an exhibition on the history of Jews until 1890. They fled in the seventeenth century from southern Europe to the Inquisition, from Eastern Europe for desolation, and gets in the Netherlands in the Golden Age of the freedom to practice their faith.
Holocaust
Over the first centuries is less known than the rest of the story (exhibited in another synagogue) of the twentieth century and especially the Second World War. In that respect also a look at the Hollandse Schouwburg where in 1942 and 1943 tens of thousands of Jews were deported. A very quiet place to be.
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