Amsterdam Yiddish Symposium 16 A Language That Refuses to Die: Yiddish — Spoken Daily, Read Widely, Seen Globally ‘Tuesday, 21 April 2026 | 13:30 – 17:30 Goethe Instituut, Herengracht 470, Amsterdam (1st floor) Convened by Dr. Daniella Zaidman-Mauer (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Organized by the Menasseh ben Israel Institute The symposium
Lecture Edward Reichman Jews and Medical Training in the Netherlands in the 17th-18th Centuries Edward Reichman, professor of Emergency Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, explores the rich historical chapter of Jewish medical education during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. March 16th 2026, 15:30 – 17:00Bushuis/Oost-Indisch huisroom: Amsterdam
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ZIONISM AND HUMANISM, A FAILED MARRIAGE?
with Vivian Liska, Steven Aschheim and Charles Lesch
Simon Schama, in Evelien Gans Lecture The second Evelien Gans Lecture will be given by historian Simon Schama. Afterwards, he will engage in a conversation with Arnon Grunberg. This year, the Evelien Gans Lecture will take place in the context of Gesprek Voor de Dam and National Remembrance Day (Nationale Dodenherdenking). Schama will
The Jewish Street: Amsterdam and Paris after 1945 Jewish urban landscapes throughout Europe changed irreversibly during the mid-twentieth century. Taking the concept of the “Jewish street” and zooming in on French and Dutch case studies, our lectures will analyse what happened to Jewish sites and quarters between the 1930s and the 1960s,
The New Studia Rosenthaliana is out, with articles on the significant role of the Ashkenazi meat hall of Amsterdam in the 150 years before 1815, the visit of Jacob van Dort, a former Jews and professor of Hebrew in service of the VOC to the Jews of Cochin (India), and