A genealogy of dis/placement. The Babylonian Jews In collaboration with Spui 25, Joods Cultureel Kwartier & Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam What is the significance of ‘place’ (makom in Hebrew, makan in Arabic) in the narration of the displaced Jewish-Iraqi community in the wake of overpowering political forces, which – in one form or another – generated […]

Yiddish literature is a Jewish literature. It is also a European literature and its literary materials and forms reflect contacts with Jewish and non-Jewish cultures. It is therefore not surprising that we find Yiddish texts about knights from the Middle Ages and early modern period. In the specialist lectures at this symposium, which will all […]

Tehilah van Luit zal vertellen over de bijzondere kroniekjes in de protocolboeken van de Asjkenazische parnassijns, waarin aan de hand van beschrijvingen van plechtigheden zoals begrafenissen en installaties van rabbijnen kan worden aangetoond dat er een toenadering ontstond tot de rivaliserende Sefardische elite in Amsterdam. meer informatie en inschrijving