#pretty sure dutch sephardim ended up in dutch colonies too like in india or south africa

[leroibobo]

the portugese synagogue in amsterdam in the netherlands. it was founded in 1675.

while most expelled sephardic jews headed to the maghreb, ottoman territories in the middle east and eastern europe, or european colonies around the world, a minority went elsewhere in western europe, mainly to england or the netherlands. the sephardic community in the latter became the largest and richest in europe during the dutch golden age. despite the netherlands' proximity to germany, they predate the arrival of ashkenazi jews to the country by about three centuries.

#netherlands #architecture #interior #worship #jewish #sephardic #my posts #there were also hungarian sephardic jews but that's a conversation for another day #i assume most of the sephardim who came to other places in non ottoman europe were rich enough to not face the brunt of their govts #pretty sure dutch sephardim ended up in dutch colonies too like in india or south africa #not really sure about the latter since i know most of the white jews there were specifically from lithuania. long story #most of the ones who went to the americas were straight from spain/portugal or were english