UNVEILING OF THE JEWISH MONUMENT FOR THE DEPORTED AND MURDERED JEWS OF DEN HAAG On January 28th 2018 the Jewish Monument The Hague was unveiled on the Rabbijn Maarsenplein by the mayor of Den Haag, Ms. Pauline Krikke. This monument, designed by Anat Ratzabi,...
UNVEILING OF THE MONUMENT FOR JEWISH CHILDREN In 1999 the name Bezemstraat was changed to ‘Rabbijn Maarsenplein’, in commemoration of rabbi Isaac Maarsen, the Jewish opperrabbijn of Den Haag in the Second World war. On November 20th 2006 a monument was...
OPENING NIG (ORTHODOX) SYNAGOGUE IN THE CORNELIS HOUTMANSTRAAT From 1986 the orthodox synagogue has been on the Cornelis Houtmanstraat in the Bezuidenhout area. Between the wars, Jews in Den Haag had a full choice of synagogues. But many of these had been plundered...
FIRST SERVICE IN THE PREVIOUSLY PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE The first liberal service in the former Portuguese synagogue took place on September 15th 1968. The Amsterdam liberal rabbi, dr. Jacob Soetendorp, installed his son Awraham Soetendorp as the first rabbi of the LJG,...
UNVEILING OF THE AMALEK MONUMENT The Amalek Monument with the big Star of David was established to commemorate the Jews from Den Haag who, during the war, were deported and murdered by the occupier. The Monument was unveiled by senior rabbi S. Beëri together with the...
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