Ashkenazi Synagogue complex
Jonas Daniel Meijerplein 2-4
Since 1987 the former
Ashkenazi synagogue complex on Amsterdam's Jonas Daniel Meyer
Square has been home to the Jewish Historical Museum. The complex
consists of four synagogues buildings and is the largest of its
kind in Europe. Although the Ashkenazi (also called High German)
Jews were living in Amsterdam as early as 1635, the first synagogue
wasn't built until the second half of the 17th century.
The oldest synagogue in the complex dates from 1671 and is known as the Great Shul. It was designed by city architects Elias Bouman and Daniel Stalpaert, using the Greek cross as the basic shape, as was customary at that time in Amsterdam buildings. Before long, the synagogue was bursting at its seams - the Jewish community was growing fast. So in swift succession three new synagogues were built - the Obbene (Upper) Shul (1686-1688), the Dritt (Third) Shul (1700) and the Neie (New) Shul (1730).
In 1752, on the site of the former New Shul, architect G.F.
Maybaum constructed a new building, the largest of the four and
also the finest. It had a small dome and Greek Ionic columns at the
entrance.
In the first decades of the 20th century the synagogue began to
lose its importance in the community because more and more people
were abandoning their religious beliefs, and also because Jews who
could afford to, moved out of the poor Jewish quarter of Amsterdam
into new neighbourhoods. In 1943, after the last religious service
had been held in the Great Shul, the synagogue complex was stripped
and plundered.
After World War II the buildings were no longer used as
synagogues. From 1954 on the complex was owned and used by the
Municipality of Amsterdam. Then in 1974 it was bought by the Jewish
Historical Museum for the symbolic sum of one Dutch
guilder.
Collectie en mediatheek
Rede, uitgesproken ter aanvaarding van het Opperrabbinaat des Synagogalen Ressorts van...
1874-12-10
Rede uitgesproken door JH Dünner bij de aanvaarding van het opperrabbinaat
van het synagogaal ressort Noord-Holland, 1874.
Collectie > Documenten > 00009832
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[Nieuwe Synagoge]
1752 (na)
object, maquette. titel, [Nieuwe Synagoge]. maker, anoniem. materiaal, hout. datering,
1752 (na). plaats, onbekend. hoogte, 126.0. breedte, 99.0. diepte, 37.0. ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 00692
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Fotoarchief
1958
Opnamen (88) van de jodenbuurt, oa van de verschillende
synagogen, JD Meijerplein en de Dokwerker, 1958.
Collectie > Fotos > 40000551
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[Binnenlandse berichten] : Amsterdam
1871
Vermelding van de bruidegoms der wet in de verschillende Amsterdamse synagogen.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20013044
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Dankdienst ter gelegenheid van de geboorte van een prinses van Oranje op maandag 7...
1939
Dankdienst ter gelegenheid van de geboorte van een prinses van Oranje op maandag
7 augustus 1939 des namiddags te 4.30 in de Nieuwe Synagoge te Amsterdam.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11500204
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[Vakantie- en familiefilms van Simon Peereboom]
1934-1957
Op video overgezette films van: Weesperstraat, strand, IJmuiden, Vlissingen,
Scheveningen, Waterlooplein, Jodenbreestraat en een begrafenis, uit de periode 1934 ...
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40000092
