Heerenveen
In 1781, a single Jew resided in Heerenveen. Over the next ten
years, the Jewish population of Hereveen grew to four families. In
1813, the Jews of Hereveen asked the central Jewish consistory for
the province of Friesland at Leeuwarden for permission to hold
synagogue services at the High Holidays. In 1817, the Jewish
community at Heerenveen was granted independent status. In 1819,
the community opened a synagogue located on the Heerenwal.
Membership in the Heereveen community - which grew to include the
districts of Haskerland, Schoterland, and a part of
Weststellingerwerf - reached its highest numbers during the 1870's.
Thereafter, membership declined.
The Heerenveen synagogue was rebuilt in 1892 and was consecrated
anew in 1893. Most of the Jews in Heerenveen lived either near the
synagogue or along the Molenwijk canal and the alleyways
surrounding it. The majority sold clothing or worked as butchers.
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Heerenveen - located in Veensluis at
the border between the hamlets of 'T Veen en De Knipe - was in use
between 1860 en 1880. In 1883, a donation from the Rothschild
family enabled the community to purchase a ground for a new
cemetery in the village of Oranjewoud.
Voluntary organizations within the Heerenveen
community included a men's society and a women's society; both
probably were dedicated to caring for the sick and also served as
burial societies. A second women's society cared for the upkeep of
the interior of the synagogue and its accoutrements.
The Jewish community of Heerenveen was merged into that of Sneek in 1933. The
Heerenveen synagogue was razed in the very same year. A memorial
plaque from the synagogue can be found in the local historical
museum. Both Jewish cemeteries are now maintained by the local
authorities. In 2000, Beth Ha-Tsafon, a Liberal (Reformed)
Jewish Community for the north of the Netherlands, was founded at
Heerenveen.
Jewish population of Heerenveen:
| 1809 | 4 |
| 1840 | 34 |
| 1869 | 70 |
| 1899 | 71 |
| 1930 | 23 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
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Lauwerkrans
1924
object, lauwerkrans. maker, onbekend. materiaal, zilver. datering, 1924. plaats,
Nederland. hoogte, 23.3. breedte, 20.6. collectie, Joods Historisch Museum. ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 02706
Overzichtsfoto
1939 (ca.)
Jeanette Bloch (1856-1941), een bekende straatfiguur in Heerenveen,
die bekend stond onder de naam "Hannapoes", ca. 1939.
Collectie > Fotos > 40013865
Overzichtsfoto
1982 (ca.)
Joodse begraafplaats Heerenveen, circa 1982.
Collectie > Fotos > 40002412
Alfabetisch register op de collectie Brilleman van de begraafplaatsen der Nederlands...
1991
Alfabetisch register op de collectie Brilleman van de begraafplaatsen der Nederlands
Israelietische Gemeenten in de Mediene Friesland = index graveyards Friesland ...
Collectie > Literatuur > 11508649
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[geen titel]
1918
titel, [geen titel]. bron, Nieuw Isr. Weekblad, vol. 53(1918), nr. 35, p. 3.
materiaal, bericht. trefwoorden, Emmen voorzanger Davidson ...
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20001022
