Note: The walk-in tours Ets Haim are in Dutch only.

The guided tour of Ets Haim includes a brief talk about the first Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam, with an emphasis on the educational system and Ets Haim's role in it, as well as a detailed account of the library's history. This is followed by a presentation of a few highlights from the collection.

Length: 45 - 60 minutes

Start: 10:30 (gather at the entrance of the Portuguese Synagogue, before 10.25 am)

Costs: € 7,50 per person (This not does include admission to the Jewish Cultural Quarter).

Reservations: Reservations forthe walk-in tour is required. Phone (020) 5 310 380 or e-mail Service & Sales

The walk-in tours will take place on 10 June, 8 July, 26 August , 16 September, 7 October, 11November, 9 December (all 2013).

Note: The walk-in tours Ets Haim are in Dutch only.

The guided tour of Ets Haim includes a brief talk about the first Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam, with an emphasis on the educational system and Ets Haim's role in it, as well as a detailed account of the library's history. This is followed by a presentation of a few highlights from the collection.

Length: 45 - 60 minutes

Start: 10:30 (gather at the entrance of the Portuguese Synagogue, before 10.25 am)

Costs: € 7,50 per person (This not does include admission to the Jewish Cultural Quarter).

Reservations: Reservations forthe walk-in tour is required. Phone (020) 5 310 380 or e-mail Service & Sales

The walk-in tours will take place on 10 June, 8 July, 26 August , 16 September, 7 October, 11November, 9 December (all 2013).

Note: The walk-in tours Ets Haim are in Dutch only.

The guided tour of Ets Haim includes a brief talk about the first Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam, with an emphasis on the educational system and Ets Haim's role in it, as well as a detailed account of the library's history. This is followed by a presentation of a few highlights from the collection.

Length: 45 - 60 minutes

Start: 10:30 (gather at the entrance of the Portuguese Synagogue, before 10.25 am)

Costs: € 7,50 per person (This not does include admission to the Jewish Cultural Quarter).

Reservations: Reservations forthe walk-in tour is required. Phone (020) 5 310 380 or e-mail Service & Sales

The walk-in tours will take place on 10 June, 8 July, 26 August , 16 September, 7 October, 11November, 9 December (all 2013).

Note: The walk-in tours Ets Haim are in Dutch only.

The guided tour of Ets Haim includes a brief talk about the first Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam, with an emphasis on the educational system and Ets Haim's role in it, as well as a detailed account of the library's history. This is followed by a presentation of a few highlights from the collection.

Length: 45 - 60 minutes

Start: 10:30 (gather at the entrance of the Portuguese Synagogue, before 10.25 am)

Costs: € 7,50 per person (This not does include admission to the Jewish Cultural Quarter).

Reservations: Reservations forthe walk-in tour is required. Phone (020) 5 310 380 or e-mail Service & Sales

The walk-in tours will take place on 10 June, 8 July, 26 August , 16 September, 7 October, 11November, 9 December (all 2013).

The Jewish Cultural Quarter regularly presents concerts in the Portuguese Synagogue. You can enjoy a wide range of musical styles in a synagogue illuminated by hundreds of candles. The Portuguese Synagogue is unheated, and it can be cool inside even in the spring, so make sure to bring a coat with you! The concerts are about one hour long. 

Yuri Honing is a well-known Dutch saxophonist who has performed with various groups since the 1990s. He has played with some of the biggest names in the business, such as Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Charlie Haden, and Pat Metheny.

Mark Haanstra plays bass in the Barnicle Bill Trio and in Yuri Honing's band Wired Paradise. In addition, he has taken part an impressive list of projects over the past fifteen years, mainly in the areas of jazz and modern music.

Yuri Honing - saxofoon
Mark Haanstra - bas

When: 20 juni, 21:30 (doors open at 21:00).

Admission: € 13,50 for sale during openingshours at the cash register of the Portuguese Synagogue and the Jewish Historical Museum, or buy your e-ticket online (€ 14,50 inclusive €1,00 administrationfee).

Reservations are not possible
More information: evenementen@jhm.nl

The Jewish Cultural Quarter regularly presents concerts in the Portuguese Synagogue. You can enjoy a wide range of musical styles in a synagogue illuminated by hundreds of candles. The Portuguese Synagogue is unheated, and it can be cool inside even in the spring, so make sure to bring a coat with you! The concerts are about one hour long.

As the name suggests, the Israel Brass Quintet consists entirely of brass instruments: two trumpets, a trombone, a tuba, and a horn. Since 1998, they have been performing theme concerts that transport audiences to special times and places in music history, with titles such as From Granada to Jerusalem and Bella Italia. The programme for the Portuguese Synagogue on 23 May is still a surprise!
 
Last year the quintet played at the International Jewish Music Festival. As the winners of the Jewish Cultural Quarter Prize (as well as the KAB Productions Canada Prize), they were invited to perform here again. If you missed their first concert, you have a second chance!

Yuval Shapiro - trumpet
Guy Sarig - trumpet
Yaron Hering - trombone
Avital Handler - tuba
Barak Yeivin - horn

This concert is part of the KUNSTENISRAËL (ARTS ISRAEL) concert series.

When: 23 May. Doors open at 19.30; concert begins at 20.00.

Tickets: €13.50, available during opening hours at the ticket desks of the Portuguese Synagogue and the Jewish Historical Museum (no advance reservations).

In connection with the exhibition Philip Mechanicus: Photographs, Mechanicus's widow and muse, the Japanese-Dutch concert pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama, will give an exclusive concert in the Portuguese Synagogue.

Tomoko Mukaiyama received the Gaudeamus Concours prize in 1991. Since then, she has performed with such renowned ensembles as the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt, the London Sinfonietta, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and the Koninklijk Concertgebouw Orkest. |

She also collaborates with filmmakers, designers, architects, dancers, and photographers, such as Ian Kerkhof, Marina Abramovic, Merzbow, Kim Ito, and Jiří Kylián.

Location: Portuguese Synagogue; please sign up at the ticket desk.

Admission: €13.50 for all visitors - no free entry for Friends of the JHM.

When: Thursday 30 May, 20.00, doors open at 19.30.

Reservations: Email events or call +31 (0)20 531 0380.

Rudolph 'Dobby' Ferro is a passionate collector of Jewish cookbooks and the editor of a new edition of an 18th-century Portuguese Jewish cookbook. His talk will explore the Sephardic culinary tradition in the Netherlands, in the distinctly Sephardic setting of the Winter Synagogue, part of the Portuguese Synagogue (Esnoga) complex. Since the 1953-1959 restoration, the auditorium of this seminary has served as a winter synagogue, which - unlike the large Esnoga - can be heated.

Location: Winter synagogue of the Portuguese Synagogue; sign up at the ticket desk
Admission: Free with your ticket for the Jewish Cultural Quarter.
When: Sunday 21 April, 14:30
To sign up: E-mail events or call +31 (0)20 531 0380

Please note: this is a Dutch-language event

Several times a year, the Jewish Cultural Quarter presents concerts in the Portuguese Synagogue. You can enjoy a wide range of musical styles in a synagogue illuminated by hundreds of candles. The Portuguese Synagogue is unheated, so dress warmly! The concerts are about one hour long.

For Pesach (Passover) at the Portuguese Synagogue, arissa Groeneveld (cello) and Gwyneth Wentink (harp) will perform works by Vivaldi, Vaughan Williams, Fermo Bellini, Paul Ben-Haim, Ástor Piazzolla and other composers.

Larissa Groeneveld - cello
Gwyneth Wentink - harp

When: 21 March. Doors open at 19:00, concert begins at 19:30
Where: Portuguese Synagogue
Tickets: on sale for €13.50 at the ticket desk of the Portuguese Synagogue or the Jewish Historical Museum during opening hours.

No advance reservations.
For more information: E-mail the events office.

After major restoration, all the areas of the Portuguese Synagogue, including the treasure chambers, are now open to the public again for the first time. The completion of the building work will be celebrated on 24 March. Admission is free on this day.

Santo Servicio, the Portuguese Synagogue choir, will perform, and a film will be shown about the Portuguese Jewish community and its customs. Frequent tours of Ets Haim Library and the Jewish Cultural Quarter will also be offered.

Where: Mr. Visserplein 3, Amsterdam
When: Sunday 24 March 2013

What activities are planned?

Choir performances: 14:00 and 15:00
Library tour: 11:00 - 15:00, once an hour, max. 15 participants, sign up at the synagogue on Sunday
Walking tour of the Jewish Cultural Quarter: once an hour, 11:00-15:00, max. 15 participants, sign up at the synagogue on Sunday
Film about the Portuguese Jewish community: continuous screening, 10:00-16:00
Guides: present from 10.00-16:00 in the Portuguese Synagogue and treasure chambers

The heritage day at the Portuguese Synagogue is also part of 24H Oost.