Sietske van der Veen
@sbvanderveen.bsky.social
Jews were an integral part of the country house landscape. My article, now published in Jewish Social Studies @iupress.bsky.social, is the first survey of Dutch Jewish country houses in the modern period 🏡🏰 Very happy to see it in print! An online version can be found here: doi.org/10.2979/jss.....
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Jews were an integral part of the country house landscape. My article, now published in Jewish Social Studies @iupress.bsky.social, is the first survey of Dutch Jewish country houses in the modern period 🏡🏰 Very happy to see it in print! An online version can be found here: doi.org/10.2979/jss.....
A very special site of Jewish heritage: the shul with mikvah (1889), the house of the chazzan (1905), and school rooms (1909) in #Winterswijk, in the Achterhoek region of the Netherlands. The adjacent cemetery was closed in 1884 – the current one is located on the edge of town.
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A very special site of Jewish heritage: the shul with mikvah (1889), the house of the chazzan (1905), and school rooms (1909) in #Winterswijk, in the Achterhoek region of the Netherlands. The adjacent cemetery was closed in 1884 – the current one is located on the edge of town.
Parisians, students at @sorbonne-universite.fr, and everyone who happens to be in Paris in early December: join us for a symposium on antisemitism in the colonial contexts of French Algeria and the Dutch East Indies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. More info below 👇🏻
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Parisians, students at @sorbonne-universite.fr, and everyone who happens to be in Paris in early December: join us for a symposium on antisemitism in the colonial contexts of French Algeria and the Dutch East Indies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. More info below 👇🏻
Laatst bekeek ik ook deze onder het winkelcentrum tussen de Gedempte Gracht en de Grote Marktstraat. Ik was eigenlijk op zoek naar de gedenkplaat die er zou zijn geweest in de C&A. Oudere medewerkers wisten er nog wel van, maar hij lijkt verdwenen na de verbouwing in 2006/7. Weet jij misschien meer?
October 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Laatst bekeek ik ook deze onder het winkelcentrum tussen de Gedempte Gracht en de Grote Marktstraat. Ik was eigenlijk op zoek naar de gedenkplaat die er zou zijn geweest in de C&A. Oudere medewerkers wisten er nog wel van, maar hij lijkt verdwenen na de verbouwing in 2006/7. Weet jij misschien meer?
Testimonies to the Jewish community of #Groenlo or Grolle: the building that housed the synagogue between 1822 and 1950 and the nineteenth-century cemetery just outside the city walls. In 2004, fifteen lead amulets from the seventeenth century were excavated just nearby.
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Testimonies to the Jewish community of #Groenlo or Grolle: the building that housed the synagogue between 1822 and 1950 and the nineteenth-century cemetery just outside the city walls. In 2004, fifteen lead amulets from the seventeenth century were excavated just nearby.
The New Synagogue at the Gerard Noodtstraat in #Nijmegen, an Orientalist design (with Torah scroll shaped centre), was consecrated in 1913. During WWII, the building was used as a storage space by the Nazis. Not long after, it became a church, and thereafter a museum. Since 2023, it houses a gym.
October 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The New Synagogue at the Gerard Noodtstraat in #Nijmegen, an Orientalist design (with Torah scroll shaped centre), was consecrated in 1913. During WWII, the building was used as a storage space by the Nazis. Not long after, it became a church, and thereafter a museum. Since 2023, it houses a gym.
The Portuguese Synagogue, Esnoga or ‘Snoge’ in Amsterdam is celebrating its 350th birthday this year!
September 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Portuguese Synagogue, Esnoga or ‘Snoge’ in Amsterdam is celebrating its 350th birthday this year!
The synagogue at the Turfkade in historic town #Brielle near Rotterdam served as a warehouse for a long time after WWII. It was restored in 2004-2005 by the Stichting Behoud Synagoge Brielle and now is a local cultural centre.
August 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The synagogue at the Turfkade in historic town #Brielle near Rotterdam served as a warehouse for a long time after WWII. It was restored in 2004-2005 by the Stichting Behoud Synagoge Brielle and now is a local cultural centre.
This is the beautifully located Jewish cemetery of #Diepenheim in Twente, where a small community thrived in the mid-nineteenth century. The last burial here took place in 1939. Several of the 18 remaining matzevot are heavily overgrown.
August 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is the beautifully located Jewish cemetery of #Diepenheim in Twente, where a small community thrived in the mid-nineteenth century. The last burial here took place in 1939. Several of the 18 remaining matzevot are heavily overgrown.
The tiny medieval town of #Bronkhorst near Zutphen is home to a small Jewish cemetery, established in 1811. It once was the burial place for Jews from Bronkhorst, Steenderen, and Brummen on the other side of the river IJssel. Less than twenty matzevot remain today. It is a monument since the 1960s.
August 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The tiny medieval town of #Bronkhorst near Zutphen is home to a small Jewish cemetery, established in 1811. It once was the burial place for Jews from Bronkhorst, Steenderen, and Brummen on the other side of the river IJssel. Less than twenty matzevot remain today. It is a monument since the 1960s.
Jewish heritage in the small town of #Lochem, Achterhoek: the synagogue at the Westwal (established 1865) with its original iron ceiling, now a memory site and cultural centre, and the cemetery at the Zutphenseweg, acquired by the community in 1829.
August 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Jewish heritage in the small town of #Lochem, Achterhoek: the synagogue at the Westwal (established 1865) with its original iron ceiling, now a memory site and cultural centre, and the cemetery at the Zutphenseweg, acquired by the community in 1829.
The Jewish cemetery at Brodno, #Warsaw, was established in 1780. In the nineteenth century, it became the burial ground for the poor. Brodno suffered from severe damage and deterioration during and after WWII. A monument since 2009, it is now looked after by the Jewish community.
July 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The Jewish cemetery at Brodno, #Warsaw, was established in 1780. In the nineteenth century, it became the burial ground for the poor. Brodno suffered from severe damage and deterioration during and after WWII. A monument since 2009, it is now looked after by the Jewish community.
Nożyk Synagogue, #Warsaw, is one of a few of the over 400 pre-war prayer houses in the city that survived WWII. During the war, it served as stables and as ghetto synagogue. After, it was used by the Jewish community until 1968, and again from the 1980s after political change and a major renovation.
July 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Nożyk Synagogue, #Warsaw, is one of a few of the over 400 pre-war prayer houses in the city that survived WWII. During the war, it served as stables and as ghetto synagogue. After, it was used by the Jewish community until 1968, and again from the 1980s after political change and a major renovation.
The Jewish cemetery at Okopowa Street, #Warsaw, was established in 1806. With 85,000 tombstones, it is one of the largest in Europe, with matzevot as far as the eye can see. After it fell into disrepair in the post-WWII period, it is now looked after by the Jewish community.
July 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The Jewish cemetery at Okopowa Street, #Warsaw, was established in 1806. With 85,000 tombstones, it is one of the largest in Europe, with matzevot as far as the eye can see. After it fell into disrepair in the post-WWII period, it is now looked after by the Jewish community.
These are the two former synagogue buildings (used 1908-1930 and 1930-1938, respectively) and the Jewish cemetery of #Homberg, Germany. The tiny Jewish community of this Hessian town fell apart during the Nazi rise to power in the 1930s.
June 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
These are the two former synagogue buildings (used 1908-1930 and 1930-1938, respectively) and the Jewish cemetery of #Homberg, Germany. The tiny Jewish community of this Hessian town fell apart during the Nazi rise to power in the 1930s.
The Castello di Torre #Alfina in Italy is a medieval castle turned neo-Gothic palace by Edoardo Cahen d’Anvers (1832-1894), scion of the Jewish banking family, who lived there during the renovation but never saw its completion, and is buried in a tomb in the woods a few kilometres away.
June 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Castello di Torre #Alfina in Italy is a medieval castle turned neo-Gothic palace by Edoardo Cahen d’Anvers (1832-1894), scion of the Jewish banking family, who lived there during the renovation but never saw its completion, and is buried in a tomb in the woods a few kilometres away.
It was enriching in so many ways to be part of the #JewishCountryHouses conference ‘Jews, Liberalism, and the Land’ in Italy this week. Through papers and site visits, scholars and heritage professionals explored the rural experiences of Jewish elites in the 19th and 20th centuries.
June 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It was enriching in so many ways to be part of the #JewishCountryHouses conference ‘Jews, Liberalism, and the Land’ in Italy this week. Through papers and site visits, scholars and heritage professionals explored the rural experiences of Jewish elites in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Centraal Israëlietisch Weeshuis (Central Israelite Orphanage) in #Utrecht opened in 1871. The building is now home to, among others, Jewish cultural centre MerkAz. The ceiling of the synagogue of the Liberal Jewish community (LJG) dates back to the days of the orphanage.
June 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Centraal Israëlietisch Weeshuis (Central Israelite Orphanage) in #Utrecht opened in 1871. The building is now home to, among others, Jewish cultural centre MerkAz. The ceiling of the synagogue of the Liberal Jewish community (LJG) dates back to the days of the orphanage.
Our event ‘The Jewish Street: Amsterdam and Paris After 1945’ was a great success! Did you miss it? A recording of the livestream can be watched here: www.spui25.nl/programma/th.... With @bartwallet.bsky.social, Sarah Gensburger, Eric Le Bourhis, and yours truly.
May 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Our event ‘The Jewish Street: Amsterdam and Paris After 1945’ was a great success! Did you miss it? A recording of the livestream can be watched here: www.spui25.nl/programma/th.... With @bartwallet.bsky.social, Sarah Gensburger, Eric Le Bourhis, and yours truly.
The synagogue at the Dieserstraat in #Zutphen was established in 1879 and (the upper floor) reconsecrated in 1985. Always a joy to be here.
May 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The synagogue at the Dieserstraat in #Zutphen was established in 1879 and (the upper floor) reconsecrated in 1985. Always a joy to be here.
The beautiful synagogue of #Amersfoort tonight. It was built in 1727 and reconsecrated in 1949.
May 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The beautiful synagogue of #Amersfoort tonight. It was built in 1727 and reconsecrated in 1949.
A look inside the #Russensjoel (‘Russians’ Shul’) at the Nieuwe Kerkstraat (once popularly called the ‘Jodenkerkstraat’) in Amsterdam. The shul was established in 1889 by Nidchei Yisrael. Although services resumed here in the 1980s after a major restoration, the pandemic sadly put an end to them.
May 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A look inside the #Russensjoel (‘Russians’ Shul’) at the Nieuwe Kerkstraat (once popularly called the ‘Jodenkerkstraat’) in Amsterdam. The shul was established in 1889 by Nidchei Yisrael. Although services resumed here in the 1980s after a major restoration, the pandemic sadly put an end to them.
Vers van de pers: de bijdrage die @bartwallet.bsky.social en ik schreven voor ‘Wereldsteden van de Lage Landen’: www.atlascontact.nl/boek/werelds.... Door de lens van de ‘portable’ Esnoga vertellen we op welke manieren stukjes Mokum altijd naar alle hoeken van de Joodse wereld zijn gereisd.
March 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Vers van de pers: de bijdrage die @bartwallet.bsky.social en ik schreven voor ‘Wereldsteden van de Lage Landen’: www.atlascontact.nl/boek/werelds.... Door de lens van de ‘portable’ Esnoga vertellen we op welke manieren stukjes Mokum altijd naar alle hoeken van de Joodse wereld zijn gereisd.