Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam

E807244

Jewish congregation Sephardic Jewish community religious community

The Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam is a historic Sephardic Jewish congregation that became a major center of Jewish life, commerce, and culture in early modern Europe.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Portuguese-Israelite community of Amsterdam	3
Portugees-Israëlitische Gemeente Amsterdam	1
Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam	1
Portuguese Sephardic community of Amsterdam	1
Portuguese-Israelite Religious Community of Amsterdam	1
Portuguese-Jewish community of Amsterdam	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish congregation ⓘ Sephardic Jewish community ⓘ religious community ⓘ
associatedWith	Atlantic trade ⓘ Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch West India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
denomination	Sephardi Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFrom	conversos returning to open Judaism ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Portuguese Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded	late 16th century ⓘ
foundedBy	Sephardic Jews expelled from the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
governedBy	Mahamad NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCemetery	Beth Haim of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainSynagogue	Esnoga NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Synagogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRite	Sephardic rite NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
influenced	Jewish communities in Brazil ⓘ Jewish communities in London ⓘ Jewish communities in the Caribbean ⓘ Sephardic communities in the Atlantic world ⓘ
knownFor	flourishing Jewish printing and scholarship ⓘ international mercantile networks ⓘ relative religious tolerance compared to Iberian Peninsula ⓘ role in readmission of Jews to England ⓘ
languageUsed	Dutch ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Ladino ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Amsterdam ⓘ Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSynagogueLocation	Jonas Daniël Meijerplein, Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableInstitution	Ets Haim Library NERFINISHED ⓘ Livraria Montezinos NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember	Baruch Spinoza NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac Aboab da Fonseca NERFINISHED ⓘ Menasseh ben Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Saul Levi Morteira NERFINISHED ⓘ Uriah da Costa NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
role	major center of Jewish commerce in early modern Europe ⓘ major center of Jewish culture in early modern Europe ⓘ major center of Jewish life in early modern Europe ⓘ
status	one of the most important Sephardic communities in Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese Synagogue Amsterdam → builtFor → Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam ⓘ

Portuguese Synagogue Amsterdam → ownedBy → Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam

Portuguese-Israelite cemetery Beth Haim → foundingCommunity → Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese-Israelite community of Amsterdam

Portuguese-Israelite cemetery Beth Haim → foundingCommunity → Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Sephardic community of Amsterdam

Portuguese-Israelite cemetery Beth Haim → operatedBy → Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese-Israelite community of Amsterdam

Beth Haim Jewish cemetery → communityServed → Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese-Israelite community of Amsterdam

Beth Haim Jewish cemetery → usedBy → Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese-Jewish community of Amsterdam

Beth Haim Jewish cemetery → governedBy → Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese-Israelite Religious Community of Amsterdam

Dutch Jews → mainOrganization → Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portugees-Israëlitische Gemeente Amsterdam