The historical sanctuary of Amsterdam's Jews - Jerusalem Post

The historical sanctuary of Amsterdam's Jews
Jerusalem Post
The synagogue was founded by Spanish and Portuguese Jewish immigrants who descended from Jews who fled the Iberian Peninsula during the Spanish Inquisition. In 1670, the Sephardi community decided to build a synagogue, and went with a design by Elias ...

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This Day, May 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

This Day, May 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
1679: The Pope suspended the Portuguese Inquisition due to its severe treatment of Marranos. 1328: Philip VI is crowned King of France. Phillip's attempts to take back territory that Englandheld in Francein 1337 is marked as the start of the Hundred ...

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The History of the Roman Catholics of Mangalore - Bellevision

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