Dutch Jews as Perceived by Themselves and by Others: Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on the History of the Jews in the Netherlands

These studies encompass a variety of topics and periods, from the beginning of the Jewish settlement in the Dutch Republic through the Shoah and its aftermath. They include examinations of the Sephardi Jews in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Jews in the periods of Emancipation and Enlightenment, social and cultural encounters between Jews and Non-Jews throughout the ages, the image of the Jew in Dutch literature in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the churches attitude towards Jews. Also highlighted are the Second World War and its consequences, Dutch Jews in Israel and Israelis in the contemporary Netherlands.