- The
Houtgracht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦʌutˌxrɑxt]; Wood Canal) was a
canal in
Amsterdam that
defined one side of
Vlooienburg island.
Houtgracht and the...
-
Torah at
Houtgracht served until 1675.
Judah Leon
Templo lived on Vlooienburg, Men****eh Ben Israel,
Baruch Spinoza and
family lived at
Houtgracht opposite...
-
father was a parn****im and the
school was
located in the
adjacent house at
Houtgracht. The
first Ashke****m, Jews from
Central and
Eastern Europe, who arrived...
- Vroom, a
physician from Breda, as well as by the
house behind it on the
Houtgracht ["Wood Canal"]. Subsequently, also in 1682, a
neighboring property owned...
- district.
Waterlooplein was
created in 1882 when the
Leprozengracht and
Houtgracht canals were
filled in. The
square became a
marketplace when the city government...
-
River Amstel,
known as the Vlooienburg, at the
fifth house along the
Houtgracht canal. The
Jewish quarter was not
formally divided. The
family lived close...
- 1729 and had 9 children, 6
daughters and 3 sons. The
Braatbards lived in
Houtgracht.
Braatbard worked a
typesetter for
various Jewish printers and was familiar...
- one side of the
Vlooienburg island.
Leprozengracht and the
connected Houtgracht canal were
filled in 1882 to form the Waterlooplein. The Sint Anthoniusgast****s...
- Amsterdam,
being its
first president.
Having acquired a
house on the
Houtgracht, he
transformed it into Amsterdam's
first synagogue,
which was called...
-
after 1882, when two canals, the
Leprozengracht "Lepers Canal" and the
Houtgracht "Wood Canal", were
filled in. The
first Jews to
settle in
Amsterdam were...
