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Get to know the Jewish culture and the history of the Jewish community in Groningen. Our beautiful synagogue, built in 1906, offers guided tours, exhibitions and activities.

Now on view:

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A DUTCH LAWRENCE OF ARABIA?
Jacob Israël de Haan - A man of contradictions and controversies

Jacob Israël de Haan, a man with many faces and even more stories. The son of a Jewish cantor in Smilde, Drenthe, became a journalist, poet, writer, teacher and lawyer! He was the author of Pijpelijntjes, the first Dutch autobiographical homosexual novel. Even though De Haan was only 42 years old, he made a lasting impression. In 1919 he left for Palestine, where he was murdered on June 30, 1924 - exactly 100 years ago this year - because of his sharp criticism of political Zionism.

 

From June 6, the exhibition that pays attention to the man considered by some as 'a Dutch Lawrence of Arabia' can be seen in Synagogue Groningen.

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  • OPENINGSTIJDEN
    Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean.
  • PLAN JE BEZOEK
    Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean.
  • CORONAMAATREGELEN
    Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean.
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