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THE JEWISH EXCYCLOPEDIA

545 oniovfii,

rcprcsonted in

it is still

the

Ilclircw Ixiok-

world by three larjre priiitinj:-"ffices. Notable eol" lectious of books arc the" Hibliotheca Roseiithaliana (a portion of the University Library); the library of the Porluj^uese Rabbinical Seminary, with the division "Livraria de Jlontezinos," which is rieh in rare

works; the library of the Xeder. Isr. Seminary, and Uet ha Midrasli 'Ez Hayyiin." and .several In ])ublic life. Jews are to be met private libraries. with in all )iosilions; at the miiversity and in the courts of justice; with the annj-, and in the state and city i.'overnnieiits.

of the

IV. Statistics: The number of the Jews of Amin ITDo was 20.002, out of a total po))ula-

sterdam

tiou of 217.024; on November 19, 184!>. 2"), 178, of whom 2,747 were Portuguese and 22,42f) were Ashkenazim, out of a total population of 221. !t4!). In the census of December 31. 18S9, the total w]nlation was 408.061 of them 49,940 were Ashkenazim and 4."):!3 Portuguese Jews; in all 54,479. Detailed statistics of the Portuguese congregation liave not been printed. The report of the Ashkenazic congregation for 1899 furnishes the following; In that year there were 349 weddings, and in the two cemeteries (Muiderberg and Zeebiirg) 088 interments. The congregational budget for 1S9S was221,021. 12 llorins (§88.0(10). Of this 4."i.:{.")4. 13 llorins were e. peiided for Jewish education, and 29.077. .) for charities, which are financially and adniinistnttively extra-congrega;

The German congregation had eight .synagogues, sealing 2.008 men and "137 women. There In are in addition about 2.") smaller synagogues. the .schools of the coiiirrcgation were registered, in tional.

The Jewish free schools had 1899. 8:!7 childr.'ii. l.O.ls pupils, and the Jewish congregational kimhrgarten OoO ebildn

n.

The

.Iruislj

Sriiiiii:iry,

with

Amsterdam

151 patients, with (e) Insane asylum 45.262 days of treatment;" discharged, 10 cured; 3 incurable; 11 died. (/) scription.s.



Home for aged men and women. [An idea of the former communal activity of the and

Spanisli of

Portuguese

Amsterdam may

Jews

be gained from the list nl their various societies, Ijotli for the cultivation of letters and the exercise of charity mentioned by Daniel Levi de Barrios in his "Triumpho del Govierno Popular." To the first or academic class beloiigeil the following .(/

V xli

Ketcr Tor

ilxit:

Seal of Portu^e.se Conffregallon at Ainstenlain. (From the

CoDgr,-gatii>iiai Arcbivefl.)

(min nn3); Tora Hor OIX minh Yesiba de los Pintos; Meirat Henaim (D'J'V DI'XD). also called Yesiba Anistelodama; Tipheret Bajurim (niSBD Of cliaritable organizaD'"lin3) or Yesiba Quinta. tions, the following are mentioned: Abi Yetoniim

OX): Geniilut Jassjidim (Dncn DI^DJ):

(D'OirC

Temime Darex

cH

(-|-)T 'D'OD) Jonen Dalini pin) Dal i}y-[ (jx ^OL'T:): Saliare Zedek (nj;:;' pnV): Keter Sem Tob (31D DC -rO): Resit Joxnui inosn n'trsi): Bahaie Tesuba (naifn 'isya). A iiuniber of similar societies have from time to time been formed among the so-called German Jews. There may be mentioned the Nederlandscli Israe-

Masipiil



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el

Seminarium for the training of rabbis, w ith the Saildat Bagurim (society for the assistance of the scholars); a " Gebroederschap " (D'3"iri 'pnVO p H lieti.sch

for the study of Hebrew literature: the "Dr. Samuel Isrilel JIulder-Stichting." founded in 1883 for the purpose of assisting worthy Jewish students of theology. There also exists a Reform synagogue which was founded about the middle of o.] tiie nineteenth century. Of benevolent societies still existing, the following may be mentioned: In the Portuguese congregation a boys' orphan asylum, founded 1648, having 23 inmates in 1899; girls' orphan asylum, established 17;!4, remodeled 1839, 14 inmates; home for aged men, founded 1749, 6 inmates; home for aged women, founded 1834, consolidated with the In the Ashkenazic Portuguese Jewisli IIos])ital. congregation; boys' orphan asylum, founded 1738, having 82 inmates in 1899; girls' orphan asylum, founiled 1761, 66 inmates; Lying-in Society, established 1822. BMU.uxiRAlMlT: On section I.: Koenen, ClrKChiee ("Hstni,

7V Sifwuimir

iliv /*ortiit/.

hr.

Httk'Uf. IST.'i; Ktiir i'(i» tiriifMifiit-n, LeyUen. ls.s:l; KavsiTliili;. .s'' ji/nu-ifim. |ip. I'lSit .vi/. section II. Uii utlilitlon 10 the alKivei : .^nielnnder, Scliiiiil Inidtl, Imtcli tninshitlon l>.v (iomlsnilt, with note.n tiiiiiii ittt.

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a complete high school curriculum, numbered 70 students. Of benevolent inslilulions there were in 1899: (.1) Hospital (built in IM.S.-1); 1.09.") patients, with dischargi-il. 870; diiil.l2 imtiints. with l.").!!."! (<•) consultations. Kye clinic; 1.303 patients, with li').^*2."> consultations, (il) Dispensary: .'>(i.ti:i8 pre;

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