June 3, 2011- Today I went to the Jewish Historical Museum, or Joods Historisch Museum in Amsterdam. This museum had a lot of information about the Jews living in the Netherlands as well as Jewish traditions in general. The museum had several different parts, one focusing on Jews of the Netherlands from 1600 to 1890 and the other on more recent Jews living in the Netherlands. There were stories of Jews who lived in the Netherlands and other places around the world and showed some of the hardships that they faced. This museum had a very large collection of paintings by Jewish painters and also had a lot of ceremonial objects that are normally located in Jewish synagogues. I felt this museum was somewhat interesting and would not really suggest people to visit. But one of the interesting things I learned there is how tedious and time consuming the writing of the Torah really is and how the Torah can only be written by professional scribes. Overall the museum was somewhat interesting and wouldn't really be a museum I would suggest people to visit.
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