Jewish communities in Friesland

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Society publications:

• #420 Jewish inhabitants in the province of Friesland, up to 1813; inc. circumcisions, adoption of surnames, various cemeteries (partly into the 20th century)
• #400 Jewish inhabitants in the province of Friesland, middle of the 19th century

Literature about Jews in Friesland:

• I. Faber and S. van der Woude, Drie Eeuwen Joods Leven in Friesland, exhibition catalogue, Leeuwarden 1995
• S. van der Woude and S. de Haan, Drie Eeuwen Joods Leven in Friesland, Leeuwarden 1995; Monument van de Maand 5 (1995)
• J.F.van Agt, "De synagogen in Leeuwarden en elders in Friesland", in H. Beem, De Joden van Leeuwarden, pp294-329

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