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The city of The Hague, jointly with other parties, organises the annual Open Monument Day during the second weekend of September. Various cultural heritage monuments will be open to the public, free of charge. Guided tours, on foot, by bike, or by boat will be available. The old Jewish cemetery of The Hague – a national monument – will be …
With financial support of the Stichting Joods Leven Den Haag (Foundation on Jewish Life The Hague) recently ten panels have been installed in the former washing house, giving a bird’s eye view of the main Jewish rules and traditions dealing with passing away and funeral. The panels can be visited during walking tours organized by Gilde Den Haag and during …
Mid-April board-members of the Levi Lassen Foundation (Frank Leijdesdorff, Guy Soesan and Max Schrijver) were welcomed for a visit by members of the board of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Cemetery in The Hague. During a tour the group visited the grave of Jacques Levi Lassen, a successful businessman from The Hague who left his legacy to …
Our second season has begun! We had the most perfect weather and with 20 enthusiastic volunteers, it was a wonderful start of 2022. It was so wonderful to see our loyal group after a break of several winter months and to work together again. We worked in an area with gravestones that had not been cleared of moss, grass and …
Former politician Hedy d’Ancona will be the guest of Dutch TV-Program “Verborgen Verleden” (“Hidden Past”), to be shown on March 12 at 8.40 pm on channel NPO 2. In the program Hedy d’Ancona delves into the past of her Jewish father who was murdered during World War II. Hedy barely got to know him. Can sources tell her more about …
Last Sunday, spring was in the air. Last month we discovered snowdrops and this month the crocuses were in bloom. We chose to work in a part of the cemetery that we had not done before. Cleaning the stones and removing moss, sticks, acorns and weeds was very satisfying. What we discovered were beautiful tombstones, some of which were still …
On September 3 rd 2021 the Mayor of The Hague mr Jan van Zanen paid a visit to the cemetery; pictured standing left in keppel by the gravestones of mr and mrs Jozef Israëls (famous painter), with members of the Board.
Sunday August 16 2020; Rotarians from Rotary The Hague-Kijkduin reinforced by volunteer Haagse Hofdame gardeners cleared the grounds from stinging nettle roots and large numbers of seedlings threatening to overgrow gravestones.
