On Sunday, on the Sephardi Heritage Project, Ton Tielen will discuss the Amsterdam-based Portuguese Jewish bridal society Santa Companhia de Dotar Orphas e Donzellas, known as Dotar. At 405 years it is the oldest still functioning Jewish charity in The Netherlands, and indeed in the Western Sephardic world. Though established in Amsterdam, its membership was international, and its activities encompassed the whole of the Sephardic world. The core of its archives still exists, and for the larger part is digitally available in the Amsterdam City Archives. If you are not already on the mailing list, please add yourself here:
