The following link will take you to an article in today's Haaretz that I thought might interest you - http://www.haaretz.com/.../.premium-1.550082...On October 2, 1596, according to tradition, the ...See MoreThis day in Jewish history / First Sephardi congregation established in Amsterdam - This Day in... www.haaretz.comA group of Jews who had been expelled from their native Portugal held a Yom Kipp...ur service at the home of the Jewish Moroccan ambassador to the Netherlands.