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The very first Jewish community in Rotterdam was founded by Portuguese Jews from Antwerp. In 1610, the Vroedschap allowed the "Portuguese Jews" to settle in Rotterdam "to promote traffic and negotiations within this city" and to establish a synagogue there. In the first half of the 17th century, we already find a synagogue of the Portuguese Jewish community. Among them was the highly respected De Pinto family, of which Abraham Gillez Lopez de Pinto in particular left nothing to make the Jewish community a worthy community. He was a wealthy man who lived in the double upper house on the south side of Wijnhaven No. 62, corner of Bierstraat. After renovation, this became a meeting place and school for Jews who felt the need to increase their knowledge of the Talmud and the Bible. The Jews from the east - called "High German Jews" - came later. Their first synagogue was the one at Glashaven (1674). For a while, the Portuguese and High German Jews each had their own synagogue, but when the number of Portuguese Jews decreased significantly, both communities decided in 1682 to unite and use the synagogue at Glashaven WZ. This synagogue soon became too small and an adjacent building was purchased to enlarge the existing church. When in 1723 Parnassijns requested permission to enlarge the synagogue, the mayors believed that "those of the Jewish nation would do better to look elsewhere at the public church (meaning the Zuiderkerk) in a more elegant way".

Extremely interesting modern church, in the characteristic well-maintained, and with substantiated symbolism provided, anthroposophical architecture. This is the second church building in the Netherlands, after the one in The Hague, of the Christian Community. Later similar churches followed in Amsterdam, Zeist, Veldhoven, Alkmaar.

Built as Dutch Reformed Church in the Rotterdam district of Blijdorp, north of (= behind) the Central Station. Beautiful church. Architecturally exceptionally important interbellum church, with a series of outbuildings surrounding the inner garden, including a chapel, and an extremely original tower. Both the church and the adjacent parsonage are municipal monuments. Large hall church, built in 1933 by JC Meischke and P. Schmidt. Rectangular narrow tower with tent roof. Internal lobed wooden barrel vault. Furniture, organ and pulpit come from the former Reformed Oosterkerk in Rotterdam, which was demolished in 1933. After the demolition of the nearby Reformed Statensingelkerk, it was also used by the Reformed Church. Later a church of the PKN. The large church space has also been used by the IZB Gemeente Noorderlicht since 02-07-2012, which holds services on Sundays at 11:00. (Meaning of abbreviation IZB to be verified). The PKN church services (largely) take place in the Chapel of the complex, on Sundays at 10:00. To be verified since when this has been the case. In the large, monumental church hall, celebrations take place of the Noorderlicht congregation, a special congregation of the PKN. This congregation also holds Sunday celebrations in 2 other churches: the Oranjekerk in Hillegersberg and the Oude Kerk in Charlois in Rotterdam Zuid.