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Mayor Jan van Zanen visiting
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.
Work by our own volunteers (Juli 25th) and by Penitence & Reconsiliation (June 29th)
The remaining work days (all Sundays) for this year are: August 22nd, September 26th, and October 24th. Our winter break is from November until the end of March.
- See also: Volunteers Agenda 2022
Please sign up beforehand: annedfhotmail.com
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Maintenance of the grounds by Rotarians
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.
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Guided cemetary tours by Gilde Den Haag
In the summer of 2020 Gilde Den Haag has started providing guided tours over the cemetary; see Visits
Open Jewish Homes The Hague, Sunday, May 3, 2020
*CANCELLED due to coronavirus crisis*
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Grass mowing the entire cemetery once a year costs 10 thousand euros
Picture above: field 35 before mowing Picture below: field 35 after mowing (August 2019)
Once a year mowing is carried out to such an extend that the soil remains as poor as possible.
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The Queen of Carbon Science and the grave of her The Hague grandmother
President Barak Obama greets Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, third from right, and Dr. Burton Richter, right, May 7, 2012. By Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.
In 2012, President Barak Obama announced that Burton Richter was a co-recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award, along with Mildred Dresselhaus.
The American MIT professor emerita Mildred Dresselhaus-Spiewak (Malka Sjeindel) discovered the grave of her grandmother Sjeindel Teichtheil in the Register on our website.
And so Mildred Dresselhaus travelled to Holland, shortly before her demise, accompanied by her granddaughter and was able to visit her grandmother’s grave on this cemetary.
The gravestone of Sjeindel Teichtheil
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Trauma Heli
Due to an emergency near the Peace Palace, a trauma helicopter was spotted on the cemetery.
Open Jewish Homes, The Hague, Sunday, May 1, 2016
The cemetery hosted one of the ten Open Jewish Homes in The Hague-lectures.
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Green maintenance by Rotary ‘s-Gravenhage – Kijkduin
August 28 th 2016
Also this year, one Sunday, Rotary Kijkduin has carried out green maintenance.
The Mayor visiting
On November 1, 2018 the Mayor of The Hague, mrs. Pauline Krikke, (on the photo the second person on the left) visited the cemetary and was given a guided tour by Members of the Board.
Christen Unie parliamentary party visits Jewish cemetery
4 September 2015
The Christen Unie parliamentary party defied the rain and received a guided tour over the cemetery. After the tour the visitors cleared a lot of weeds.
Gravestones Jewish cemetery The Hague
On August 10, 2015 the cemetery was visited by two researchers of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. Subject of their visit was the graves of the direct descendants of Don Francisco Lopes Suasso, the second Baron d’Avernas le Gras (approx 1657 – 22 April 1710)…
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