Kanof Lecture—The World of Amsterdam-Based International Dowry Society Dotar, 2 November | Event in Raleigh

Kanof Lecture—The World of Amsterdam-Based International Dowry Society Dotar

North Carolina Museum of Art

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Sun, 02 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm

1.5 hours

2110 Blue Ridge Rd., Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27607

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Sun, 02 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm (EST)

2110 Blue Ridge Rd., North Carolina 27607

2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607-6433, United States

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Kanof Lecture—The World of Amsterdam-Based International Dowry Society Dotar
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt, the 2025 Kanof Lecture by Tirtsah Levie Bernfeld, independent scholar, Amsterdam, focuses on the Amsterdam-based international dowry society Dotar, also known as the Santa Companhia de Dotar orfas e donzelas pobres. Founded in 1615, it is one of the oldest Jewish charitable organizations still operating today.

The lecture explores Dotar’s international outreach, organizational structure, and conditions for participation, with particular emphasis on the early modern period. Through an analysis of petitions submitted to the society, Bernfeld also reveals the personal stories of young women and their families—members of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish nation—as they faced persecution and hardship in their journey toward the free Jewish world.


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Kanof Lecture—The World of Amsterdam-Based International Dowry Society Dotar, 2 November | Event in Raleigh
Kanof Lecture—The World of Amsterdam-Based International Dowry Society Dotar
Sun, 02 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm