On the south side of the square at JD Meijerplein 2 4, across busy Weesperstraat, is the Joods Historisch Museum (Jewish Historical Museum; (Ph: 626 99 45), a beautifully restored complex of four Ashkenazic synagogues linked by glass covered walkways. These are the Grote Sjoel (Great Synagogue, 1671), the first public synagogue in Western Europe; the Obbene Sjoel (Upstairs Synagogue, 1686); the Dritt Sjoel (Third Synagogue, 1700 with a 19th century
facade); and the Neie Sjoel (New Synagogue, 1752), the largest in the complex, but still dwarfed by the Portuguese Synagogue across the square.
