Esnoga, the symbolic synagogue of the Jewish community inAmsterdamis gleaming in the light November rain. In front of the old red brick building, there aren’t many people, apart from a small group of tourists waiting, oblivious – at least on the surface – of the violence in recent days in the vicinity of the historic Jewish quarter. Mina, who works with the nearby Museum of Jewish Culture, has forgotten nothing.

“ It’s not easy to talk about it “, she says, obviously choosing her words. She who calls herself “ more to the left “ and “ sensitive to the suffering of the Palestinians “ ends up evoking “ a pogrom “the term also chosen by the Israeli government.

Mina was not directly affected by the clashes that broke out on the night of November 7-8, on the sidelines of a soccer match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv. But she says she remains “ still very&nbsp