Jewish Spinoza expert named ‘persona non grata’ in Amsterdam’s synagogue
Spinoza was the famed Jewish philosopher who laid the intellectual foundations of the Enlightenment. He was excommunicated by Amsterdam’s Jews in 1656 for heresy.
Baruch Spinoza, born November 24, 1632 and died February 21, 1677(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
