The 25 essays in this volume revolve around the self-perception of Dutch Jews and the way they were viewed by others from the beginning of the Jewish presence in the Netherlands through the "Shoah" and its aftermath.

Chaya Brasz is director of the Center for Research on Dutch Jewry. She wrote extensively on the history of Dutch Jewry, including De Kille van Kuilenburg (Culemborg, 1984), Removing the Yellow Badge (Jerusalem, 1995) and a chapter in the Geschiedenis van de Joden in Nederland (ed. J.C.H. Blom et al, Amsterdam, 1995).
Yosef Kaplan is the Bernard Cherrick Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Head of the Center for Research on Dutch Jewry. He has published extensively on the history of the Marranos and the Western Sephardi diaspora, including From Christianity to Judaism (Oxford, 1989), The Western Sephardi Diaspora (Tel Aviv, 1994) and Les Nouveux juifs d'Amsterdam (Paris, 1998).