Sjimon den Hollander
  • Personal
    • Introduction
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • My Journey to Judaism
    • Testimonials
  • JUDAISM
    • Judaism - Introduction
    • Jewish History and Texts >
      • Paleo Hebrew
      • The Pentateuch
      • Stories of Creation
      • Stories of the Flood
      • J and E compared
      • Priestly Writings
      • Prophets of Israel and Judah
      • Biblical Poetry
      • Hellenism and the Septuagint
      • Flavius Josephus
      • The Dead Sea Scrolls
      • Midrash
      • Oral Torah and Talmud
      • Origins of Christian Anti-Jewish Attitudes
      • Byzantine Jews Before the Advent of Islam
      • Yannai
      • Jews Under Islam
      • Byzantine Jews After the Advent of Islam
      • Qara'ites
      • Saadia Gaon
      • Saadia Gaon's Poem Telóf Tèlef
      • Salmón ben Yeruḥám
      • Hasdai ibn Shaprut
      • Yoséf ibn Abiṭúr
      • Andalusian Poetry
      • Samuel haNagîd and Ibn Gabirol
      • Christian-Jewish Polemics
      • The Crusades and Maoz Tzur
      • Rashi
      • The Tosafists
      • Yehuda haLevi, Background and Thought
      • Yehuda haLevi, His Poetry and Journey
      • Ritual Murder and Blood Libel
      • The Ḥasidé Ashkenaz
      • Toledot Yeshu
      • Moses Maimonides, Philosopher
      • Moses Maimonides, Rabbi, Leader, Physician
      • Abraham Maimonides
      • Maimonidean Controversies
      • Host Desecration Libels
      • The Barcelona Disputation
      • Qabbala and the Zohar
      • The Cairo Geniza
      • The New Sephardi Identity
      • David Reubeni and Shelomo Molkho
      • Shabbatai Tzevi
      • Da Costa and Spinoza
      • Yiddish Texts
      • Ḥasidism
      • The Jewish Enlightenment
      • Modern Jewish Thinkers
      • Could Jews Accept Jesus as a Prophet?
    • Jewish Thought >
      • Blessings and Challenges of Modern Orthodoxy
      • Could Jews Accept the Prophets ​of Christianity and Islam?
      • Could Jews Accept Jesus as a Prophet?
      • Why do Jews not Accept Jesus as the Messiah?
      • Why do Jews not Believe ​in the Prophet Muhammad?
      • Do Jews Follow the Sunna of Moses?
      • Saadia Gaon’s Solution to Anthropomorphisms in His Tafsîr
    • Jewish Law >
      • A Mikwèh in Uganda
      • Shabbat Distance
  • Scripture
    • Torah - Pentateuch >
      • Genesis
      • Exodus
      • Leviticus
      • Numbers
      • Deuteronomy
    • Nebi'im - Prophets >
      • Joshua
      • 1 Samuel
      • Isaiah
      • Jeremiah
      • Jonah
      • Zekharyah
    • Ketubim - Further Scriptures >
      • Tehillim - Psalms
      • Ruth
      • Lamentations
      • Esther
  • Liturgy
    • Daily Prayers >
      • Morning Prayers
      • Afternoon Prayers
      • Evening Prayers
    • Shabbat >
      • Shabbat Eve Prayers
      • Shabbat Eve at Home
      • Shabbat Morning
      • Shabbat Afternoon
      • End of Shabbat (Saturday Evening)
    • Rosh Ḥodesh (New Moon)
    • Shabbat Rosh Ḥodesh >
      • Eve of Shabbat Rosh Ḥodesh
    • Shabbat Zakhor
    • Purim
    • Passover/Pesach >
      • Eve of Passover Prayers
      • Passover Night at Home
      • First Day of Passover
      • Second Day of Passover
      • Intermediate Days of Passover
      • Eve of Shabbat Hol haMo'ed Pesach
      • Seventh Day of Passover
      • Eighth Day of Passover
    • Omer Counting
    • Shabu'oth >
      • The Eve of Shabu'oth
      • First Day of Shabu'oth
      • Second Day of Shabu'oth
    • Tish'a beAbh Evening Service
    • The Month of Elul
    • Rosh haShana (New Year) >
      • Rosh haShana Eve in Synagogue
      • Rosh haShana Eve at Home
      • Morning Service First Day
      • Morning Service Second Day
    • Shabbat Teshubá
    • Yom Kippur
    • Sukkot (Festival of Booths) >
      • Prayers for the Eve of Sukkot
      • ​Meals and Festivities in the Sukka
      • First Day of Sukkot
      • Eve of Shabbat Ḥol haMo'ed Sukkot
    • Sheminí ʻAṣèreth
    • Simḥàt Torah
    • Ḥanukka >
      • Ḥanukka - History, Meaning, Customs
      • Eve of Shabbat Ḥanukka
      • Morning Service of Shabbat Ḥanukka
      • Eve of Shabbat Rosh Ḥodesh Ṭébét
  • OTHER RELIGIONS
    • Christianity >
      • Christianity - Introduction
      • Jesus, the Jewish Messiah
      • Could Jews Accept Jesus as a Prophet?
      • Why do Jews not Accept Jesus as the Messiah?
      • The Barcelona Disputation
    • Islam >
      • Islam - Introduction
      • Islamic Dietary Laws
      • Torah and Qur'an >
        • Tafsîr Al-Tabarî
        • Tafsîr Al-Qurtubî
        • Tafsîr Al-Mîzān
      • Why do Jews not Believe ​in the Prophet Muhammad?
      • Do Jews Follow the Sunna of Moses?
    • Interreligious Dialogue
  • (DIS)COURSES
    • Biblical Hebrew
    • Medieval Jewish Literature >
      • Syllabus
      • Course Classes
      • Prep Readers
      • Paragraph Assignment >
        • Assignment Explanation
        • Original Text
        • Guidelines for your Paragraph Assignments
      • Essay Assignment
      • Glossary
    • The Jews of Medieval Western Christendom >
      • Introduction
      • Chapter 1. Prior Legacies >
        • 1A. The Muslim Legacy
        • 1B. The Christian Legacy
        • 1C. The Jewish Legacy
      • Chapter 2. The Roman Catholic Church >
        • 2A. Theological Doctrine
        • 2B. Ecclesiastical Policies
        • 2C. Imagery of the Jews
        • 2D. Cultural Creativity
        • 2E. Looking Ahead
      • Chapter 3. The Older Jewries of the South >
        • 3A. Southern France
        • 3B. Christian Spain
        • 3C. Italy and Sicily
      • Chapter 4. Newer Jewries of the North . I >
        • 4A. Northern France
        • 4B. England
      • Chapter 5. Germany and Eastern Europe >
        • 5A. Germany
        • 5B. Eastern Europe
    • Judeo-Arabic Philosophers
    • Sermons >
      • Rosh haShana >
        • Hardships That Generate Inspiration (2019)
        • Rosh haShana Meditation (2018)
        • Abraham’s Struggles and What We Can Learn From It (2014)
        • The Blessings of Monotheism (2013)
        • Rejecting Human Sacrifice (2012)
      • Yom Kippur >
        • Confession: Guilt Trip, or Acknowledgement? (2019)
        • Yom Kippur and Being Connected (2015)
        • Changing Your Brain (2014)
        • Grow Up and Become a Better Person (2012)
    • Other Presentations >
      • 370 Years Portuguese Jewry
      • Holocaust Commemoration
  • OTHER LANGUAGES
    • עברית ישראלית עכשווית
    • عربي
    • فارسي
    • Bahasa Indonesia >
      • Pembacaan Kitab Suci
      • Liturgi Yahudi
    • Deutsch
    • Español >
      • Sagrada Escritura
      • Liturgia
    • Français >
      • Écriture
      • Liturgie
    • Igbo
    • Italiano
    • Kiswahili
    • Luganda
    • Nederlands >
      • Tanach (Bijbel) >
        • Thora >
          • Genesis
          • Exodus
        • Profeten
        • Geschriften >
          • Psalmen
          • Ruth
          • Klaagliederen
          • Esther
      • Liturgie >
        • Daily Prayers
        • Sjabbat Avonddienst
        • Sjabbatavond Thuis
        • Sjabbat Ochtenddienst
        • Sjabbatochtend
        • Poeriem
        • Pesach
        • Omertelling
        • Sjaboe'ot
        • Tisj'a be-Ab
        • Rosj haSjana Avonddienst
        • Rosj haSjana Ochtenddienst
        • Kipoer
        • Soekot
        • Chanoeka
      • Joodse Geschiedenis
    • Português >
      • Sagrada Escritura
      • Liturgia
      • História e Literatura Judaica >
        • Textos Paleo-Hebraicos
        • O Pentateuco
        • Histórias da Criação
        • Histórias do Dilúvio
        • J e E Comparados
        • Profetas de Israel e Judá
        • Escritos Sacerdotais
        • Poesia Bíblica
        • Helenismo e a Septuaginta
        • Flávio Josefo
        • Os Manuscritos do Mar Morto
        • Midrash
        • O Talmude
        • Origens de Atitudes Cristãs Antijudaicas
  • UGANDA
    • Pesach in Uganda
  • Contact

Curriculum Vitae




​​SJIMON  R.  DEN HOLLANDER
Academical Background and Degrees
 
2018    Yeshiva University, New York, NY
          Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary 
          Rabbinical Ordination
 
          Yeshiva Mekor Hayyim – Bet Din Tzedek, Flushing, NY
          Rabbinical Ordination
 
1998   Ichthus Teachers College, Rotterdam, Netherlands
          B.Ed. Elementary School Teacher’s Certification
 
1990   University of Leiden, Netherlands
          M.A. Arabic Language and Literature
 
1978   Evangelical Seminary "Jong en Vrij / Vredeheim", Rockanje, Netherlands
          Christian Theology, Apologetics, and Outreach
                        
Work Experience
 
2015-present   Hunter College, Dept. of Classical and Oriental Studies, New York
                      Adjunct Professor; Courses taught: 
                      * Masterpieces of Medieval Hebrew Literature
                      * Introduction to Jewish Texts and Writing
                      * Jewish Culture and Thought in the Medieval Islamic World  
                       
2014-present   Freelance Translator English-Arabic, Arabic-English
                       
2004-present   Congregation Shearith Israel, New York, NY
                      Adult Religious Educator; Courses taught: 
                      * Medieval Hebrew Poetry
                      * Bahya ibn Baquda’s Duties of the Heart
                      * Saadia Gaon’s The Book of  Beliefs and Opinions
                      * Yehuda ha-Levi’s Sefer ha-Kuzari
                      * Modern Orthodox Outlook on Society
                      * Introduction to Talmud
                      * Essential Teachings of Judaism
 
1999-2000       Ichthus Teachers College, Rotterdam, Netherlands
                       Comparative Religion Teacher,
                       Internship Counselor,
                       Thesis Supervisor
 
1998-2000       Elementary School “De Horizon”, Dordrecht, Netherlands
                       Elementary School Teacher and Special Aid Teacher
 
1998-1999       Dutch Reformed Theological Education, Rotterdam, Netherlands
                      Comparative Religion Teacher
 
1998                Jewish Elementary School “Rosj Pina”, Amsterdam, Netherlands
                       Jewish education for Jewish students
 
1997-1998       Elementary Public Schools in Gorinchem, Netherlands
                       Islamic education to Muslim students
 
1990-1999       Courses on Islam and Judaism 
                      Alblasserdam and Dordrecht, Netherlands
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                      Elementary Schools in Sliedrecht, Netherlands
                      Arabic education to Arabic children

                      Arabic Classes for non-Arabic Adults
                      
Dordrecht and Sliedrecht, Netherland

                      Hebrew Classes for non-Israeli Children and Adults  
                      
Sliedrecht and Gorinchem, Netherlands 
 
1980-1982       Nursing Home “De Plantage”, Brielle, Netherlands
                       
Nurse in training
 
1978-1980       Municipal Hospital “Gemeenteziekenhuis”, Dordrecht, NL
                       
Nurse in training

Lecturing Experience
 
2023     Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Bronx, NY
           
Islamic-Jewish Dialogue in Past and Present
            A New Theory on the Assimilation of Hebrew Consonants
 
2022     Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA
           
The Esther Story in Islamic Sources
 
2021     Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA
           
Yosef and Yusuf; The Joseph Story in Torah and Qur’an Compared
 
2019     Municipality of Dordrecht (Netherlands)
           
Yom ha-Shoah Holocaust Commemoration Lecture
 
2018     Pikesville Jewish Congregation, Birmingham, MD
            The Ten Commandments in Non-Rabbinic Traditions and Religions
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            Dutch Reformed Church, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
            What It Takes to Become a Rabbi
 
2017     Sephardic Institute Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY
            Practicing Torah without the Rabbis; What Would It Look Like?

            Study Group “Scotch and Heresy”, Brooklyn, NY
            Jesus in Protestant Theology

            Dutch Reformed Church, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
            The Jewish Community in Putti, Uganda
 
2013     Congregation Beth Israel, Omaha, NE
            Possibilities and Pitfalls of Jewish-Muslim Dialogue

            JICNY Culture Salon (Jewish International Connection New York)
            The Jews of Uganda: Origins, History and Current Situation

            Dutch Reformed Church, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
            Yehudah and Tamar: Incest, Hypocrisy & Repentance in Jewish Perspective
            From Dutch Reformed to Portuguese Israelite

            Noachite Community Center ‘Ohel Abraham’, Rotterdam, NL
            The Challenges of Noachite Pietism
 
2012     Dutch Reformed Church, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
            On Sephardi Jewish History and Liturgy in the Netherlands
            Sukkot, Chanukka and Christmas; A Holy Triangle

            JICNY Culture Salon (Jewish International Connection New York)    
            From the Low Lands to the New World

2011     Congregation Beth Israel, Omaha, NE
            My Way to Judaism
 
2010     Congregation Shearith Israel, Manhattan, NY
            Lecture on the movie “Jesus Christ Superstar”

            Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA
            On Karaism: It’s Hard to be a Karaite

            Shearith Israel League, Manhattan, NY
            One Man’s Journey to Judaism
 
2006     Queens Gymnasia Yeshiva, Rego Park, Queens, NY
            One Man’s Journey to Judaism
 
2004     Union Hill Congregation, Manalapan, NJ
            A Calvinist Christian Turns to Judaism
 
2003     American Sephardi Federation, Manhattan, NY
            Congregation Shearith Israel, Manhattan, NY

            One Man’s Journey to Judaism
 
2001     City-As School, (High School) Queens, NY
            Introduction to Judaism
            Introduction to Islam
 
1990-2000  University of Nijmegen, Netherlands:
                  The Islamic Dietary Laws (Conference on Middle Eastern Cuisine)

                  Society for Arab-Dutch Relations, Amsterdam, Netherlands:
                  The Islamic Dietary Laws

                  Moroccan Mosque, Gorinchem, Netherlands:
                  The Fast of Ramadan in Comparison with Jewish and Christian Fasts

                  Dike Synagogue Foundation, Sliedrecht, Netherlands:
                  Pilgrimages in the Holy Land
                  Sacrifices as the Origin of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Liturgy
                  Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
                  Today’s Relevance of Tu BiShvat

                  Rotary Clubs, Netherlands:
                  Islam in Western Society Judaism
                  Minorities in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
 
                   Ichthus Teachers College, Rotterdam, Netherlands:
                   Jesus According to Jewish Perspective
                   The Prophet Jonah (Yūnus) in the Qur’an
                   Ruth in the Midrash
                   Jesus and his Contemporaries
 
                  Reform Synagogue, Amsterdam, Netherlands:
                  Judaism and Islam
 
                  Protestant Churches in Dordrecht and Surrounding Towns:
                  Christianity and Islam
                  The Position of Women in Islam
                  Women in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
                  Mourning and Consolation
                  The Role of Sacrifices in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
                  Islamic Art and Mysticism
                  Prayer in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
 
1997-1999  Inter-Religious Platform, Dordrecht, Netherlands:
                  Holocaust Memorial Services
 
                 Dutch Noahide Alliance, Almere, Netherlands:
                 The Sadducean position on the Hereafter
                 The Sadducean position on the Messiah
                 Religious Problems concerning Genetic Engineering
 
                 Birkat Olam, Society for Jewish Education, Deventer, Netherlands:
                 The Position of Gentiles in Judaism
                 The Noachite Covenant
                 The Synagogue
                 Shabbat
 
                 Christian Women Association, Sliedrecht, Netherlands:
                 Jewish Family Life
 
                 Adult Education Center, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands:
                 Pilgrimages in the Holy Land (Jews, Samaritans, Muslims and Christians)
 

Editorial Experience
 
1988-1999   Chief editor of “Lech Lechaa” (Magazine of the Dutch Noachite Alliance)
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Publications
 
2014    Interpretatie,  Magazine for Biblical Theology, Barneveld, Netherlands.
           Contributing article (in Dutch): “The Amnesiatic Nerve; Jacob’s Struggle
 
2013    AslalYahud.org, Arabic Website on Judaism;
           Contributions:
           Critical edition of Maimonides’ commentary on Mishna Chapter Ḥeleq
           (both in Judeo-Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic)
           Jewish position on non-Jewish prophets (in Arabic and English)
           Death penalty in Judaism (in Arabic)
 
2013    Conversations, Magazine for the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, NY
           “In Search of an Authentic Judaism; Blessings and Challenges of  
           Modern Orthodoxy
 
2005    Rabbi Marc D. Angel, Choosing to be Jewish, The Orthodox Road to 
           Conversion, KTAV, Jersey City, NJ. Contributing pages: 25-35
           “From Dutch Reformed to Portuguese Israelite”
 
1998    Ad Rem, Remonstrant monthly, Utrecht, Netherlands.
           Contributing article: “Jewish Humor”
 
1995    Eet van de Goede Dingen (Eat of the Good Things) – Essays on Culinary
           Cultures in the Middle East and Islam
, Coutinho, Bussum, Netherlands 
           Contributing article: “Historical and Current Aspects of Islamic Dietary Laws”
 
1994    Lech Lechaa, (Magazine of the Dutch Noachite Alliance)
           The Sadducees’ position on the Hereafter.

1991    Lech Lechaa, (Magazine of the Dutch Noachite Alliance)
           
Using the Divine Name in Godly Conduct; the Divine name in Judaism     
           The Names of God in Islam
 
1988-1993   “Berit Olam”, twelve articles on the Biblical basis of the Noachite Laws
 
1990    Al-Halāl wa-‘l-Harām fī Ta`ām al-Isl ām; Islamitisch Eten in een Westerse 
           Maatschappij (Islamic Dietary Practice in a Western Society),
           Master’s Thesis, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden

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Clerical Experience
 
2020-present   Western Correctional Institution, Cumberland, MA:
                      Religious and pastoral support for high-security prisoners
 
2012-present   Netherlands, Denmark, and Indonesia:
                      Officiating weddings and funeral
 
2005-present   Congregation Shearith Israel, Manhattan, NY
                     
Annual High Holiday services and sermons
 
2001-present   USA, Netherlands, Uganda, Israel:
                      Conducting religious services
                      (incl. Cantillation, Torah Reading, Sermons)
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Community Service / Voluntary Activities
 
2010-present   Chairman of Putti Village Assistance Organization (PVAO)
                      Charity organization supporting Jewish communities in Uganda
 
2009-present   Shearith Israel “Hebra Hased Va-Amet” Society
                      Member of Jewish Burial Society
 
2003-2009      Founder of “Magen Yisrael”;
                     Charity Organization for Putti Village in Uganda

                     (Succeeded by the “Putti Village Assistance Organization”, PVAO)
 
1994-2000      Co-founder and Chairman of Dike Synagogue Foundation,
                     Sliedrecht, Netherlands
                     Organization for the Renovation of pre-World War II Synagogue,
                     the Rejuvenation of  Jewish Life in the Region, 
                     and Inter-Religious Dialogue.
 
                     Co-organizer of Annual Interreligious World War II Memorial
                     Ceremonies
,  Dordrecht, Netherlands
 
1996-1999      Founding Member of Bene-Dor Jewish Society, Dordrecht, NL
 
1986-1998      Co-Founder and Committee Member of Dutch Noachite Alliance
 

Further Relevant Experiences
 
2023                Thousand Abrahamic Circles (Circle no. six)
                       
Three-weeks-long program of living together, thought exchange,
                        and panel discussions of a rabbi (me), a priest (from East Timor)
                        and an imam (from Indonesia), with the goal of engaging the
                        monotheistic religious communities in conversation and fostering
                        mutual respect. Locations: Jakarta, Dili, New York.
 
 2010                World Leadership Program
                       
Georgetown University, DC, in cooperation with Al-Azhar
                        University, Cairo.  Two-weeks-long conference with participants
                        of multiple religions, together with Islamic religious students
​                        from the Al-Azhar University of Cairo.

Social Media
 
2019-present   www.Hunter-Cuny.Academia.edu/SjimonDenHollander                  
                      Scholarly contributions
                      www.SjimonDenHollander.com     
                      Website with Articles on Religion, mostly Judaism
                     www.youtube.com/@Lectures-on-Judaism/videos 
                      YouTube Channel with Lectures and Classes
                      www.AlYahudiyya.com                 
                      Arabic website on Judaism
                      www.youtube.com/@AlYahudiyya/videos
                      Arabic YouTube Channel with information on Judaism
                      www.youtube.com/@Liturgy-and-Art/videos 
                      English YouTube Channel with information on Judaism
                      www.youtube.com/@Liturgia-Sefarad/videos
                      Spanish and Portuguese Channel with information on Judaism
                      www.youtube.com/@Kitab-Suci-dan-Seni/videos
                      Indonesian YouTube Channel with information on Judaism

2012-2017      New York Andalus Ensemble
                      Vocalist and Linguistics Director
                      (Arabic, Hebrew, and Ladino_Spanish repertoire)
                      Performances: NY: New York City, Brooklyn, Spring Valley
                                           CA: Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Cruz
                                           CO: Stamford

Languages
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Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew

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  • Personal
    • Introduction
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • My Journey to Judaism
    • Testimonials
  • JUDAISM
    • Judaism - Introduction
    • Jewish History and Texts >
      • Paleo Hebrew
      • The Pentateuch
      • Stories of Creation
      • Stories of the Flood
      • J and E compared
      • Priestly Writings
      • Prophets of Israel and Judah
      • Biblical Poetry
      • Hellenism and the Septuagint
      • Flavius Josephus
      • The Dead Sea Scrolls
      • Midrash
      • Oral Torah and Talmud
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