founded in 1616 and it is the oldest functioning Jewish library in the world. Also, the Sephardic cemetery Beth Haim in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, a village on the outskirts of Amsterdam, has been in use since 1614 and is the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Netherlands. Another reminder of the Sephardic community in Amsterdam is the Huis de Pinto, a residence for the wealthy Sephardic family de Pinto, constructed in 1680. Notable Dutch Sephardic Jews Abraham Blauvelt, a 17th century Jewish pirate, privateer, and explorer of Central America and the western Caribbean, after whom the towns of Bluefields, Nicaragua, and Bluefields, Jamaica, were both named David de Aaron de Sola – rabbi and author (1796–1860) Abraham Cohen Pimentel – rabbi Amsterdam Synagogue (died 1697) Jacob Abendana – rabbi and philosopher (1630–1695) Jacob Israel Belmonte – poet, co-founder of the Sephardic community of Amsterdam (1570–1629) Isaac Aboab da Fonseca – rabbi, kabbalist, scholar, writer (February 1, 1605 – April 4, 1693) Hedy d'Ancona – female politician, well-known feminist (October 1, 1937) Abraham Bueno de Mesquita – comedian, actor (July 23, 1918 – August 19, 2005) Benjamin Cardozo – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (May 24, 1870 – July 9, 1938) Uri Coronel – sports director and chairman of Ajax Amsterdam (December 24, 1946 – July 18, 2016) Daniel De Leon – American Socialist leader (December 14, 1852 – May 11, 1914) Isaac da Costa – poet (January 14, 1798 – April 28, 1860) Manasseh ben Israel – rabbi, influential in the readmission of the Jews to England (1604–1657) Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita – graphic artist, mentor of M. C. Escher (June 6, 1868 – February 11, 1944, Auschwitz) Abraham Lopes Cardozo – hazzan of Congregation Shearith Israel (1914–2006) George Maduro – resistance fighter, distinguished officer (July 15, 1916 – February 9, 1945, Dachau concentration camp) Balthazar (Isaac) Orobio de Castro – philosopher (1617–1687) Samuel Pallache – Moroccan envoy to the Dutch Republic, co-founder of the Sephardic community of Amsterdam (ca. 1550–1616) Samuel Sarphati – physician, city planner (1813–1866) Baruch Spinoza – philosopher and optician (November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) Jacob Tirado – merchant and shipowner, co-founder of the Sephardic community of Amsterdam (ca. 1540–1620) Joseph de la Vega – author, poet and economist (1650–1692) Isaac de Pinto – merchant/banker, political philosopher (1717–1780) Joseph Teixeira de Mattos – watercolor painter and pastellist (1892–1971) Joseph