Jews are intensely aware of the power of speech. Words can be a source of inspiration, or they can be a catalyst for intolerance and violence. Within the Jewish psyche, there is a collective...
11 December, 2023
B"H When we think about a miracle, we picture a sudden event, or a sharp upheaval, of the nature of the splitting of the Reed Sea, the Revelation at Sinai, or the earth swallowing Korach and his...
I had the great privilege of visiting the Porto Holocaust Museum during a recent visit to that fine city. It was an incredibly powerful and moving experience. I was struck by the impressive breadth...
The «Cátedra de Estudos Sefarditas Alberto Benveniste» is a scientific institution created in 1996 in the University of Lisbon by me and my brother Sérgio Benveniste in memory of our father Alberto...
It is a great honour for me to address the readers of the digital edition of “The Portuguese Jewish News”. In these difficult days, when the covid-19 pandemic does not seem to loosen its grip on...
B"H The city of Poznan, in what is today Poland, was in the 1600s home to many Portuguese Jewish families who, over the course of the previous two centuries were forced to flee Portugal. Rabbi Yosef...