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...

Much has been studied about the intricate mechanism through which memories are processed, preserved and then transmitted (or erased), but it is common sense that its preservation, even if traumatic in...

B"H The state of Israel will be celebrating 74 years to its establishment and this important historical event is commemorated in most Jewish communities both in Israel and abroad. The Jewish prophets...

In March of 1941, after 6 months of hiding and running in the open, escaping the Nazis throughout Eastern Europe, my parents and I finally arrived in Lisbon, at the train station where most Jewish...

In thinking about memory and the role it plays in our lives and our background, it is difficult to remove those things that profoundly impacted us and our families such as the Shoah.  In my case my...