Safety bars, armored doors, bunkers in synagogues, gas masks, armed guards, bulletproof vests, metal detectors, CCTV cameras, large stone barriers on the road, monitoring social media networks and the...

I remember my grandmother`s screams, when events were remembered or new details relating to our relatives or friends emerged. I find it very hard to verbally express the uncertain suffering of those...

B"H The Jewish News Syndicate wrote an article about the Portuguese Jewish community in January 2021. The caption about the growth of the Jewish community in Porto grabbed me. For a similar statistic...

We met up in Lisbon with a survivor of the Kaunas ghetto in Lithuania and a Nazi camp in Poland. Zina Liebermann, born on 22 February 1922, is Portuguese to the core of her being but she does not...

In the Talmud is a saying that is radically true and wise: “We are all compelled to choose the path we wish to follow”. Our paths are personal, free and responsible choices, true. Driven by criteria...

(January 27, 2020 / The Tablet) A collaboration that stands as a beacon of hope for others and a re-awakening of Jewish life in Oporto and beyond. Oporto is steeped in Catholicism. While our city may...