Belmonte preserves the moving history of the local Jewish community. After the harsh royal decision of 1496 that expelled the Jews, the Belmonte Jews were those who, while appearing to convert to...

Music is at the heart and soul of Jewish ritual observance. This is evident in the melodies that express the meaning of daily prayers, Sabbath services, holiday observance, and the special events of...

Individual day-to-day experiences form the basis of a society's national identity, of which one of the key features is the relationship with other societies.

Over the Rainbow (OTR) is a worldwide Zionist movement that aims to shift the center of gravity of the Zionist movement towards Jewish communities in the diaspora. OTR argues that most of the world's...

If the average person was asked what the biggest threat to human life on earth is, it’s likely they would respond with: climate change, pandemics, nuclear explosions, or even AI. In his book ‘Brief...

Having worked for seven years on the certification process of the descendants of Sephardic Jews of Portuguese origin the Rabbinate of the Jewish Community of Porto (CIP/CJP) emphasises that the...