https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:38:40 GMT en-US Miriam Assor https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/the-jewish-communities-of-portugal/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/the-jewish-communities-of-portugal/ The European Commission announced in early October that Jewish life will be fostered in a Europe that was home to 9.5 million Jews before the Second World War and whose remaining 1.5 million are abandoning the Old Continent. Miriam Assor https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/chabad-portugal/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/chabad-portugal/ Chabad is proud to begin a second decade of activity in Portugal. Gabriela Cantergi https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/the-jewish-community-of-oporto/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/the-jewish-community-of-oporto/ The history of the Jewish community of Oporto is much older than the official foundation of Portugal. Miriam Assor https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/the-jewish-community-of-lisbon/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/the-jewish-community-of-lisbon/ In 1143, when King D. Afonso Henriques received recognition of Portugal as an independent kingdom, the Jews had been present on the Iberian Peninsula for over a millennium. Gabriela Cantergi https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/the-jewish-community-of-algarve/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/the-jewish-community-of-algarve/ In the center of the Algarve for over two years one can find an active Synagogue: the Ezra & Sasoon Synagogue. Miriam Assor https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/the-jewish-community-of-belmonte/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/the-jewish-community-of-belmonte/ The Jewish Community of Belmonte is a landmark in the history of the Jews in Portugal.