https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 10:45:17 GMT en-US Miriam Assor https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/jewish-cemetery-of-lisbon/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/jewish-cemetery-of-lisbon/ In the early 19th century, descendants of Sephardi Jews who had taken refuge in Morocco and Gibraltar, returned to Portugal. In 1801, they bought a plot in Estrela English Cemetery in Lisbon. Miriam Assor https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/jewish-cemetery-of-faro/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/jewish-cemetery-of-faro/ The Hebrew date, 5638, written above the gate corresponds to the year 1887 of the Christian era. Miriam Assor https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/jewish-cemetery-of-belmonte/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://portuguesejewishnews.com/communities/jewish-cemetery-of-belmonte/ On Sunday, 11 February 2001, at a time when history was being made, the Jewish Community of Belmonte inaugurated its cemetery.