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Sephardic Jews

Book about the first Chief Rabbi of Portugal offered to the President of the Republic

02/06/2023

The book was written by Barros Basto in 1944 and reports their friendship between King D. Afonso Henriques and D. Yahia Ben Yaish.

Book about the first Chief Rabbi of Portugal offered to the President of the Republic

The Jewish Community of Oporto writes a letter to the European Commissioner of Justice

01/06/2023

The letter clarifies points about the Jewish nation and the EU strategy to promote Jewish life.

The Jewish Community of Oporto writes a letter to the European Commissioner of Justice

The Jewish Community of Oporto paid for the preservation of the Inquisition archives of the 16th century and will now move on to the 17th century

29/05/2023

Archives in extreme danger of being lost. Jewish world urged to contribute to the project that will also include the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Jewish Community of Oporto paid for the preservation of the Inquisition archives of the 16th century and will now move on to the 17th century

The Jewish Community of Oporto advised the authorities to arrest members of a Criminal Association

02/05/2023

"If the strongest Jewish community in Portugal was the target of a criminal scheme of that type, just imagine how many people without a voice have been victims of even worse persecutions.”

The Jewish Community of Oporto advised the authorities to arrest members of a Criminal Association

Jewish Community of Oporto accuses Institute of Registries and Notary of having been used in a Soviet style antisemitic action

29/04/2023

"The registrars responsible for the IRN inquiry agreed to be used and abused to attack the only Portuguese Jewish community with full synagogues, full museums, films, the one that certified Jews".

Jewish Community of Oporto accuses Institute of Registries and Notary of having been used in a Soviet style antisemitic action

Jewish Community of Oporto presents script for the film "1506" which it considers producing in the future

21/04/2023

Production of the film was scheduled for 2022, but was postponed due to an anti-Semitic campaign that targeted the community and is now being investigated internationally.

Jewish Community of Oporto presents script for the film
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