When, in May 2014, the Kadoorie synagogue hosted the presentation of the book "The Jews of Porto," few imagined that the city’s Jewish Community would be so strong.
10 March, 2026
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Jewish Community of Oporto
The hope was replaced in subsequent years by Jewish resilience and the defense of Jewish human rights.
Jews don't count. In 2018, Parliament did not accept to include in the definition the "national, cultural and religious minority".
The project was suspended when the Portuguese state decided that it would define for itself what Jewish life should be.
Generations after the end of the Shoah, antisemitism is worryingly on the rise, in Portugal and beyond.
