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Jewish Community of Oporto

Why should the Jewish communities make sure that Sochnut will inherit their assets?

Gabriela Cantergi  18/02/2022

An interview with David Garrett (the lawyer Francis Garrett) who leads the legal department and is a Board member of the Jewish Community of Oporto.

Why should the Jewish communities make sure that Sochnut will inherit their assets?

United Hatzalah in Oporto

Gabriela Cantergi  12/02/2022

The mission is to be present at all community events that bring together a large number of people

United Hatzalah in Oporto

Jewish painting gallery opened in Oporto next April

Gabriela Cantergi  10/02/2022

A community painter leads the project

Jewish painting gallery opened in Oporto next April

New Jewish Cemetery of Oporto is a source of pride for the local community

Gabriela Cantergi  02/02/2022

Its name is Campo da Igualdade Isaac Aboab, or the Isaac Aboab Field of Equality.

New Jewish Cemetery of Oporto is a source of pride for the local community

Using his mother’s DNA, Josef is looking for an aunt who disappeared in the Holocaust

Gabriela Cantergi  24/01/2022

This is a tale of incredible perseverance. Eight decades after his aunt, called Sewusia Fajwlowicz, disappeared in Piotrków, Poland, a member of the Jewish community of Oporto has been trying to...

Using his mother’s DNA, Josef is looking for an aunt who disappeared in the Holocaust

A Jewish family from Oporto who survived the Holocaust

Miriam Assor  24/01/2022

Regina Reisman Schuman, born in the parish of Vitória in Oporto on 12 December 1897, presented proof of her identity with a birth entry she submitted to the Portuguese consulate in the French city of...

A Jewish family from Oporto who survived the Holocaust