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Jewish Community of Oporto

The group meets once a month for an interfaith dialogue.

Lag BaOmer, Oporto

The Vice President of the Municipality, PhDs from the University of Beira Interior and experts in Jewish tourism joined members of the Jewish communities of Belmonte, Lisbon and Oporto.

Rabbi Rashi Simon explained that "pogroms do not happen in a vacuum”.

Since the last Yom Hazikaron, 1,600 Israeli soldiers and civilians have been slain.

In 1493, the King of Portugal had Jewish children of Spanish origin torn from the arms of their parents and sent by boat to the island of St. Thomas 7500 km away.