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Moments in the land of Israel | 359: When Jews got the Hebrew Calendar

R. Shlomo Pereira  28/08/2022

A series of one-page notes distributed weekly.

Moments in the land of Israel | 359: When Jews got the Hebrew Calendar

Moments in the land of Israel | 70 CE: Sacrifices after the Destruction of the Temple?

R. Shlomo Pereira  21/08/2022

A series of one-page notes distributed weekly.

Moments in the land of Israel | 70 CE: Sacrifices after the Destruction of the Temple?

NYC Holocaust museum uses personal objects to tell story of lives lived and lost

15/07/2022

New permanent exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, entitled ‘The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do,’ emphasizes individual human stories from before, during and after World War II

NYC Holocaust museum uses personal objects to tell story of lives lived and lost

Oporto receives exhibition that depicts the effects of the Holocaust in Slovakia

Gabriela Cantergi  12/07/2022

"Last Folio": The Future is Memory features the ruins of Jewish life after WWII

Oporto receives exhibition that depicts the effects of the Holocaust in Slovakia

Israel's National Library discovers rare manuscript on Portuguese Inquisition

08/07/2022

A page from the manuscript describing auto-da-fé trials. The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, the National Library of Israel Israel's National Library has digitized a rare 18th...

Israel's National Library discovers rare manuscript on Portuguese Inquisition

Film "1618" about the Inquisition in Oporto will be shown by airlines from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Libya, and others.

Gabriel Senderowicz  Gabriela Cantergi  30/06/2022

The film "1618" is an important project produced by the Jewish community of Oporto, which turned its past into a gripping historical film. 

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