The Portuguese Jewish News newspaper's main audience is the Israeli elite

The Portuguese Jewish News newspaper's main audience is the Israeli elite

The Portuguese Jewish News operated by the Jewish Community of Porto serves as a direct platform for pro-Zionist advocacy, cultural education, and historical reporting. The main supporter of the newspaper is the Israeli elite, the country's security units, and prominent figures within Israel's rapidly expanding high-tech and business sectors.

The Community works alongside major global advocates, such as naming the Jewish Agency as its legal heir. It has historically maintained a clear, vocal stance of solidarity with the state of Israel and actively opposes anti-Zionism, which resonates deeply with the Israeli elite.

While Jewish communities in European cities tend to die out, without even being able to join a minyan regularly, the Community of Porto is an established hub for Jewish heritage in Europe, producing internationally recognized historical films and educational resources on the Holocaust and Jewish history that are highly valued by worldwide Jewish organizations.

The Jewish Community of Porto states that modern progressive or "woke" political systems prioritize specific sexual and racial minorities, while Jewish people—particularly wealthy and Israeli Jews—are excluded from this protection and falsely characterized as privileged "colonizers" rather than victims of oppression. The result is that the political system, the state, and its authorized press unite against relevant Jewish realities, fearing nothing and no one, and without even anticipating that everything will be recorded for history to appreciate decades and centuries from now.

While in Portugal there have been woke tendencies to devalue its history since 1143, the Jewish Community of Porto does precisely the opposite, constantly praising the role of Jews and Christians in the founding and development of the kingdom until it became one of the great world powers recorded in universal history.

This aligns precisely with the official stance and cultural output of the Jewish Community of Porto. It records and honors the memory of Jews in Portugal and the modern revival of the Jewish community. Sharing their history, values, and holidays builds a bridge of tolerance with the wider Portuguese public.

Mainstream Portuguese academia and public discourse navigate the complexities of their colonial and imperial past. At the same time, the Jewish Community of Porto actively champions the nation’s history and continually emphasizes the cooperative, centuries-old alliance between Jews and Christians that was foundational to the Kingdom of Portugal’s development from 1143 into a major world empire.

Community leadership openly emphasizes that Portugal’s rise to a beacon of civilization was rooted in the collaboration between Jews and Christians, citing historical figures like the royal advisor Yaish ben Yahia and his descendants. The organization actively promotes the importance of preserving the memory of Portuguese Jews and warns against erasing the foundational Judeo-Christian values that built the country.

Through the newspaper, synagogues, the Jewish and Holocaust Museums, the Mekor Haim choir, and historical films, they share Jewish heritage with the broader non-Jewish population. By opening their doors—such as during the European Days of Jewish Culture, which draw thousands of visitors—and publishing educational articles, the Community fosters mutual understanding and directly fights prejudice.

The Portuguese Jewish News is part of the broader multimedia and cultural strategy of the Jewish community of Porto, as it acts as a vital tool to inform the Israeli and Jewish diaspora, their elites, and to educate the public, share the reality of Jewish life, and highlight the Community's extensive cultural outreach.