Tag: Portugal
Only Shoah museum in Iberia commemorates ‘Night of Broken Glass’
The Oporto Jewish community in Portugal, one of the strongest in Europe, commemorated the anniversary of Kristallnacht at its Holocaust Museum on Nov. 7.
Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, marks the night of...
New film to chronicle the 1493 exile of 2,000 Jewish children from Portugal
With 1,000 Portuguese schoolchildren in attendance on Thursday, the Oporto Jewish Community announced its newest project, “The 2,000 Exiled Jewish Children.”
The film will chronicle the largely unknown story of how 2,000 Jewish children up...
Oporto Jewish community promotes film on 1506 Lisbon massacre
Jewish communities don’t ordinarily double as film production companies, but the community of Oporto, Portugal, has shown itself to be anything but ordinary. It has begun promotion for its third film, “1506: The Lisbon...
Vandalism of Oporto synagogue: ‘It is an offense, it is antisemitism’
The synagogue of Oporto’s Jewish community was vandalized with graffiti on Wednesday in the wake of war between Israel and Hamas. The words, "Free Palestine," and "End Israeli apartheid" were spray-painted on the gate...
Oporto Jewish Community seeks justice for its founder, the ‘Portuguese Dreyfus’
The Jewish Community of Oporto, Portugal, is campaigning to have its founder posthumously reinstated into the army.
Capt. Arthur Carlos Barros Basto (1887-1961), a decorated Portuguese army officer who fought in World War I, was...
Lisbon appeals court throws out restrictions on Portugal rabbi
The Lisbon Court of Appeal on Tuesday revoked “coercive measures” against Daniel Litvak, the rabbi of the Portuguese city of Oporto. The restrictions were part of a campaign of anti-Semitic harassment against the community,...
Oporto Jewish Community accuses Portugal of waging anti-Semitic campaign
The Oporto Jewish Community on Monday again accused the Portuguese state of conducting an “ongoing anti-Semitic campaign,” after police raided the offices of several law firms and the home of the curator of the city’s Jewish...
Portuguese Jewish community ‘slandered’ in campaign against ‘Sephardic law’
The Jewish community of Oporto, Portugal’s second-largest city, says it has been the victim of an anti-Semitic campaign orchestrated by “agents of the state” seeking to abolish the Nationality Law for Portuguese Sephardic Jews....
Portugal honors diplomat who saved Jews from Nazis
Portugal honored Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a former diplomat for the country, who helped save thousands of Jews from the Nazis during World War II.
“People who at the decisive moment put their and their...
Portugal bans entry to Israelis over coronavirus concerns
Portugal on Wednesday became the first European country to ban entry to Israelis after the European Union took the country off its COVID-19 safe travel list on Monday.
The Portuguese ban covers vaccinated Israelis and those able...