Michael Freund

Portugal’s only rural Jewish community seeks a seat at the table

After uniquely surviving in communal form through the Inquisition, Belmonte’s Jews want equal status and access to funds.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 15, 2019 6:13 pm

Palermo, Sicily, to get first synagogue in 500 years

The move is being viewed as a gesture of reconciliation more than 500 years after the expulsion of Jews from Sicily.

January 9, 2017 6:54 am

Lodz to have first Jewish kindergarten in decades

Ten children are expected for the first class in September in a Polish city that had its Jewish population of 164,000 nearly eradicated in the Holocaust.

August 18, 2015 4:08 pm

Are Iberia’s pseudo Passovers all about the afiko-money?

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 10, 2014 11:38 am

Portuguese priest prompts protest with Jewish museum plan

January 7, 2014 10:05 am

‘Lost’ Indian Jews coming to Israel despite skepticism over ties to faith

By Ben Sales October 17, 2013 1:59 pm

Portuguese town receives Torah scroll, Jewish learning center

July 21, 2013 6:37 am

In Portugal, Jewish law of return moves from Facebook to law book

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 11, 2013 11:21 am

Portuguese island to see first seder in decades

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 22, 2013 11:04 am

Portuguese synagogue celebrates 75th anniversary

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 4, 2013 12:38 pm

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