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.

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.

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.

Global

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

Global

Portuguese priest prompts protest with Jewish museum plan

Israel

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

Global

Portuguese town receives Torah scroll, Jewish learning center

Global

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

Global

Portuguese island to see first seder in decades

Global

Portuguese synagogue celebrates 75th anniversary

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