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A poster advertising an exhibition in Luxembourg on the actions of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. (Courtesy of the government of Luxembourg)

Portuguese politician apologizes for calling famous rescuer of Jews a ‘loan shark’

Abel Matos Santos’ 2012 remark is being revisited as his political profile grows.

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 3, 2020 4:55 pm

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The four pillars of the Synagogue of Tomar, Portugal (Wikimedia Commons)

Museum inside Portugal’s oldest Jewish synagogue reopened

The 500-year-old Synagogue of Tomar had been closed for two years for renovations.

October 25, 2019 8:49 am

A page out of the Kennicott Bible, pictured at a press conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on Oct. 14, 2019. (Xunta de Galicia)

Copy of Hebrew Bible created in Spain by Jews returns there after centuries

The whereabouts of the Kennicott Bible had been a mystery for about 300 years until it turned up in Oxford in 1771.

October 25, 2019 8:42 am

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Computer glitch briefly shows all Sephardic applications for Spanish citizenship as approved

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 6, 2019 3:26 pm

The Tribunal of Appeals in Lisbon, Portugal. (João Carvalho/Wikimedia Commons)

Portugal releases Israeli charged with murdering another Israeli in Colombia

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 26, 2019 8:47 am

Portugal OKs 10,000 requests for citizenship by descendants of Sephardic Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 17, 2019 7:50 am

Portugal sets aside a day to remember Inquisition victims

By Marcy Oster December 5, 2018 8:44 am

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Kosher beer label launched in Portuguese town with a few dozen Jews

August 24, 2018 12:51 pm

Portuguese official disappears with Jewish heritage money

December 29, 2017 6:49 am

A Portuguese-Spanish Jewish Thanksgiving Service Going Back to 1789

By Zachary Solomon

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