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Mariusz Robert Opałko, holding a Torah scroll, and Michael Freund at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel on June 9, 2013. (Courtesy of Shavei Israel)

When elders reveal they are Jewish on their deathbeds, their children often return to Judaism

In places where identifying as Jewish used to be dangerous, the dying unburden themselves of an old secret.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 27, 2019 3:04 pm

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Rabbi Dawid Szychowski telling journalists about the Festival of Tranquility that he launched in Lodz, Poland on June 8, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Shvei Israel)

Polish city of Lodz has 1st Jewish festival in decades

The event was organized by a rabbi whose job is to bring back to the fold of Judaism descendants of traumatized Holocaust survivors.

June 12, 2019 4:22 pm

Roque Pugliese and Ivana Pezzoli getting married at the Bova Marina Synagogue in Calabria, Italy on June 4, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Shavei Israel)

Former Italian synagogue sees 1st Jewish wedding in centuries

The couple, medical professionals whose ancestors hid their Judaism, broke the glass atop the ruins of the Bova Marina synagogue.

June 7, 2019 6:58 am

On this Spanish island, Purim used to be the biggest holiday for persecuted Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 12, 2019 3:28 pm

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 15, 2019 6:13 pm

In northern Brazil, Sephardic converts are giving dwindling Jewish communities a new lease on life

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 26, 2018 12:15 pm

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

August 24, 2018 12:51 pm

Why food makers in Portugal are going kosher

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 19, 2017 3:25 pm

Portuguese town reopens renovated museum about crypto-Jews

August 24, 2017 6:55 am

102 immigrants from India set to leave Israeli absorption center

May 14, 2017 12:15 pm

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