Under the amendments, applicants would be able to apply without traveling to Spain, as previously proposed, but are required to hire a Spanish notary and pass tests on the Spanish language and history.
The newly opened Jewish Museum of Porto, located in the northern Portuguese city’s Kadoorie Synagogue, attempts to tell the story of 900 years of Jewish presence in the region.
The oldest continually active Jewish congregation in the Americas? Hint: check your margarita glass. Congregation Mikve Israel Emmanuel in Curacao — home of the liqueur of the same name — holds the honor, having served the island’s Jewish community since roughly 1654. The wheels of the community were put in motion by Jaoa d’Yllan, a […]