The documentary outlines how 2,000 Jewish children were sent to the hostile island of São Tomé after the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492.
Among the shipwrecks identified is the Nossa Senhora do Rosário, a Spanish ship that sank in 1589 near Troia, carrying 22 tons of gold and silver.
Students explored Portugal’s Jewish heritage at the Jewish Museum of Porto, marking the 1496 Expulsion Edict.
The launch of the Portugal caucus comes in the aftermath of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, underscoring the importance of global solidarity.
The President of the Porto Jewish Community, Gabriel Senderowicz, stated that "Kristallnacht is not part of history but happening today. The way to fight antisemitism is to educate the youth."
Barros Basto, who died in 1961, has been compared by the Jewish community of Porto to Alfred Dreyfus as his case bore similarities to that of the French officer who was expelled from the French army.
I find myself ping-ponging, one moment wanting to stay on top of every nugget of news, the next fantasizing about disassociating from anything Jewish or Israeli.
This means that should the Porto community one day be disbanded, any assets belonging to the community would be inherited by the Jewish Agency.
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Experts at Sheba Medical Center developed a new high-dose radiation treatment for pancreatic cancer pain, now included in US guidelines.
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