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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Jews in Portugal

A photo of the Porto cityscape, June 2024. (Romain Chauvet)
August 13, 2024, 7:52 pm
Looking to escape war at home, Israelis seek refugee status in Portugal
As the Israel-Hamas conflict stretches into its 11th month, locals looking to flee its physical and economic perils find a shortcut – albeit temporary – in applying for EU asylum
By Romain Chauvet
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, left, speaks during a parliamentary session on a no confidence motion at the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon, on January 5, 2023. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
October 18, 2023, 7:29 am
Portugal moves to end Sephardic Jewish citizenship law
Bill terminating country’s citizenship law passes first reading amid heated debate, may take effect January 1, 2024
By Orge Castellano
The Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto, Portugal, vandalized with graffiti tied to the Israel-Hamas war, October 11, 2023. (CIP via JTA)
October 16, 2023, 12:24 pm
Porto synagogue vandalized with pro-Palestinian slogans
Local Jews anticipate backlash, brace for antisemitism as Israel-Hamas war rages; community leader meets Muslim, Catholic representatives about preventing violence
By JTA and ToI Staff
Sebastião Feio, president of the Porto municipal general assembly, speaks at a ceremony dedicating the Portuguese city's memorial to the local victims of the Inquisition, Septemver 3, 2023. (Courtesy: CIP-CJP via JTA)
September 9, 2023, 11:47 am
Porto’s Jewish community unveils memorial to 842 victims of Portuguese Inquisition
Local victims aged 10 to 110 years old were killed or expelled in the Portuguese Inquisition between 1536 to 1821
By Shira Li Bartov
A police officer blocks a road for visitors of the Kadoorie Synagogue in Porto, Portugal on May 16, 2023. (Eli Mandelbaum/EJA)
June 2, 2023, 11:59 am
Porto Jews decry ‘Soviet-style antisemitism’ as lucrative citizenship vetting probed
Jewish community in coastal Portugal city has flourished, but is now being torn by decision to attack investigation into handling of citizenship process for Jews deemed Sephardic
By Canaan Lidor
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a pre-Passover toast, April 4, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
May 16, 2023, 12:58 pm
Daily Briefing May 16: From foes to bros — Why Netanyahu is no longer mad at Gallant
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses blip in overhaul talks and new PM-Gallant bromance; Diaspora reporter Canaan Lidor talks challenges facing Jews in Portugal, Tunisia
By ToI Staff
Arthur Carlos de Barros Basto (1887-1961) (public domain, via wikipedia)
February 28, 2023, 2:08 pm
Jewish community blasts state for refusing to reinstate ‘Portuguese Alfred Dreyfus’
Granddaughter of late army captain Arthur Carlos de Barros Basto says he was denied posthumous honor because he can’t make request in person
By Michael Horovitz and JTA
Illustrative: The Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto, Portugal, on September 2, 2016. (AFP Photo/ Miguel Riopa)
September 29, 2022, 11:14 pm
Restrictions lifted from Porto rabbi as Portuguese citizenship fraud case continues
Lisbon court says no ‘single fact’ shows Rabbi Daniel Litvak gave priority to requests of Jews for Portuguese citizenship, in investigation tied to oligarch Roman Abramovich
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A page from the manuscript describing autos-da-fé trials in Lisbon from 1540-1669, during the Portuguese Inquisition. (Courtesy of the National Library of Israel)
July 7, 2022, 12:21 am
National Library finds rare 18th-century text detailing Portuguese Inquisition
Centuries-old manuscript, recounting more than 100 years of hearings and brutal executions of individuals accused of practicing Judaism and other ‘sins,’ is now digitized online
By Michael Horovitz
Congregants praying at the Kadoorie Synagogue in Porto, Portugal, May 2014. (Courtesy of the Jewish community of Porto/JTA)
June 27, 2022, 6:44 am
Porto Jewish community denounces citizenship probe as a ‘Holocaust against families’
Head of community rails at Portuguese authorities over investigation into its role in vetting Roman Abramovich, others for Sephardic ancestry
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Jewish prayer shawls are stored on a shelf at the entrance of the Jewish synagogue in Lisbon, May 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
March 16, 2022, 3:20 pm
Abramovich row prompts Portugal to tighten rules for Jewish citizenship application
Lisbon amends law amid questions into naturalization of Israeli-Russian billionaire, who is facing harsh sanctions over his ties to Russian leader Putin
By ToI Staff
Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
December 19, 2021, 9:06 am
Oligarch Abramovich gets Portugal passport under Jewish ancestry law
Billionaire Chelsea owner adds EU passport to his Russian and Israeli ones, under rules for people descended from Jews expelled in 15th century
By ToI Staff
The Assembly of the Republic in Lisbon, Portugal (The Assembly of the Republic via JTA)
February 13, 2021, 8:25 pm
Portuguese lawmaker: Israel’s vaccine success due to Jewish financial powers
Rodrigo Sousa e Castro deletes ‘offensive’ tweet following backlash, yet claims statement was about ‘Zionism and its crimes in Palestine’ that upset ‘Zio-Nazis’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The interior of the Holocaust Museum of Porto, January 2021. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Porto/ via JTA)
January 22, 2021, 5:25 am
Jewish community shaped by Inquisition opens Portugal’s first Holocaust museum
Opening ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, facility reflects a resurgence as the number of Jews in the country hits 3,100, up 75% from 20 years ago
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Congregants praying at the Kadoorie – Mekor Haim synagogue in Porto, Portugal, May 2014. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Porto)
July 16, 2020, 3:06 pm
Portugal’s government steps back from plan to change ‘law of return’ for Jews
After months of threatening to derail the 2015 nationality law with draconian requirements, Socialist Party says it will instead insist on applicants showing a ‘genuine connection’
By Melanie Lidman
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