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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

Porto

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
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
Leaders and members of the Jewish Community of Porto posing at the Portuguese city's Boeira Hotel on May 16, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
May 16, 2023, 3:32 am
European Jewish leaders gather in Portugal’s Porto to observe community’s revival
The number of Jews living in the northern Portuguese city has tripled in recent years thanks to new citizenship law and the arrival of hundreds of French-Jewish medical students
By Canaan Lidor
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
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
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
Mordechai Ben Abir unveils a street renamed after his ancestors who were expelled from Spain in the town of Falset, Spain, at a ceremony on May 16, 2016. (Youtube screenshot)
July 31, 2019, 9:44 pm
500 years after Inquisition, 10,000 Sephardi Jews close circle with citizenships
While some apply for Portuguese and Spanish citizenship to celebrate their family’s roots, most look to economic opportunity and a future that an European passport can offer
By Melanie Lidman
The Cantinho do Avillez restaurant in Porto, Portugal following vandalism on Nov. 19. 2016 attributed to BDS activists. (Photo courtesy of WJC/via JTA)
November 20, 2016, 1:46 am
Portuguese eatery trashed over chef’s visit to Israel
Anti-Israel activists daub ‘Avillez collaborates with Zionist occupation’ on facade of Porto’s Cantinho do Avillez
By JTA
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