Among the five Portuguese recalled in this special edition are some names already well known, such as Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who lost his position as Portuguese consul…
The contribution of Portuguese Jews to world history is enormous and its history is inseparable from the Jewish presence in Portugal between the 5th and the 15th centuries. In…
Most Americans know of Oskar Schindler, the German businessman who saved more than 1,200 lives during the Holocaust, by hiring Jews to work in his factories and fought…
“The Church’s Ministry Among Jewish People” was a missionary Anglican organization founded in 1809 in London in order to encourage Jews to convert to Christianity. This mission had…
The first museum on the Iberian Peninsula specifically dedicated to the Shoah has opened in the city of Porto (Oporto), in northern Portugal. Created by the local Jewish…
In many mountainous and rural parts of Morocco, particularly in the Atlas, Talifet and Draa region, there are many cemeteries in very isolated areas known only to their…
The city of Tetouan in the northern part of Morocco means ‘open your eyes’ in the Berber language. The name probably was derived by the development of the…
The Jewish presence in the Iberian Peninsula has existed long before Portugal itself became a country. The contribution of Portuguese Jews to the arts, philosophy, commerce, and sciences helped…
New York Jewish Travel Guide sat down with Rabbi Mendi Sudakevich, head of Chabad Lubavitch of Japan, Tokyo, to ask a few questions about Jewish life and Communities…
