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A view of the Douro River in Porto, Portugal. (Photo/JTA-Shira Li Bartov)
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The new Jews of Porto: How the Portuguese city built a Jewish community from scratch

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov December 20, 2023

PORTO, Portugal (JTA) — In an apartment overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, 95-year-old Marilyn Flitterman habitually sits at her piano to play tunes by George Gershwin and Irving Berlin — long […]

Israeli flags wave at a solidarity rally for Israel in Cologne, Germany, Nov. 5, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Christoph Reichwein-picture alliance via Getty Images)
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As Europe’s Jews see a new era of antisemitism, governments struggle over how to respond

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov November 14, 2023
The Portuguese parliament building is seen in Lisbon, Oct. 25, 2019. (Photo/Carlos Costa-JTA-AFP via Getty Images)
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Portugal moves to end Sephardic citizenship law

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano October 17, 2023October 17, 2023
Two Israeli women arrive in Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 15, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
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Spain and Portugal have naturalized more than 90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA January 4, 2022
The new Holocaust Museum of Porto, Portugal, is set to open Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Jewish Community of Porto)
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Jewish community shaped by the Inquisition opens Portugal’s first Holocaust museum

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

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