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Daniela Ruah: “I’m a woman and I enjoy feeling sexy” – People
Portuguese American actress, Daniela Ruah, 28, was photographed and interviewed for the September edition of Esquire magazine. She speaks about being born in the United States and raised in Portugal,...
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2nd International Sephardic Heritage Festival – Guarda, Portugal
The 2nd International Sephardic Heritage Festival (II Festival Internacional da Memória Sefardita) is taking place in Guarda, Portugal, September 18-21, to celebrate the Portuguese-Jewish heritage. As...
View ArticlePortuguese Jewish community celebrating Yom Kippur – Portugal
The nearly five thousand Jews living in Portugal today are marking the beginning of Yom Kippur, a religious celebration that starts at 6pm on October 7 and lasts until sundown on Saturday, October 8,...
View ArticleMET: Lisbon’s Hebrew Bible on exhibit – NYC
A rare 13th-century Hebrew manuscript, known as the Cervera Bible, is the central piece on exhibition in the Medieval Europe Gallery at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The exhibit...
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Darrell Kastin: His allure of the Azores and his work in progress– Interview
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) ♦ Darrell Kastin was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1957, of Azorean and Russian-Jewish descent. His maternal ancestors came from the islands to settle in the United...
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Book: Classic “Maiden and Modest” by Bernardim Ribeiro published – UMD, MA
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England UPNE), released publication of Maiden and Modest: A Renaissance Pastoral Romance by Portuguese Renaissance author...
View ArticleAristides de Sousa Mendes to be honored by Congregation Beth David – Saratoga,CA
The Congregation Beth David, of Saratoga (CA), will honor Righteous Gentile, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, on October 14, beginning at 1:00pm. Sousa Mendes was Portuguese Consul stationed in Bordeaux,...
View ArticleHeritage: Interfaith group launches the Sabar Hassamain Synagogue restoration...
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) The Azorean-Jewish Heritage Foundation, an interfaith delegation from Massachusetts, is in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel island, Azores, to launch the Sabar Hassamain...
View ArticleFilm: Aristides de Sousa Mendes’ life story premieres in Lisbon – Portugal
The film “O Consul de Bordéus,” has premiered in Lisbon, Portugal, portraying the “enormous courage and personal commitment” of the diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who saved tens of thousands of...
View ArticleHistorian Fátima Sequeira Dias died age 54 – Azores
Azorean Portuguese historian, Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, 54, died on Monday, in Ponta Delgada, Azores. A lecturer, researcher and author, she was a Full Professor in the Department of...
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Kleztival: Brazil’s Great Jewish Musical Event – Report
By Richard Simas,Contributor (*) Mix traditional Eastern European Klezmer tunes such as bulgaryas, freylaks, horas, and niguns with strains of samba, salsa, and tango, and you have Jewish music, South...
View ArticlePilgrimage: Holocaust survivors honoring Aristides de Sousa Mendes – Portugal
A group of survivors of World War II, saved by Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Consul of Portugal in Bordeaux, France, during the War, will meet Thursday, June 20, at the house that belonged to the...
View ArticleHeritage: Jewish cultural and religious revival underway – Portugal
The Isaac Cardoso Center, the first Jewish cultural and religious center in Portugal, was inaugurated in the city of Trancoso last week after Jews were expelled from Portugal 500 years ago. The new...
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Community: Touro Law Center to honor Aristides de Sousa Mendes – Long Island, NY
On Tuesday November 12, Touro Law Center Center will join with the Sousa Mendes Foundation and the Long Island Portuguese community to honor the memory of Aristides de Sousa Mendes during an event...
View ArticleCommunity: City of Toronto to honor Aristides de Sousa Mendes – Canada
The City of Toronto will name its newly renovated playground in honor of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, in a ceremony to be held October 20, starting at 1:30 pm, at Arlington Parkette, 460 Arlington...
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Community: Aristides de Sousa Mendes honored at Kristallnacht remembrance...
Touro Law Center, Central Islip, NY, hosted a Kristallnacht remembrance event on November 12, honoring Aristides De Sousa Mendes, the “Portuguese Schindler.” Sousa Mendes was a WWII Portuguese...
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Almeida Mello: The plight to save the Jewish legacy in the Azores – Interview
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Historian José de Almeida Mello is the chief librarian of the Ponta Delgada Municipal Library and the cultural attaché of Ponta Delgada City Hall. In 2003, the Israeli...
View ArticleIsrael: Portuguese citizenship granted to descendants of Sephardic Jews –...
Portuguese Under-Secretary of Tourism, Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, announced in Tell Aviv, Israel, that Portugal is granting citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from the country...
View ArticleCommunity: José de Almeida Mello guest speaker at Temple Beth El – Fall...
The Azorean-Jewish Heritage Foundation and Temple Beth El of Fall River (MA) are sponsoring a conference by historian José de Almeida Mello, coordinator of the Sahar Hassamain Synagogue restoration...
View ArticleBook: ‘Being the Nação in the Eternal City’– Editor’s Note
‘Being the Nação in the Eternal City’, a new book by James William Nelson Novoa, explores in a set of case studies focusing on seven carefully chosen figures, the presence of Portuguese individuals of...
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