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Isaac Cardoso Cultural Center in Trancoso, Portugal signing ceremony

The small village of Trancoso, Portugal, will be the site of the first Jewish religious and cultural center in the country in more...

27 November, 2012

First Jewish cultural center in Portugal in more than 500 years to open; Shavei Israel to administer programming

[caption id="attachment_10074" align="alignleft" width="295"] Michael Freund and Mayor Júlio José Saraiva Sarmento of Trancoso signing the agreement[/caption] Isaac Cardoso was a Jewish physician and philosopher...

27 November, 2012

Nuevo centro judaico en Trancoso

Por primera vez luego de 500 años, fue inaugurado un centro judío en Portugal. La idea de la creación y la financiación del...

25 November, 2012

[Washington Post] From Colombian evangelicals to Jews in region with a hidden Jewish past

[caption id="attachment_10054" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Jewish community in Bello, Colombia"][/caption] BELLO, Colombia — They were committed evangelicals, devoted to Jesus Christ. But what some here called a...

24 November, 2012

Making aliyah: Meet Jangboi Shmeon Sitlhou

[caption id="attachment_10041" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jangboi Shmeon Sitlhou and family"][/caption] We continue with our profiles of Bnei Menashe who will be making aliyah in the...

20 November, 2012

Israel under attack: A first-person account – Michael Freund visits the Bnei Menashe of Sderot

[caption id="attachment_10034" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Michael Freund with the Bnei Menashe in Sderot: David Longdim, Eliezer Dongel, Ezra Touthang, Enosh Lhouvum, Bedan Kipgen, Shlomo...