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Inquisition

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January 7, 2025, 2:06 pm
New film explores fate of Jewish children sent to remote island following 1492 Spanish expulsion
30-minute documentary highlights unresolved chapter that has haunted the Jewish community for centuries
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: Joao-Bizarro
September 9, 2024, 12:50 pm
SPECIAL REPORT: The new hidden Jews of Oporto
More than 500 years after the expulsion of its community, the Jews of Portugal's second city are defiantly staging a renaissance
By Michelle Rosenberg
Self-portrait attributed to Catherine da Costa. Pic: Wikipedia
May 28, 2024, 3:20 pm
Now You See Us: 18th century portrait artist features in new exhibition
Catherine da Costa's family fled the Spanish Inquisition to settle in London. Three centuries later, her miniature painting forms part of Tate Britain women artist show.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: CIP/CJP
March 18, 2024, 4:55 pm
Porto Jewish community builds memorial to victims of October 7
150 rabbis from Israel and Europe attend dedication ceremony at the new cemetery of northern Portugal's Jewish community
By Michelle Rosenberg
Sebastião Feio, president of the Porto municipal general assembly, speaks at a ceremony dedicating the Portuguese city's memorial to the local victims of the Inquisition, Sept. 3, 2023. (Courtesy CIP-CJP)
September 11, 2023, 12:26 pm
Porto’s Jewish community unveils memorial to 842 local victims of Portuguese Inquisition
Victims killed or expelled from 1536 to 1821 were aged between 10 and 110 years old
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
The first Cemetery of the first Spanish and Portuguese community Synagogue (Shearith Israel, active 1656-1833), Manhattan, New York City. Source: WIkimedia Commons. Author: DavidPina
December 6, 2018, 4:15 pm
Portugal sets aside a day to remember Inquisition victims
Remembrance will be held on or around March 31, the official end of the campaign in 1821
By JTA
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