Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
Two-thirds of a 15th-century Portuguese High Holiday prayer book were lost to history. Until now.
The Lisbon Mahzor is now complete after the National Library of Israel reclaims its missing parts, preserving a key piece of Jewish history.
Bringing Ladino melodies to the Jewish Music Days Festival
Medieval synagogue discovered under Spanish church
Spanish towns unearthing ancient synagogues for historical value, tourism
London lawmakers reject plan for high-rise building next to historic synagogue
The plan by developers would have replaced a seven-story building adjacent to the Bevis Marks synagogue in central London with a 48-story tower.
Manchester’s revamped Jewish museum celebrates community that once was
The synagogue building, the oldest surviving in Manchester, remained a communal symbol long after its congregation disintegrated in the 1980s. It became a museum.
Portuguese citizenship for descendants of Sephardi Jews
Portugal’s Law of Return
In Mallorca, descendants of Jews forced to hide faith run the community
Mallorca’s tiny Jewish community is now stronger.
How an Orthodox cantor snagged a role on ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Cantor Philip Sherman featured as one of “America’s Top Mohels” has another gig: actor.