Belmonte: Community Needs Trained Leaders
My parents came to Canada from Zabludow, a small, poor Shtetl (a Jewish town) in Poland, famous for its beautiful 16th C. wooden synagogue. It was burnt down by the Germans and their willing helpers during World War 2. My parents experienced anti-Semitism, hunger and a pogrom, in which my mother’s younger sister was killed. [...]
Porto Report: “Lively Scene for Marranos”
The presence of Marranos at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto, Portugal has completely changed since the dedication of a new sefer Torah and the visit by grand rabbi Shlomo Amar in September 2004. Since then, there has been a full time rabbi in Porto paid for by the Israeli organization Shavei Israel. With [...]
Porto Report: “Lively Scene for Marranos”
The presence of Marranos at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto, Portugal has completely changed since the dedication of a new sefer Torah and the visit by grand rabbi Shlomo Amar in September 2004. Since then, there has been a full time rabbi in Porto paid for by the Israeli organization Shavei Israel. With [...]
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