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The synagogue's congregation was openly active only until 1496, when King Manuel I of Portugal ordered the forced conversion or expulsion of Portuguese Jews. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The building may have been abandoned until 1516, when a private individual purchased it intending to convert it to Tomar's prison.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Portuguese Jews emigrated to a number of European cities outside Portugal, where they established new Portuguese Jewish communities, including in Hamburg, Antwerp, and the Netherlands, [1] [2] which remained connected culturally and economically, in an international commercial network during the ...
33 Rua do Carmo is an historical building located at 33 Rua do Carmo, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. It is likely that the building was built in 1836 in the Moorish Revival style as the Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue or Funchal Synagogue , a former Jewish congregation and synagogue .
The Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue (Portuguese: Sinagoga Kadoorie Mekor Haim), also the Porto Synagogue (Portuguese: Sinagoga do Porto), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 340 Guerra Junqueiro Street, in the civil parish of Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, the municipality of Porto, in the northern region of Portugal.
Portuguese Jews (5 C, 15 P) Portuguese people of Jewish descent (2 C, 8 P) S. Sephardi Jewish culture in Portugal (5 P) Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in Portugal"
[1] [2] Though King Manuel I of Portugal ordered the forced conversion or expulsion of Portuguese Jews in 1496, Marranos continued using the synagogue as a religious sanctuary and school until the mid 16th century. [2] The Synagogue of Castelo de Vide is one of two existing preserved medieval synagogues in Portugal. The other is the Synagogue ...
The Avner Cohen Casa Chabad (Avner Cohen Chabad House) is a Jewish community centre situated in Cascais in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It includes a library that places special emphasis on works about the Torah, either those written by Portuguese Jewish scholars or printed in Portugal in the late 15th century.
Portuguese-Jewish diaspora (4 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Portuguese Jews" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect ...