eSefarad Noticias del Mundo Sefaradi
La Boz Sefaradi
Newsletter – 12
November 18, 2016
The Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America
Announcements & Upcoming Events
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Portugal: The Last Hope
Portugal was the “last hope” for those trying to escape Nazi oppression. Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese Consul-General in Bordeaux, France, courageously saved Salvador Dali, the authors of Curious George, and thousands of other refugees, in the spring of 1940 by issuing visas contrary to the strict orders of his government.
A new exhibition in the American Sephardi Federation’s Leon Levy Gallery commemorates the 50th anniversary of Aristides de Sousa Mendes being posthumously named «Righteous Among The Nations» by Yad Vahsem.
Presented by The American Sephardi Federation, Portuguese Consulate-General in New York, The Sousa Mendes Foundation, and the Municipality of Almeida, Portugal with the support of The Museu Virtual Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Turismo Centro de Portugal, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Luso-Americano Foundation, The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation, American Jewish Historical Society, and Leo Baeck Institute. The Exhibit is on view at the Center for Jewish History in New York through December 31, 2016
18/11/2016 – La Boz Sefaradi – The Sephardic Voice
