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Thousands of recently naturalized Jews of Sephardic descent were able to cast absentee ballots ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary poll — even if they had never lived in Portugal By MELANIE LIDMAN PORTO, PORTUGAL — Thousands of Israelis who recently received Portuguese citizenship were eligible to vote in Sunday’s Portuguese national …

Descendants of Jews who fled the Inquisition will get assistance proving their heritage in their bid for a Spanish or Portuguese passport The organisation representing Britain’s Sephardi Jews this week launched a genealogy service to help descendants of Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition 500 years ago gain Spanish and …

More Sephardic Jews are applying for citizenship of Portugal under law making amends for expulsion centuries ago Lisbon. Thousands of Jews were forced from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15th century. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has fuelled an 80-fold …

Yoram Zara is an attorney with offices in Israel and Portugal. Yoram has an LLM in International law and specializes in Portugal Sephardi Citizenship. Yoram’s family immigrated to Israel from Turkey. He is decedent to the Baruch, Sasson and Habib families. Yoram has extensive knowledge of Sephardi history and culture. Yoram …

Europe Passport Could Open Opportunity Doors for Many (JTA) — Hunched over a monument for thousands of Jews killed in a 1506 massacre in Lisbon, Danielle Karo (not her real name) felt a swelling in her eyes. To Karo, an American poet and business analyst who is descended from one …

Portugal currently boasts around 1,000 Jews, but that number might rise soon Portugal approved this week new rules for granting citizenship to descendants of the nation’s Sephardic Jewish community. The landmark move was first proposed two years ago, but had stalled in the absence of cabinet approval. Under the Inquisition, …