Videos - Jews - Portugal

JEWS & NEW CHRISTIANS IN PORTUGUESE ASIA
1500-1700 2013 (58.22)
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South, discusses how the first Portuguese voyage to India in 1497 coincided with the Portuguese attempt to forcibly convert its Jewish residents in the kingdom.

BELMONTE, PORTUGAL -
HOME OF THE PORTUGUESE
CRYPTO JEWS
AND PEDRO ÁLVARES CABRAL
Escape the couch 2018 (3.36)
A unique case of Jews living in the Iberian Peninsula this Jewish community decided to carry on living among Christians risking persecution and even death, from the Portuguese and Spanish inquisitions in the late 15th century. The Marranos led a clandestine existence for centuries, with prayers and traditions being practised at home under secrecy behind doors and windows.

This city is also the birthplace of Pedro Alvares Cabral the famous navigator who discovered Brasil, and you can see reminders of that across the many monuments referencing the great navigator.

The city provides astonishing views of the Serra da Estrela and of the surrounding area specially from the Castle's tower.

FAMOUS MARRANO JEWS:
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS & IGNATIUS LOYOLA
NewsNotShownonTV 2018 (9.37)
Famous Marrano Jews: Christopher Columbus & Ignatius Loyola. 1. Did you know that Christopher Columbus was working with Marrano Jews to bring back slaves from North America to sell in Europe. 2. Did you know that Ignatius Loyola Founder of the Catholic Jesuits was a Sephardic Marrano Jew from Basque region ?

REJUVENATION: PORTUGAL’S HIDDEN JEWS
thelandofisrael 2019 (47.13)
Eve is in Portugal, ‘Following the Footsteps of the Anusim’ in the middle of a week of touring and learning about the Crypto Jews who went into hiding during 300 (!) years of the Inquisition. She interviews tour leader and Jewish historian par excellence Dr. Hagi Amitzur, whose vast knowledge and love of Judaism has made this trip informative, intense and emotional.

Such faith. Such cruelty in the name of God. Such a privilege to be safe and free in Israel again.

A SERIES OF 3 EXCELLENT VIDEOS THAT DESCRIBES THE BACKGROUND TO JEWISH TRADING IN
INDIA, GOA, BRAZIL ETC.

FOR EXAMPLE
DONA GRACIA MENDES

THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE 1 OF 3
pike&shotBattles 2019 (11.25)

THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE 2 OF 3
pike&shotBattles 2019 (10.44)

THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE 3 OF 3
pike&shotBattles 2019 (13.17)

THE LAST MARRANOS
NyJazzGuit 2012 (6.15)
This clip shows the last of the "Marranos" in Spain and in the town of Belmonte in Portugal: descendants of the Jews who converted to Christianity rather than be burned alive by the Spanish Inquisition, or expelled in 1492. Part of a DVD series called "Out of Spain" narrated by former Israeli President Yitzhak Navon.
Available on Amazon and Netflix.

PORTUGUESE CRYPTO-JEWS
RETURN TO JUDAISM!
Shavei Israel, 2011 (15.08)

KADOORIE MEKOR HAIM SYNAGOGUE
PORTO
Synagogue Porto 2012 (6.16)

Captain Barros Basto -
The Portuguese Dreyfus

Belmonte

HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN PORTUGAL
BVR Negócio e Consultoria
(29.31)

PORTUGAL,
ECHOES OF A JEWISH PAST.
yehuda meir 2017 (6.07)
A trip to Portugal reveals growing interest in its Sephardic heritage. In Lisbon, Porto and small towns, where ancient Jewish quarters have been dormant for 500 years, the sound of Sephardic cutlure is heard.. With nearly 20 percent of the population having Jewish ancestry, many Portuguese are searching for their heritage. Jewish Discoveries takes a journey through Portugal, its Jewish past and present.

THE CRYPTO JEWS OF PORTUGAL
yehuda meir 2019 (1.39.14)

THE CRYPTO JEWS OF PORTUGAL 1
unlockthepower 2018 (49.36)
Documentary from 1992.

THE CRYPTO JEWS OF PORTUGAL 2
unlockthepower 2018 (49.37)
Documentary from 1992.

LISBON, 1939-45: THE UNTOLD STORY OF PORTUGAL AND THE JEWISH REFUGEES
UCL Minds Lunch Hour Lectures
Dr Neill Lochery (UCL
Hebrew and Jewish Studies)

During World War II, Portugal was frantically trying to hold on to its self-proclaimed wartime neutrality, but was increasingly caught in the middle of the economic, and naval wars between the Allies and the Nazis. To complicate matters further, thousands of refugees, many of them Jewish, flooded into Lisbon seeking a passage to the United States or Palestine. This talk will present the little known, and yet vitally important history of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, during World War II.

RABBI CARDOZO
ON THE RETURN
OF THE SEPHARDIC JEWS
2018 (42.40)

WHO ARE THE CRYPTO-JEWS? THE SEPHARDIC DIASPORA PT. 9
Dr. Henry Abramson 2018 (55.21)
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THE JEWISH VIEW-
PORTUGUESE JEWRY
The Jewish View 2016 (46.30)

400 BRITISH DESCENDANTS OF PORTUGUESE SEPHARDIC JEWS HAVE REQUESTED PORTUGUESE NATIONALITY
Portuguese Citizenship Sephardic
2017 (2.09)
Less than two months after the referendum on the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, there are already 400 British descendants of Portuguese Sephardic Jews who have applied for Portuguese nationality. This is a significant increase, since before referring only five approved a law of the nationality of 2015

PORTUGUESE PASSPORT FOR SEPHARDIC JEWS DESCENDANTS
Cohen Decker Pex Brosh - Lawoffice
22019 (4.35)
Our office assists many clients in obtaining Portuguese citizenship, witch is a good opportunity to obtain an European passport.

Attorney Michael Decker explains about the prosedure that has two stages. First stage is to prove that you are a descendant of the Sephardic Jews, that were expelled from Spain. If you get a recommendation from the Portuguese Jewish community, you can move to the second stage and apply for the Portuguese passport.

If you are interested in obtaining this recommendation from the Jewish community in Portugal, you can feel free to contact us and we be happy to assist you.