Jewish Community of Oporto
The Jewish Community of Oporto is composed of about 700 members from 30 nationalities. In the last ten years, the Community has been visited by more than 130 thousand school students, at the Kadoorie Synagogue, the Jewish Museum and the Holocaust Museum (the Portuguese museum with the largest number of visitors in 2021), organised training courses for teachers, signed cooperation protocols of international scope with the Catholic Diocese and the Muslim Community, and created an observatory to monitor the evolution of antisemitism in Portuguese society. The Community practices charity in Portugal and abroad, produced historical films that won international awards, and even created online Jewish newspapers.
Contact
info@comunidade-israelita-porto.org
Based in: Portugal
Theme(s): Education, Interfaith/Intercultural Dialogue, Jewish Heritage/culture, Jewish Identity
NOA is co-funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) of the European Union