Posts by Inês Pires Nogueiro
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The Portuguese inquisition was terminated on this day, 31 March, in 1821, just 200 years ago… here is a paper by Jorge Martins “Virtual Memorial to the Victims of the Inquisition” (while we wait for the physical Memorial):
For those of you who read Portuguese, I strongly recommend this book! Now available online in one single volume:
This next sunday - see you there!Shabat Shalom!
Starting this next Sunday, 28 February! I´ll be speaking on march 14th. See you there!Purim alegre & Shabat Shalom! A começar já este domingo, 28 Fevereiro! Eu vou falar no dia 14 de Março. Até lá!Purim alegre & Shabat Shalom!
It may be of interest for some of you (pre-subscription on the left end):
Enrollment open for this year's Congress. The program is coming together great and, besides academic sessions on July 5 & 6, we will have book presentations, visits to historic Jewish Quarters in Zamora, León and Salamanca, local Winery tours, and Sephardic music concert, among other activities. For more info email us at centrocampanton@gmail.com
Para quem estiver pelo norte de Portugal no inicio de Março:For those who are in Portugal in the beginning of March:II Simpósio sobre Judaísmo
Boas tardes! About “Jewish identity”, who are the most relevant authors/references? (religious/philosophical/historical…) and particularly about “Sephardic Identity”? Thanks for your help.
Abstracts of the congress in Bragança - It might be interesting for some of you (I hope!) ;)
A bit of Yasmin Levy concert in the castle of Bragança. Amazing atmosphere…after more than 500 years, people were walking around peacefully with a kipah on their heads…truly emotional moments!
It was a good congress with a lot of interesting communications and events. Still digesting the amount of information and feelings…
In case someone might find this useful (hoping so! ) here goes the link to my PhD thesis concerning the genetics of Portuguese Jews:
http://extension.uned.es/actividad/9442&codigo=CLDYP
International Conference at Netanya Academic College. I will be there presenting my work: THE GENETIC LEGACY OF NORTH EASTERN PORTUGUESE CRYPTO-JEWS. If any of you is nearby, you´re all welcome to participate!
Hello,Anyone in this group is from Rio de Janeiro?I will be there working on my PhD for 2 months (July and August) and it would be great if I could contact any of you. Thanks.Há alguem neste grupo do Rio de Janeiro?Vou estar aí em Julho e Agosto a trabalhar no meu PhD e seria optimo ter o contacto, conhecer alguem. Obrigado
http://www.timesofisrael.com/descendants-of-jews-who-fled-persecution-may-claim-portuguese-citizenship/
PORTUGUESE/SPANISH SEPHARDIC JEWS – HISTORY & GENETICSDear friends,First of all I would like to thank you for the amount of knowledge that I have been receiving from this group, excellent work William! (And many others!). As a geneticist at IPATIMUP, I have been doing my research on Portuguese Jews (and the descendents of Portuguese/Spanish Jews). I am working now on my PhD project where I intend ...