## *THE PORTUGUESE NATIONALITY LAW REVISITED*## *WITH ISABEL COMTE*## *SEPHARDIC WORLD, 3 MARCH 2024*Subsequent to the Abramovich Affair, the Portuguese nationality law offering citizenship to people of Sephardic ancestry was subject to national debate. Several amendments were proposed, and President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa applied his presidential veto. On February 24, the President approved changes to the Nationality Law made by the country's parliament. This meeting will review the changes and consequences.***Isabel Comte*** is a Jurist at the Lisbon law firm of Martins Castro. She graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, with a postgraduate degree in administrative law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, Master's student in Law. She worked as a registrar at the Conservatória dos Registos Centrais de Lisboa for 16 years, and is the author of the book Nationality Law – Annotated and Commented.*Teresa Santos* is a graduate and master in Anthropology from the University of Lisbon. She is a specialist in Jewish Studies and co-author of the work Reparative Citizenship for Sephardic Descendants. She worked at the Comunidade Israelita de Lisboa (CIL) and coordinates the genealogy team at Martins Castro*. https://martinscastro.pt/en/*Join us on Sunday 3 March 2024, at 11am in LA, 2pm in NYC, 7pm in London, 8pm in Paris/Amsterdam, 9pm in Jerusalem, and 6am the next morning in Sydney. Patrons are invited to join us live on Zoom. Everyone else is welcome to join us on YouTube at *https://www.youtube.com/SephardicGenealogyAndHistory* (and please remember to subscribe to the channel).***Ladino Culture and Jewish Identity in Bulgaria***In case you missed Leah Davcheva’s fascinating talk on Ladino Culture and Jewish Identity in Bulgaria, or if you want to watch it again, it is available here: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kvM5bq7mJM&t=136s****Can you Volunteer or Donate?***The Sephardic Genealogical Society is looking for volunteers. If you have skills and time to spare, please complete our questionnaire. We are particularly looking for people with video editing, fundraising and web design experience.*https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aFsubxSY_PtauwOJzlayxBmLTKjXL8kTzz50jmmRiHA/viewform?edit_requested=true*We rely on the support of our patrons. If you can support our work by donating as little as $5/month, please visit our Patreon page. We have a number of projects that require more substantial support. Please let us know if you can help. *https://www.patreon.com/sephardi****Join our new WhatsApp channel***We have set up a WhatsApp channel to better help communication with supporters. If you have WhatsApp, please follow the channel.*https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaHxAjhJ93wTMhWkTF0i**Best wishes**Ton and David**Sephardic World*Image: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa during a visit to Lisbon’s Shaare Tikva Synagogue