Tell me this is a coincidence? The colors? The shapes? The context?The official Covilha flag was unveiled in 1930 when the town’s residents included 6,000 Jews (Christo Novo), approx. 40% of the population. When the Sha’ari Kabbalah Synagogue was functioning, with Samuel Shwartz as its president.Was Covilha a Christo Novo hub in the early 20th Century? Was it a nucleus for Zionist thought and pre-1948 Israel inspiration? The mysteries of this working class, factory town in the heart of the Beira-Baixa region of Portugal…