The Isaac Cardoso Center, the first Jewish cultural and religious center in Portugal, was inaugurated in the city of Trancoso last week after Jews were expelled from Portugal 500 years ago. The new complex, which houses the new synagogue called Beit Mayim Hayim [House of Living Waters], was co-sponsored by the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel and […]
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Heritage: Jewish cultural and religious revival underway – Portugal
Posted on 28 July 2013.
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Appointed: Attorney Robert Sherman nominated Ambassador to Portugal – Washington, DC
Posted on 27 July 2013.
President Barack Obama has nominated Boston attorney Robert Sherman Ambassador to Portugal. Sherman, who helped found the Boston office of mega-law firm Greenberg Traurig, has contributed with more than $2 million in donations in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. Sherman replaces Ambassador Allan Katz nominated by President Obama in November 2009. The nomination […]
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Opinion: Crises, climate changes and calamities
Posted on 25 July 2013.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Economic chaos, political scandals, social violence, revolutions and wars punctuated by natural disasters sparked by extreme weather conditions dominate the headlines across the world in the second decade of the 21st century. So what’s new? We tend to think we live in unique times, but the world has seen it […]
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US House of Representatives prohibits military reduction at Lajes – Washington, DC
Posted on 24 July 2013.
The United States House of Representatives passed unanimously yesterday, Tuesday, July 23rd , an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that prohibits the US Air Force from reducing the force structure at Lajes Field in Fiscal Year 2014. Last year, the United States had informed the Portuguese government that the future of the Lajes Air […]
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Appointed: Rui Machete new Minister of Foreign Affairs – Portugal
Posted on 23 July 2013.
The President of Portugal, Anibal Cavaco Silva, has appointed Rui Machete, 73, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Rui Machete, the former President of the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), is a senior leader of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD). He had served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defense before being appointed Deputy Prime Minister […]
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WYD: Pope Francis presiding at the World Youth Day – Brazil
Posted on 22 July 2013.
Pope Francis arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to preside at the World Youth Day [Jornada Mundial da Juventude] sponsored by the Catholic Church. The event will be held from July 23 to July 28. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff welcomed the Pope on arrival from his flight from Rome. More than 2 million people are […]
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