(JTA) In this city on Portugal’s northwestern coast, a small Jewish community has dedicated years to identifying its predecessors who were killed or expelled in the Portuguese Inquisition of 1536 to ...

The parliament of Portugal is scheduled to vote on whether to naturalize descendants of 16th century Jews who fled the country because of religious persecution. The motion will be brought to a first ...

JERUSALEM — Rare documentation of the Portuguese Inquisition with detailed information about the sentencing trials which took place 500 years ago have been digitized for the first time in the Central ...

Standing before the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal in 1556, Mónica Fernandes, a woman from the coast of modern-day Ghana, was accused of casting malevolent spells and making pacts with demons. Her ...

The discovery of the country’s oldest slave’s grave lying among his Portugal-born owners has turned the site into a tense but symbolic meeting point. The decision comes amid a host of initiatives by ...

The history of the families who were forced to convert or flee during the Inquisitions. Re-examine the long-hidden history of the families who were forced to convert or flee during the Spanish and ...

PORTO, Portugal (JTA) — In this city on Portugal’s northwestern coast, a small Jewish community has dedicated years to identifying its predecessors who were killed or expelled in the Portuguese ...