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  • Sports section icon
    David of Nazaré

    Even after a Southern California upbringing, it took a Portuguese village with megawaves to bring David Langer’s love of surfing home

    byAri Blaff
  • Food section icon
    True Grits

    A cornmeal kugel recipe from the island of Madeira, where the New World met the Old World

    byJoan Nathan
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    The History of the Inquisition, Wrapped Up in a Sausage

    According to legend, the pork-free ‘alheira’ chorizo was created as a way for Jews to hide their identity. Whether or not that history has been exaggerated, it’s an important part of how Portugal is now wrestling with its Jewish past.

    byShira Rubin
  • Kadoorie Synagogue, Porto, Portugal.
    Kadoorie Synagogue, Porto, Portugal.
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    Bem-Vindos, Judeus!

    After 500 years, Portugal wants its Jews back, and some are coming

    byRod James
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    Remembering Portugal’s Jewish Prized Poet

    Herberto Hélder’s writing touched on the dark, mystic, and mythological

    byKevin Zdiara
  • Glitched detail of the 13th-century "Pugio Fidei" manuscript by Raimundo Marti, c.1220-after 1286
    Glitched detail of the 13th-century "Pugio Fidei" manuscript by Raimundo Marti, c.1220-after 1286
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    The Dagger of Faith in the Digital Age

    A vitriolic medieval manuscript illuminates how Google is destroying the act of reading

    byRyan Szpiech
  • Eric Moed speaks at the June 20 opening of the pop-up museum exhibit in front of the Casa do Passol.(Max Bartick)
    Eric Moed speaks at the June 20 opening of the pop-up museum exhibit in front of the Casa do Passol.(Max Bartick)
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    New Exhibit Honors a Portuguese Diplomat Who Saved Thousands From Nazis

    Aristides de Sousa Mendes lost his reputation and his home. Now the grandson of a man he saved tries to restore both.

    byChavie Lieber
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    Everything Is Illuminated

    Three rare medieval Hebrew Bibles on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York reveal the affinity between Sephardic and Islamic texts

    byRobin Cembalest
  • Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
    Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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    Who Is First Hispanic Justice?

    Sotomayor or Cardozo?

    byMichael Weiss
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