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Portuguese Crypto-Jews Return to Judaism!

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A group of crypto-Jews from Oporto in northern Portugal recently returned to Judaism thanks to Shavei Israel.

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  • Portuguese Jews are Portuguese like any other Portuguese. I'd prefer that they stayed here, instead of going to Aaliyah, to a very troubled country. I wished that there was never any Inquisition and that these Portuguese ppl would now feel well enough here so they woundn't want to leave this country. I also think that Jews with Portuguese acestory should be granted the right to return to here. Their roots are here, in far more recent times than that of their expulsion from Israel by the Romans.

  • My dad's family and my mom's mother's family were all crypto-jews from Portugal , then the Acores and Madeira till the late 1800s when they went to Hawaii. I returned to Judaism 15 yrs ago. Our family names are Da Costa Lindo and Oliveira. This video brings tears to my eyes!

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  • O que aqui se trata é de fanatismo religioso. apenas isso e não mais do que isso. reparem que são todos brancos e bem na vida. é pena não falarem do que acontecem com outra gente de diferentes raças que não branca. o quê? pois, silêncio e mais silêncio. a minha família é "cristã'-nova". mais um silva, mas ateu. comigo não há pão para malucos!!!

  • The first finances prime minister of D.Afonso Henriques, firist King of Portugal ( RIP, and come back to slash some politicans) was Jew gran-Rabin ( Yahia Ben Yahia ). So, Jews, Portugal is your part of story too..You're welcome here, and it is the same feeling of Aristides Souza Mendes. Portugal is from jews too, since the beginning. So, be friends. We are all your friends. Came too see Mekor Haim sinagoga.. My regards - a portuguese who loves History.

  • @ranondo92

    Murderer

  • what i was saying is that that is an connotation that comes from past, like when old people say_ fizeste uma judeiria... fizeste algo mau, ou mal...

  • @koobie83 unite as one and take down the structured religion people call Christianity that discriminates and that try to erase non-christian culture and identity

  • I have recently discovered my Sephardi heritage. I am descended from Sephardi crypto jews from Fundao in Portugal and the Canary Islands, who fled to England and France after expulsion. In England they received 'asylum' but because of anti-semitism in England they remained Crypto-Jews for a few generations I think. I am so proud! I've never known where I am from. I knew we were Spanish, but never really believed it! I am just learning now about Judaism, for my ancestors. ;-( So many years...

  • Both of my family names (Pereira and Costa) are named that Portuguese Jews used when there was the expulsion. I am pretty sure that I have some jewish ancestors. There were 40 000 in portugal by 1495, and 100 000 came from Spain after their expulsion which was before ours. It only makes sense!

  • sephardic jews portuguese jews living in hamburg since the 16 century never had any problems even during the hitlers reign

  • im not a zionist, but i believe in jewish race, because of obvious markers in dna, you dont have to become religious to be a jew, its part of your blood, i consider blood before anything, a person turning to judaic religion to me hes not a jew just like a jew turning to christianity isnt a gentile or a buddist isnt a indian, if it wasnt for thise facts isrle wouldnt exist it was born of the race science of the darwin and later hitler philosophys, funny thing is, hitler didnt killed sephardic

  • portuguese jews even with inter marriage have more blood then ashkenazi jews because the portuguese pop was very small only about 1 million in 1500 multiply that by 10 times and jewish ppl exploded and its known that many jews continued to marry and have children with new christians jewish fam9lys were known and married with eachother its easy to recognise a jew in portugal just by face manerisms etc i think its stupid you accepting religion just because youre jew, im one but im not religious

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