Richard Zimler

Richard Zimler is a best-selling author of fiction.

713 Sephardic Jews Obtain Portuguese Citizenship

Richard ZimlerSeptember 26, 2017

About 8,800 persons have applied for Portuguese citizenship since the start of a program that enables Sephardim from other countries who can prove their Jewish-Portuguese heritage to obtain nationality, and 713 have been successful in their effort. Only 1 candidate has so far been turned down.

400-Year-Old Torah Discovered in Portugal

Richard ZimlerSeptember 16, 2016

For Richard Zimler, art imitated life when a 400-year-old Torah scroll was discovered in Portugal — a surprising echo of his 1996 novel “The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon.”