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Former Italian Synagogue Hosts First Jewish Wedding In Centuries
The couple, medical professionals whose ancestors hid their Judaism, broke the glass atop the ruins of the Bova Marina synagogue.
Celebrating a Distant Sephardic Past in Sicily
More than 300 men and women, who identify of descendants of Jews dating back centuries, gathered in the Sicilian capital of Palermno on Sunday to celebrate Jewish history as part of an annual event called European Days of Jewish Culture.
Portugal Town Gets First Torah Scroll in 500 Years
For the first time in centuries, a Torah scroll will be installed in the northern Portuguese town of Trancoso, where many Jews lived before the 16th century.