By Genie Milgrom
This Data Comes from the Rosh Pinah Jewish Theological Institute in Porto
Esta informacion viene del Instituto Rosh Pina en Porto
Committee Members | Portuguese Marranos Committee |
Sir Elly Kadoorie K.B.E | Com.Leg.Hon |
Joseph Meller O.B.E. | Vice Chairman |
Leon B. Castello | Treasurer |
Paul Goodman | Hon Secretary |
Committee Members | |
E.N.Adler | |
Dr .L.D.Barnett | |
Councillor M.H.Davis | |
Edwin Edwards | |
J.S.Elmaleh | |
D.D.G.Israel BA | |
Rev D Bueno de Mesquita | |
Dr Cecil Roth | |
R.Barrow Sicree | Manchester Cong Spanish Portuguese |
J.A.Hamwee | Manchester Cong Spanish Portuguese |
Grand Rabbin Israel Levi | Paris Alliance Israelite Universelle |
Rabbiner Dr.A.Kaminka | Vienne Israelite Allianz |
Dr.Alfred Klee | Council of the Berlin Jewish Community |
H.S.Hendricks | Congregation Shearith Israel New York |
Dr.A.S.W.Rosenbach | Congregation Mikveh Israel Philadelphia |
Names of those that returned to the Porto Community Cap. Arthur Carlos de Barros Basto | Abraham Israel Ben Rosh Hebrew name |
Dr.Ernesto Augusto Rodriguez | Accompanied Captain Bastos through Portugal |
Prof.Moses Bensabar Amzalak | President of the Lisbon Community |
Dr Leo D’Almeida | Assistant to Captain Bastos |
Sr.Eduardo des Reis Tavares | Assistant to Captain Bastos |
Jose Furtado Montanha | First President of the Braganza Congregation |
Captain Jaime Agusto Borges | Second President of the Braganza Congregation |
Jose D’Oliveira Neves | Merchant |
Artur D’Oliveira Neves | Bank Clerk |
Albino Augusto Borges | Post Office Official |
Eugenio Carvalho | Small Manufacturer |
Cesario Lopes | Sergeant Major of Infantry |
Francisco Norberto Rodriguez | Sergeant of Infantry |
Camiro Machado | Doctor of Law |
Father of Dr Ernesto Rodrigues | |
Sr.Montanha | Was at the opening of the Synagogue in Braganza |
Macias Teixeira | Was at the opening of the Synagogue in Braganza |
Arthur Lima | Was at the opening of the Synagogue in Braganza |
Sr Joaquim Sebag | Gave the Sefer Torah to a new synagogue in Covilha |
Antonio de Sousa | Ambassador of Portugal in London |
Tome de Sousa | Governor of Brasil 1549 |
Liet Elias Da Costa | Covilha at work |
Castro | Crypto Jewish names In Covilha |
Mendes | Crypto Jewish names In Covilha |
Pinto | Crypto Jewish names In Covilha |
Mesquita | Crypto Jewish names In Covilha |
Sr Eugenio Cardoso | President of the Jewish Communty of Villa Real |
Liet.Joaquim Agusto Nunes | President of the Jewish Community of Chaves |
Sr Serafim Cardozo D’Almeida | President of the Jewish Community of Pinhel |
Sr Francisco Manuel Rodrigues | Hazan In Oporto |
Sr Norberto David Moreno | Contributed much to the Ha Lapid publication |
Mr Leon Cassuto | Jew From Hamburg Became President of the Community |
Mr Alonso Cassuto | Jew from Hamburg became a teacher |
Moses Abrantes | Student sent to teach at Traz os Montes |
Villages where Captain Barros Basto founded communities
Braganza | Quite a few but with fear to say there were Jews in 1927. Several Circumcised | ||
Macedo de Cavaleiros | 6 Families | ||
Mogadouro | Many Crypto Jews. No one came forward.Paralyzing fear | ||
Vilharino | Almost the whole town is Crypto Jewish | ||
Lagoaca | A large village full of Crypto Jews | ||
Moncorvo | An ancient Rabbinical Center in Traz Os Montes with over 500 Crypto Jews | ||
Covilha | |||
Villa Real | In 1930 people wanting to be openly Jewish organized Groups | ||
Chaves | A Jewish Congregation was formed in 1930 | ||
Pinhel | A Jewish Congregation was formed in 1931 | Named | |
Fundao | |||
Belmonte | |||
Guarda | |||
Penamacor |