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Miriam Assor

Miriam Assor is a journalist, member of the Jewish community of Lisbon and author of the book Famous Jews of Portugal.

The presence of the U.N. secretary-general who blamed Israel for Oct. 7 was hard, hurtful and shocking.
Israel defends even those Jews who have turned on Israel.
Despite funding projects like the one that annually brings together 1,000 Jewish and Arab children in Israel through football all over the world, to break down barriers between young people from different cultures, Roman Abramovich knows for sure that many will never attribute positive intentions or pure feelings toward him.
The Jewish Community of Oporto has built and developed new Jewish centers, prayer rooms, kosher restaurants, a Jewish Museum, a Holocaust museum and a library. It also organizes conferences and concerts and has established a newspaper.
It is a reminder that the phrase “Never again”—about the savage murder of 6 million Jews in a genocide designed down to the last millimeter—cannot and must not be reduced to an epigraph.