Miriam Assor Archives

Miriam Assor

Jewish Voice for Peace. Photo courtesy of NGO Monitor.

Those the antisemites love

Israel defends even those Jews who have turned on Israel.

Miriam Assor

April 25, 2023

Chelsea owner and Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich in 2018. Credit: Chelsea FC.

Abramovich, the Israeli, Lithuanian and Portuguese Jew

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.

Miriam Assor

December 23, 2021

The Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto. Credit: Courtesy of CIP/CJP.

Can Portugal be Europe’s model for fostering Jewish life?

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.

Miriam Assor

October 28, 2021

The new Holocaust museum in Porto, Portugal. Credit: Courtesy.

The importance of the Oporto Holocaust Museum

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.

Miriam Assor

April 11, 2021

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