When the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492, half went to Turkey, Morocco and Italy and half moved to Portugal.1 By 1495, the Jewish population of Portugal had risen from three thousand to some thirty-five thousand in a total […]
About Edgar Samuel
Edgar Samuel is a former director and curator of the Jewish Museum and author of At the End of the Earth: Essays on the History of the Jews of England and Portugal (JHSE, 2006).