Sinagoga Kadoorie
Largest synagogue in the Iberian Peninsula, seat of the Jewish Community of Porto, with the Porto Jewish Museum on four millennia of Jewish history.
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About the museum
The Kadoorie Synagogue – Mekor Haim (“Source of Life”) is the seat of the Jewish Community of Porto and the largest synagogue in the Iberian Peninsula. Construction began in 1929 on the initiative of Captain Artur Barros Basto, and the building was inaugurated in 1938. The name Kadoorie commemorates the family of the philanthropist Sir Elly Kadoorie, who supported much of the work in honour of his mother, a descendant of Portuguese Jews.
The community holds regular religious services, a mikveh and kosher food at the synagogue, and runs cultural and educational activities. The Porto Jewish Museum presents four millennia of Jewish history in the world and about two millennia in the territory of present-day Portugal, with objects, documents and films on subjects such as the Edict of D. Manuel, the Inquisition and the return of the community in the 19th to 21st centuries.
The museum also includes rooms on the community's film awards, modern anti-Semitism and Operation Yonatan, a room with kosher port wine, a cinema and a plaque with the names of about a thousand people from Porto persecuted for Judaising.
Highlights
- Largest synagogue in the Iberian Peninsula, inaugurated in 1938
- Porto Jewish Museum: four millennia of Jewish history
- Memorial with the names of about a thousand people from Porto persecuted by the Inquisition
- Rooms on modern anti-Semitism and Operation Yonatan
- Room with kosher port wine and a cinema
Permanent exhibition
- Museu Judaico do Porto – Four millennia of Jewish history, with rooms on the history of the community, modern anti-Semitism, Operation Yonatan and the community's film awards, and a memorial to the victims of the Inquisition.
- Founded
- 1938
- Operated by
- Comunidade Judaica do Porto
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The community's page does not publish visiting hours or prices; it is advisable to contact the Jewish Community of Porto before visiting. The community's administrative office gives the address as Rua de Guerra Junqueiro, 325. |
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