LISBON, Portugal (AP) Portugal (click here) is following Spain and granting
citizenship rights to the descendants of Jews it persecuted 500 years
ago.
The government approved Thursday a change to its nationality law that provides dual citizenship rights for Sephardic Jews " the term commonly used for those who once lived in the Iberian peninsula. Spain adopted a similar law last year
Applicants will be vetted by Portuguese Jewish community institutions, as well as by government agencies....
The government approved Thursday a change to its nationality law that provides dual citizenship rights for Sephardic Jews " the term commonly used for those who once lived in the Iberian peninsula. Spain adopted a similar law last year
Applicants will be vetted by Portuguese Jewish community institutions, as well as by government agencies....