The Belmonte Jews are a Jewish community of marranos that have survived in secrecy for hundreds of years by maintaining a tradition of endogamy and by hiding all the external signs of their faith. The community in the municipality of Belmonte, Cova da Beira subregion, Portugal, goes back to the 12th century and they were only discovered in 1917 by a Polish Jewish mining engineer named Samuel Schwarz. They officially returned to Judaism in the 1970s, and opened a synagogue in 1996.

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  • The Belmonte Jews are a Jewish community of marranos that have survived in secrecy for hundreds of years by maintaining a tradition of endogamy and by hiding all the external signs of their faith. The community in the municipality of Belmonte, Cova da Beira subregion, Portugal, goes back to the 12th century and they were only discovered in 1917 by a Polish Jewish mining engineer named Samuel Schwarz. They officially returned to Judaism in the 1970s, and opened a synagogue in 1996. In 2003, the Belmonte Project was founded under the auspices of the American Sephardi Federation, in order to raise funds to acquire Judaic educational material and services for the community (which now numbers 300). A Jewish Museum of Belmonte (Museu Judaico de Belmonte) opened on 17 April, 2005. In the summer of 2006, the American Sephardi Federation ceased to have the Belmonte Project under its auspices. Their Sephardic tradition of Crypto-Judaism is considered unique.
  • Los Judíos de Belmonte son una comunidad de judíos que se mantuvo en secreto durante cientos de años gracias a matrimonios entre sus miembros y a mantener su fe en secreto. La comunidad judía de Belmonte, Portugal, se originó en el siglo XII, estando sus miembros en secreto hasta el siglo XX, cuando fueron delatados por un capitán Askenazí de la armada portuguesa. La cultura sefardita de este grupo es única. Los primeros contactos con otros judíos tuvieron lugar hace pocas décadas, declarándose actualmente como judíos ortodoxos, aunque manteniendo antiguas tradiciones.
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  • The Belmonte Jews are a Jewish community of marranos that have survived in secrecy for hundreds of years by maintaining a tradition of endogamy and by hiding all the external signs of their faith. The community in the municipality of Belmonte, Cova da Beira subregion, Portugal, goes back to the 12th century and they were only discovered in 1917 by a Polish Jewish mining engineer named Samuel Schwarz. They officially returned to Judaism in the 1970s, and opened a synagogue in 1996.
  • Los Judíos de Belmonte son una comunidad de judíos que se mantuvo en secreto durante cientos de años gracias a matrimonios entre sus miembros y a mantener su fe en secreto. La comunidad judía de Belmonte, Portugal, se originó en el siglo XII, estando sus miembros en secreto hasta el siglo XX, cuando fueron delatados por un capitán Askenazí de la armada portuguesa. La cultura sefardita de este grupo es única.
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  • Belmonte Jews
  • Judíos de Belmonte
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