Lisbon Jewish Culture and Cuisine Experience

Portuguese Jews are Sephardic in culture, language, and gastronomic tradition – meaning, their origin and family tree binds them to the shared Jewish traits of the Mediterranean. Elements of Sephardic food and drink can be found in Spain, Morocco, Iraq, and Italy, but Portugal left its distinctive mark on the Sephardic legacy. Bound up in the cataclysm that was the Inquisition, many of the Jewish food-ways of Portugal have their origin in a story that is as bittersweet as it is interesting. This full day Jewish culinary experience is not only engaging and rich in cultural and historical information, but its primary focus is exclusively on Portuguese-Jewish food and kosher wine.