http://www.saudades.org/spot.html "A Spot of Identity" by S Levin. M.D. first published in Jewish Affairs Sept. 1984: "There was a tradition among their families that they did not go to Church often, and her husband's grandmother used to light candles on a Friday night, for reasons nobody could fathom. While in Lisbon, Mrs. Pereira became ill with abdominal trouble and Dr de Oliveira who examined her said: 'The trouble is that bad meat is poisoning your system. Pork is forbidden. Blood is forbidden, so before you prepare meat you must first soak it overnight in water and then salt it to get all the traces of blood out.' She did as he advised, and recovered. 'I then remembered,' she told me, 'that Jews in Johannesburg do these things and I and my husband began to read and made to make inquiries. We discovered that President Salazar and General Spinola of Angola were of Jewish origin, and so are we!.....that's why we wear the Magen David.'" [September 2002]
THE CEMETERIES
CATUMBELA:
general cemetery with 12 Jewish graves dating from 1892.
BENGUELA:
Campo da Igualdade Cemetery: a general cemetery with a small Jewish corner.
LUANDA:
Alto das Cruzes Cemetery: two Jewish tombstones in a general cemetery.
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