·        Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project, Inc. receives tax-exempt status. 2007

·        Presentation about the Jews of Cape Verde by Carol Castiel at the Jewish Genealogy Conference in Washington.  2003

·        Two Insider Embassy Nights at the Cape Verde Embassy in Washington for the DC Jewish Community Center when Project was highlighted. 1997, 2003

·        Interviews with more than a dozen descendants of Jews of Cape Verde in Lisbon. May 2002 (Documentation of memory continues and will culminate in a book by Carol Castiel based on archives and oral histories of descendants.)

·        Radio program for the Voice of America on the Jews of Cape Verde. 2002

·        Initial restoration of the Penha Da Franca Cemetery, Santo Antao. 1999

·        Presentation of Project objectives by Carol Castiel at World Bank Symposium, “ Historic Cities and Sacred Sites.” 1999

·        Meeting between Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga, then Prime Minister of Cape Verde, and Vice President of B’nai B’rith International, Daniel Mariaschin. 1998

·        Formation of grass-roots group of Jewish Cape Verdeans in Lisbon, Portugal under the direction of Pedro Benros. 1997

·        Visits of Carol Castiel to H.E. Andre Azoulay, Advisor to the King of Morocco, and the Jewish Community of Casablanca to establish Moroccan linkages for The Project. 1996

Related Publications:

·        “Recovering Jewish Heritage in the Cape Verde Islands,” Carol Castiel, Historic Cities and Sacred Places, proceedings of World Bank Symposium. 2000

·        The Presence of Jews in Cape Verde: Inventory of Historical Documents from 1840-1927, Claudia Correia, Cape Verdean historian. Doctoral dissertation. 1998

·        The Jews of Cape Verde: A Brief History, Dr. M. Mitchell Serels, Sepher-Hermon Press, Inc. 1997

·        Book review of The Jews of Cape Verde: A Brief History, Israel Benoliel, Cimboa, Cultural Magazine of Cape Verde, Boston. 1997

·        “ Cape Verde Hosts Jews,” Carol Castiel, Washington Jewish Week, 1995

·        Portuguese and French translations of the above article appeared respectively in the newspapers Novo Jornal of Cape Verde and Le Maroc Hebdo of Morocco. 1995