S havei Israel is a unique non-profit organization dedicated to assisting descendants of Jews and the Lost Tribes of Israel to reclaim their roots. Active worldwide, Shavei Israel is the starting point for anyone with Jewish heritage or ancestry who yearns to return.
Founded by Michael Freund, with the aim of strengthening the ties between the Jewish people, the State of Israel, and the descendants of Jews around the world, Shavei Israel is currently active in over a dozen countries and provides assistance to a variety of communities.
This fun video short by Unpacked, the website that helps people uncover the complex Jewish world, introduces our own Chaya Castillo, and her husband Eliav Riera, who are both descended from ‘crypto Jews’ who were forcibly converted to Catholicism d...
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The Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora Committee chaired by MK Oded Forer (Israel Beyteinu) held a discussion today (Monday) on MK Penina Tamano-Shata’s proposal. Tamano-Shata’s statement on the subject of the absorption and integration of the Bnei Me...
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Shavei Israel communities all over the world celebrated Purim this week and we know they had a great time because we have the photos to prove it! In particular, we have received many, many photos and videos from some of our beloved ’emerging’ commu...
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Arthur Carlos Barros Basto was a Portuguese army officer and the founder of the Portuguese Jewish community of Porto. Nicknamed “the Portuguese Dreyfus”, he was declared “immoral” in June 1937 for helping descendants of returning Jews t...
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