The history of the Bnei Anousim in the southern Indian region of Goa is usually overshadowed by the larger Bene Israel, Cochin and Baghdadi Jewish communities in India (not to mention the Bnei Menashe with which Shavei Israel works). A conference in Jerusalem last week...
Every day, the Israel Defense Force's Facebook page presents a new snippet on a soldier or an IDF program that will make you proud. This week, the IDF highlighted "Private Daniel," a member of the Bnei Menashe community who made aliyah to Israel in 2006...
Ever hear the one about the singing carpenter? His name is Itzkhak Fanai and along with his wife and two children, he is one of the one hundred Bnei Menashe who are planning their aliyah next month. Itzkhak gets his nickname through a combination of...
Twenty Bnei Menashe from the Indian state of Mizoram are due to arrive in Israel by the end of December. It will be the first group to make aliyah in 2016 and the fifth flight Shavei Israel has arranged since the Bnei Menashe immigration resumed...
Shavei Israel’s director of marketing and new media Laura Ben-David wound up a whirlwind trip to the United States this week where she spoke about Shavei Israel’s activities at Jewish Community Centers, Jewish Federations and synagogues. Laura’s itinerary has taken her so far to St....
Our report on the Bnei Menashe high schoolers who visited Poland has been picked up by the Jewish media. Publications including The San Diego Jewish World, Jewocity, Algemeiner and The Jewish News Service have all featured it. Check out the coverage for this important story....
Descendants of Jews in the Kurdistan region of Iraq are calling for more recognition. After years of hiding their Jewish roots, they want the freedom to choose their identity. New initiatives include the opening of a cultural center in Irbil named after a 17th century...
Five teenagers from the Bnei Menashe Jewish community visited Auschwitz as part of a trip for 12th-graders aimed at educating them about the horrors of the Nazi genocide against the Jewish people. It's the first time a group from India has joined in this Israeli...
Reuben Touthang made aliyah from India in 1998. He has served in the army for ten years now, in a unit in charge of maintaining the Gaza border fence. In 2008, he was hit by a sniper and he was seriously injured. But he recovered...
In 2010, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz established a now annual event: The Global Day of Jewish Learning. Since 2013, the small Bnei Anousim community in Belmonte, Portugal, led by Shavei Israel’s emissary Rabbi Elisha Salas, has participated. Here's what they have planned for this year on...
