Kosher travelers to Belmonte, Portugal may soon no longer have to worry about checking ingredients, avoiding foods that mix milk and meat, or steering clear of treife. Shavei Israel’s emissary to the region, Rabbi Elisha Salas is working with the 27-room three-star Har Sinai (Mount...
Shavei Israel participated in a conference held by the Ebenezer organization, a Christian group that aims to help the Jewish people return to Israel “in fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.” Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund spoke and recent Bnei Menashe immigrants presented a traditional dance from...
We haven’t checked in for a while with the Bnei Menashe who Shavei Israel helped made aliyah in the last year, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy. Here are a few photos of Bnei Menashe activities in Israel over the past few months. First...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund recently visited the tiny Subbotnik Jewish community in the Ukrainian village of Krivoy Rog. We’ve written about the community here. There are 56 Subbotnik Jews in this eastern Ukranian town, but their isolation has not dampened their enthusiasm or commitment...
Gadi Bentley, Shavei Israel’s emissary to the Igbo, a possible “lost” Jewish tribe in Nigeria, recently returned from his mission with some fascinating stories and even more intriguing pictures. Here are a few that he sent to us. An estimated 3,000 Igbo identify as Jewish and...
Shavei Israel’s emissaries to the Zion Torah Center community - Tamar and Yishai Tzur - have had a memorable first four months in Erode, India. Together with five of their seven children, the Tzurs have brought Torah learning and Hebrew language instruction to this formerly Christian,...
It's been a busy week for Gao Yichen, Yue Ting, Li Jing, Li Yuan and Li Chengjin, the five Chinese Jewish women who made aliyah last week with Shavei Israel's help. After their emotional departure from Kaifeng (see picture above) and their subsequent arrival at Ben-Gurion...
[caption id="attachment_26685" align="alignleft" width="300"] Chinese Jewish women embrace at Ben-Gurion Airport (photo credit: Laura Ben-David)[/caption] They’re here! For the past few months, we’ve been sharing with you the stories of five Chinese Jewish women who, with Shavei Israel’s help, received permission to make aliyah. On Monday, February...
The aliyah of the five Jewish women from Kaifeng China has been all over the news this week. Both local and international media wrote about it, and TV stations in Israel and the U.S. covered it. We’ve put together the links so you can follow...
[caption id="attachment_26475" align="alignleft" width="300"] Preparing for Shabbat ata Polish Shabbaton[/caption] It was a cold Shabbat in February but for a group of young Polish Jews, it must have felt like Passover already. That’s because the focus of the mid-winter Shabbaton held at the Oki Doki Hostel...
