Let's return to India, where Bnei Menashe youngsters tackle one of the other main mitzvot of the holiday - gathering together the lulav (palm fronds) and etrog (citron) which are used during the holiday of Sukkot both in the synagogue and in the sukka. When you...
The Jewish holiday of Sukkot begins this week and that means it's time to head outdoors and start building - sukkot, that is. We got in early this year and have a collection of photos from the construction process. Next week, we'll look at the...
Shavei Israel's emissary to Krakow Rabbi Avi Baumol invited members of the Jewish community to a pre-Rosh Hashana kids and families dinner. The turn out was more than Rabbi Baumol expected: 47 people "sharing in the Rosh Hashana joy."...
The Subbotnik Jewish community in Israel gathered in Beit Shemesh for their traditional pre-Rosh Hashana get together of symbolic fruits and sweets. Rabbi Zelig Avrasin blew the shofar. We have pictures....
They really know how to blow the shofar in India! We have videos from two communities in India preparing for Rosh Hashana. Zion Torah Center community leaders Samuel and Anne Devasahayam sent us a video of a very large shofar being blown in Erode. And...
As Rosh Hashana approaches, it’s traditional to count one’s blessings. For the Antolinez, Camargo and Maloof families, there’s one blessing that stands out more than any other: the zechut (privilege) of starting a new life in Israel. Meet three proud new immigrant families, along with...
It’s becoming a sweet tradition for the new immigrants who’ve arrived with Shavei Israel’s help in recent years: gift coupons from the Shufersol supermarket chain. For the second Rosh Hashana in as many years – and the third time following an initial donation on Passover...
Zara Eleazer Singson is one of 100 Bnei Menashe making aliyah from India this November, as part of the next wave of Shavei Israel’s Operation Menashe. Zara's father dreamed of a new life in Israel, but passed away in 2013. Now Zara carries his father's...
One hundred Bnei Menashe are due to make aliyah in November, with Shavei Israel's help. The new group is coming from the Indian state of Manipur and will arrive on two flights of 50 people each. Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund will be accompanying them...
Sarah Israel has written a book about her family’s Jewish journey – from hidden Bnei Anousim roots and mysterious family traditions revealed after 500 years of hiding in Spain, to formally converting to Judaism in Jerusalem in 2009, to her son's Baruch’s first pair of...
