The Zion Torah Center community in Erode, India, was blessed this year by many Israeli visitors. Community leaders Anne and Samuel Devasahayam sent us some heartwarming photos. Who knew there was so much Jewish energy in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu! ...
Pesach is over - the matzah has been put away until next year and the leavened bread is adorning our tables once again. But we couldn't resist sharing a few pictures sent to us over the holiday from Shavei Israel communities around the world. We...
In Cali, Colombia, a new mikveh is being built for the city's Bnei Anousim community. Shavei Israel's emissary Rabbi Shimon Yehoshua was there with the people of "Shomer Israel," where he celebrated with a festive meal and shaharit (morning) service afterward. We have pictures. ...
Members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community in India came together last week to bake matzah at the Shavei Israel center in Churachandpur, a district in the northeastern state of Manipur. "It’s reminiscent of Biblical times, and our forefathers’ hurrying to flee Egypt,” said one...
Ten Bnei Menashe couples, all of whom immigrated to Israel from Mizoram, India, in February, married at Shavei Israel’s absorption center in Kfar Hasidim on Sunday, April 2, under Jewish law in the wake of their formal conversion. We have stunning photos and video!...
"When a Chinese person hears that you are Jewish or from the State of Israel, their tendency is to treat you with great wisdom," explains Dr. Yoram Evron from the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Haifa. Read this fascinating interview with Dr....
Shavei Israel Chairman spoke to Israel Radio - IBA News about his recent trip to Cuba where he learned more about the contemporary Jewish community on the island as well as its Bnei Anousim roots. Approximately one thousand Jews live in Cuba today, but many...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund appeared on the Nachum Segal Radio Network. He spoke to Allison Josephs who hosts the "Jew in the City" program on the origins of Shavei Israel, its current activities around the world, and where the organization is headed....
Yes, we know Purim was last week. But the communities that Shavei Israel supports around the world keep sending us photos. And we couldn't not share with you these delightful pictures of Bnei Anousim girls dressed like princesses, teenage boys decked out as pirates, and...
The "Hidden Jews" of Poland had a blast this year on Purim. In Lodz, Shavei Israel's emissary Rabbi David Szychowski had the community dancing raucously 'round the bima as the Megillat Esther was read in synagogue....
