[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Like every year, this Pesach our communities all over are enjoying the holiday. Eating special foods, taking day trips and having family time. Though the coronavirus pandemic has certainly put a damper on activities and socializing, in some...
Ari Singson is the oldest brother of five. In 2018, his whole family, except for Ari himself, was able to make Aliyah thanks to Shavei Israel. They settled in Beit She'an, which was allotted to the tribe of Menashe in Torah times, which was and...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]With a lot of joy, I would like to share the news that we had our first brit milah this past sunday, Juan's baby boy David, came to this world prematurely, but he has been a blessing to...
We have permission to bring 500 more immigrants on aliyah to Israel this year. With your help it will be possible! Here’s a personal account from one family who is anxiously awaiting: To my brothers and sisters all around the world—shalom! My name is Yonatan Baite...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]As Jews around the world are cleaning their homes and buying special foods in preparation for the holiday of Pesach (Passover), there are too many for whom the excitement of the holiday is marred by the unmanageable expense...
Nadav and Ruth from Colombia Nadav, 64, and Ruth, 64, from the Jewish Community of Antioquia in Medellin, started a process of conversion with our emissary in Colombia Rav Shimon Yechua, They were converted in Colombia by a Regional Beit Din, and they decided to make their...
After a solemn and moving ceremony, with the sound of shofar blasts and the singing of 'HaTikvah', the first 83 immigrants out of the 253 members of the Menashe community who were absorbed in Nof Hagalil were received Monday. The immigrants entered the houses they...
Shavei Israel communities all over the world celebrated Purim last week and we know they had a great time because we have the photos to prove it! It may have been somewhat more muted than in years past, but it was joyful and memorable just the...
Six immigrant Bnei Menashe couples, who recently made Aliyah from India, were remarried under the chupah here in Israel in a beautiful ceremony. The weddings were part of the ongoing process of formal conversion to Judaism and acclimation to Israel as the 252 new arrivals prepare...
“I grew up in Kolasib, India, a district of Mizoram. During the British rule of India, my great-great-grandparents were converted by missionaries to Christianity. One of our neighbors told my father about Judaism. He was interested in learning more about it, for it resonated deeply with...
