Last week, we invited you to join us in welcoming 43 new Bnei Menashe immigrants as they arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport. A big thank you to everyone who came - from Ra'anana, Jerusalem and Modi'in. Plus special dignitaries: Member of Knesset Rabbi Dov Lipman and...
The Jewish Voice newspaper ran an in-depth profile of Shavei Israel Founder and Chairman Michael Freund this past week, calling him the "Indian Jones of 'Lost Jews.'" We have the article for you here....
In 1909, Robert Desmond’s grandparents left their home and family in the small shtetl village of Chernigov, just north of Kiev in Ukraine, and moved to the United Kingdom. It would prove to save their lives. 100 years later, Desmond embarked on a modern day...
You’ve seen their pictures. You’ve read their stories. Now, Shavei Israel is offering you the unique opportunity to meet the Bnei Menashe in person this week. 40 Bnei Menashe will be making aliyah on Thursday, June 19. If you’re in Israel, we invite you to...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was interviewed this week on Israel Radio's "Reshet Bet." The interview is in Hebrew. We have a link for you to listen....
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was interviewed last week on Israeli television. He spoke about about Shavei Israel's activities and the resumption of aliyah from India. Joining him on the program was Yecholiah (Jin Jin), a Chinese Jew from Kaifeng who we have profiled in...
The Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which commemorates the Jewish people’s receipt of the Torah on Mount Sinai as they journeyed in the desert, will be celebrated in Israel and around the world this week. The Subbotnik Jewish community has an extra reason to rejoice: Shavei...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was interviewed on TLV1, a new Internet-only English-language radio station broadcasting from Israel. Program host Rogel Alpher and Michael discuss a wide range of topics, from how Michael came to move to Israel to the founding of Shavei Israel. ...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund has received the 2014 Moskowitz Prize for Zionism. Established in 2008 and dubbed the "Lion of Zion" award, the prize recognizes "people who put Zionism into action." Freund will receive the prize in a ceremony on Thursday, May 29, 2014,...
The aliyah of the Bnei Menashe from India is once again under way. Just four months after bringing 160 Bnei Menashe to Israel, Shavei Israel has now started to bring the next group of 250 community members home to the Jewish state. Over the past...
